November 2008 - Oakland Zoo
Bella really likes the zoo. Thank you, Irene et al, for the membership. The elephants were all out and chomping on their lunch.
What goes in comes out! The elephant made a major poop right in front of Bella. She thought it was hilarious!
The zebras are hard to spot sometimes because they are down the hill, but we caught a good glimpse of them this time.
Apparently, the zoo has lots of giraffes! They are standing against their “Zoo Lights” figures, which illuminate during the nightime holiday light festival (more in January).
The monkeys were poorly photographed because they were backlit. They were quite entertaining swinging from the ropes, and, i must add, VERY vocal! They put on a great show for us!
Bella’s favorite ride, the train.
It was a momentous occasion for Bella. She was SOOO close to 36″ tall, that the operator let her ride the ride. Look at her fly!
Of course, she took full advantage of her newfound height and rode the motorcyle, too! Vroom, vroooom!
We went to Vacaville for a bit of pre-holiday shopping. Bella enjoyed the carousel more than shopping. Fortunately for me, it was right in front of the Cole Haan store.
Thanksgiving was pretty low key this year. Aiyi was in London for a business trip and Popo didn’t roast a turkey. What??? Exactly! What’s Thanksgiving without a turkey??? Well, even sans turkey, we were so thankful for everything that God has provided for us, especially each other.