Our zoo has an annual Halloween bash, which is very popular.  Not only do kids get to dress up and trick-or-treat in different areas (I decided against letting the kids do this, because of the weather), but certain animals are fed pumpkins during the two-day event.  The hippos are probably the most popular animal to […]

The Webmaster had to work on Saturday – which is a rarity for him.  And the weather was also fairly nice – also a rarity on a Saturday in the fall. So, I decided to take the kids to the zoo.  By myself.  Yes, my sanity was questionable.  But it gave us something to do […]

It was a nice Saturday in Seattle.  And it was Member Appreciation Day at the zoo.  So why not go? We checked on our friends the penguins… … and caught a rare sighting of the fabled creature, the painted unicorn. There was free face painting at the member appreciation fair, and Ane has been wanting […]

Ane was absolutely complaining her head off about Labor Day.  She did this last year, too.  She has no comprehension of WHY school must be interrupted for something so trivial as a federal holiday. This year, though, we managed to compensate for the fact that she wouldn’t be in school.  Her friends Gracie and L., […]