11/30 - Little Choo loves fire engines and the holidays

She was so happy to see that the firefighters decorated the station –and the fire engine!– for the holidays.

Little Choo wants to fly with Santa. Or ride with him in a car.  Or on a motorcycle!  The Oracle Santas sure do know how to get around.

So does Mommy’s hair…  It’s very windy today and I look a bit like the Heat Miser in this picture.

Speaking of wind, look at all the leaves at the train station tonight!  I guess all the raking we did over the weekend will be undone by tomorrow...

11/29 - Red Titanium Dragonoid finds it fantastically foggy

We couldn’t even see the train station until we were right next to it!

We had lunch with JRo and Adelina today and called ourselves the Alumni Association.  There won’t be any minutes from that meeting…

What are these pretty pretty reindeer doing?  (Actually, don't tell me.  I don't think I can handle it.)

11/28 - Where Red Titanium Dragonoid learns that Buddha is quite ticklish

No wonder he’s always laughing…

We also met a thirsty Golden Turtle at the same restaurant.  Ah, reptilian fun.

11/25 - Baby Giraffe thinks the parking lot is a savannah

The BART parking lot was empty enough today for at least 4 roller derby teams to practice. Wouldn’t that be much more fun than proof-reading a 144-page document?

We like this building.  It reminds us of the one in the Monty Python insurance pirates short film.

Baby Giraffe found some colorful friends.  Aren’t they cute?  They were taking the bus somewhere.

11/24 - Thankful

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for good food, great family and friends, and wonderful kids.

The menu, as scribed by Lil' Gal:

The pies, as baked by me and Lil' Gal:

How was your holiday?  What makes you thankful?

11/23 - Fire Safety Pencil phones home

Well, he tried.  I guess he forgot his special firefighter phone that plugs into this jack.

Later, we drew a hand turkey for Thanksgiving.

Nature update:  The mouse is no longer with us, either in the house or as a living creature.  :(

11/22 - Fire Safety Pencil says NOM!

Fire Safety Pencil found the Muppets! I can’t wait to see the new Muppets movie with you guys.  Fire Safety Pencil wants to come too.

We got some (mediocre) Thai food for lunch today.  Fire Safety Pencil wrote his comments on the takeout menu.

11/21 - Pirate Flag thinks it's beginning to look a lot like Xmas

Pirate Flag waves to his friends.  Ahoy!

Deck the HARRRRRRls with boughs of HARRRRRly. Fa la la yar har, la la la ARRRRgh.  Is it just me, or does this snowman look like Grampy?

After work, we went to a little pARRRty and saw these fun musicians.  You can't tell from the photo, but the man has little red hair spikes.  Super cute!

Nature bonus:  A little brown mouse has moved in to our house.  Or can't get out. At this time, we have him trapped in the TV room.  Which means we hear him scritching around under the couch while we're sitting on it. (shudder)

11/18 - Tinker is a lookie loo

Tinker found a goblin.  We saw this cute little guy in the train station this morning.  He has a strange sense of humor.

We saw a bunch of fire trucks and firefighters and thought for a minute that my work was on fire, but it was a few buildings down.  Rumor is that there was a small fire in the basement, but we got to see a firefighter go up the big ladder!

 Tinker wanted to be one of the fire tools, of course.

11/17 - Ping's pretend window

Here, Ping tries to blend in with red van #26.  Quick!  What numbers are these? 26

I liked this pretend window at the lunch place, so I made Ping pose in front of it.

I wish I had a pretend window.  Whenever I opened it up, it would look out on whatever place I wanted.

What would your pretend window show you?