By the Golden Gate Bridge

November not so chilly. Kyan had a day off from school and daycare. Excellent excuse to leave work early and go to the beach.

Pumpkins and elephants

Visit at the Oakland zoo after Thanksgiving. The first stop was at the elephants, who seemed to really enjoy the pumpkins. And for the rest of the tour, we heard Anastasia begging to go back to the elephants to sketch.

Zebra and spider

It's what the kids chose to be for Halloween this year. Kyan chose his fabric, a fleece with big white dots on mocca background, and I think it looks a lot more like a spider then if it would have been plain. He insisted on having all 8 legs, though. And Anastasia wanted to be a zebra with flowers...