Bate's

It's been too long dear friends, so sorry. But before I can put up the uber cute snow pictures from the other day I must, MUST share the pictures we took at Bate's nut farm way back in mid November :) We had a blast, mobbing the perfectly selected and neatly arranged pumpkins with a less than eager baby trying to get the shot. We even walked the entire field looking for the biggest and brightest pumpkin and totally found one, which Vale showed her approval off by planting a big wet one on it. Last year she was two months old and barely awake, Next year she'll probably want to ride the ponies and run through the corn maze, but this year she was soo happy just running through the pumpkin field, kissing pumpkins, bird watching, and staring in awe at the animals in the mini zoo.

Last year at Bate's, she was so little!

world famous + Safari

No doubt her favorite place to go right now is the zoo. We like to go right when it opens when there aren't many people and the animals are having their breakfast and are at there most active. Vale is fascinated by the elephants and makes a great imitation of them, the giraffe is another of her faves, she pretends to be eating leaves when we get to them. She's seen them eating on a few of the visits so now assumes chewing is what these guy do. Other top fav animal contenders are the flamingos, the orangutans, the pumas, cheetahs, the goats at the petting zoo, and ALL the birds! As much as she loves the animals and the walking around and making animal noises and seeing all the other kids, she hates the skyfari, I'm not sure if its the altitude she dislikes or the less than spacious ride. Either way we ride it every time we go and every time I'm confident she'll like it a little more,(I'm wrong) since she points at the baskets suspended by the cable as we walk through the zoo quite excitedly. I'm sure one day she'll like the skyfari as much as my nephew and niece do.

                            

p.s. The pictures are from 3 different trips to the zoo and one from the Wild animal park now called San Diego Safari Park.