It's here! It's here!

No, not pumpkin spice latte season. That began a few weeks ago. But AUTUMN. It's here. Unless we get hit by another round of crazy weather, I think that autumn has finally started. I love it. Long sleeves, but no jacket required yet. It's perfect.

We took the kid to the zoo (again) today because the weather was supposed to be so nice. We were there early and at one point had an entire animal house to ourselves because so few people were at the zoo. It was lovely. But by the time noon hit, it seems as if everyone realized what a perfect day it was and swarmed the place. Happily, we ran into one of our friends and her son on the path by the zebras, and the kids high-fived another before going their separate ways. We didn't get to see the new snow leopard cub, but VEE did get to see two okapis' butts, so that made her happy. (The okapi is her current favorite, simply because I think she enjoys the way "okapi" sounds coming out of her mouth.)

Because the weather is finally turning, all of my thoughts have turned to Halloween. I've already arranged to take the day off from work so that I can take VEE trick-or-treating at my office. Then we're on our own for trick-or-treating that night, as the Scientist has volunteered to stay home and hand out candy. This now begs the question: what should VEE be for Halloween? The current frontrunners are:
Dinosaur
Cookie Monster
Supergirl or Batgirl

And now, because my computer has crashed 3 times, I'm signing off.