Halloween!

Had to get the Halloween pictures up before Thanksgiving. Although, I know you'll be sad to hear, no Ben as a Turkey pictures will ever grace this blog. KALI as a Turkey, however...

Watch out. She's got the deathstar

It happened the day Ben was born. It was as if Kali's mother had been killed by desert people. It was impossible to see at first, but her eyes changed


















that day. And slowly every day they grew darker and more vengeful, until they became entirely black and she was fully under the seductive power of the dark side.

Look closely... you can see it in her eyes in these pictures.

Fighting for Ben's Honor

The pit bull puppy in this picture picked on Ben's Bear outfit. AndKali ain't gonna stand for that no way no how.

He begged, really

No, really. He begged to wear the bear suit. "Please, momma. Please papa. Can't I be a bear again today?" And a bear he was. In so many ways.

High Tea at the Getty

Ben has been begging for months to go to the Getty Museum. If not to satisfy his thirst for art and culture, then to just get away from his nose picking, armpit scratching barbarian parents. Unfortunately for him, his parents decided having lunch on the lawn while casually tripping people as they serenely strolled down the hill toward the lovely gardens sounded like too good a time to pass up.

Alfred, send the Batmobile

Ben warms up for Halloween in his Bat swetashirt (furnished by his cousin Anthony).
Kali gets frightened that Ben is preparing to suck more of the life blood out of her.

Clowns in the Mist

A ghostly fog crept in the day we set off from Bear Valley, Tehachapi. Kali put on a white sheet and tried to frighten us, but we had to point out that as a black dog she looked embarrassingly Klanish. So instead she grabbed a clip board and proceeded to study Ben, pretending, no, wishing he were a dying breed of Gorilla.

Kali teases Blue Bear

Upon discovering that Blue Bear could hardly scoot on his bum let alone run after her, Kali took full advantage. She ran circles around him, gave drive be lickings and just plain worked him up into an angry bear frenzy. Oh how we fear the day when this bear can finally do some damage of his own. You can just see his little mind working, "You will pay for your insolence. All of you! Oh, yes you will. Oh, yesssssss, indeed you will."