Since Brandon’s birthday was last Thursday we had a weekend bonanza of birthday events…  Friday we went to African Lion Safari with my mom, Estelle & Georgia.

For Brandon and I, it was seeing the elephants that was special.  They were removed from the Toronto Zoo many years ago and seeing (and smelling) these majestic animals in person is really something else.  It was a great trip and I’m glad that everyone had a great time.

Saturday we had Brandon’s party at home, a much smaller event compared to previous years and since we have a pool it’s easy to entertain lol.

It was a mix of kids from Brandon’s BJJ classes & kids from his current school and the nice thing about kids are they all play together easily.  Oh on a side note, all the kids and one of the parents that stayed loved Sinky lol…  Kept remarking what a great friendly cat he was and yeah he’s a very awesome cat for sure. 🙂

Finally yesterday we had our traditional family gathering to celebrate my mom, Estelle, Brandon, Imran & Frank (not there, had to work) birthdays in August.

It was a lunch thing and we returned home mid afternoon.  In the evening, Brandon and I went for a nice night walk, I love doing that and am glad the boy will join me on those adventures.

A pretty good weekend (especially for Brandon) and it’s back to the salt mines today lol.