Happy Halloween!

The Halloween festivities are in full swing here. We attended a "Fall Festival" at my school on Thursday evening and today we enjoyed a "fall festival" at the girls' school. We've managed to keep their costumes a secret until Wednesday when Claire spilled the beans. She was doing so well at keeping the secret, I almost thought she wasn't our child for awhile ;) Claire dressed as "Pinkalicious" and Mya was a cupcake. My Mom and Dad bought Claire the book, "Pinkalicious" for her first birthday. It has been an on-going hit with our girls. They both have the entire book memorized. It is such a cute book where this girl named "Pinkalicious" loves pink. She eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink, which she is thinks is simply beautiful then red, which is less than favorable. She eats her vegetables to turn alleviate her pain. In the meantime, her little brother is envious and devours the last one, then turns pink too. It is a great book. When I was thinking of costumes this year and came across "Pinkalicious," I knew just what Mya could be, although I had to search high and low to find a cute one. Perfection! They were a hit at both festivals. The staff at their school remembered the cute coordination from last year, so they were excited to see them again this year. Now they are wondering what next years will be. ;) Love the anticipation!

Pinkalicious & Her Pink Cupcake

Claire playing toss the ring on the pumpkin stem. Not quite her game as you can see by the displaced rings ;) 

We were trying to get a picture with Mya's best friend, Makenna but we lacked cooperation.

Claire and Makenna. Notice Makenna's squishy face. I am beginning to believe that all 2 year olds go through this phase...

Mya and her friends, Makenna and Tyler. Makenna grabbed Mya's hand and said, "come on, go see Tyler"--and off they went. It was too cute.

Mya dipping into the bubbles with her friends at school.

Claire on her own version of a carriage. She'd better hold out for the real deal and accept no less than "Prince Charming." This girl is Royalty with a capital R, but I may be a bit biased ;)

I am so grateful for this point in time where I can actually get BOTH girls to smile and look on demand almost all the time. AMAZING!

Claire and her beloved teacher, Miss Kim. Miss Kim loves Claire. She told me the other day that Claire greets all the Korean staff with an-nyung-ha-se-yo, which means "hello." Consequently, Miss Kim continued to say that she thinks Claire wants to be Korean. Ha.  (On that note, I also should mention that they Ajima (refers to  the cleaning lady at their school) is so smitten with Claire that she bought her a little Korean style headband. So so sweet.) Anyway, we love Miss Kim.

THis is funny. Mya was playing in the sand, heard the Scooby Doo theme song. Paused for a minute then started dancing for a bit, then returned to the sand. THis girl is full of spunk and personality. Love it!

Hand in hand for the parade. So sweet.

Makenna.

Mya and her teacher, Miss Michong. It took Miss Michong awhile to figure Mya out, but I  think she may be one of her favorites. Miss Michong makes a big fuss over her everyday and that makes me happy.