Trick or Treat 2010

Like last year's Halloween, we had a dinner gathering at Kevin and Shelley's house together with Dudee, Mr. Chan, Judy, Paul and some friends with many kids... After dinner, we took the kids for a very long walk in the neighborhood, went door to door trick or treating... Our girls ended up collecting close to 7 pounds of candies! It totally broke last year's 4 pounds record! The girls were so excited all evening, when they finally went to bed at around 10:15pm, they passed out in less than 3 minutes!

Channel Island Ice Center

The girls were invited to go to Jennifer's party at Channel Island Ice Center in Oxnard this afternoon. There were a few good buddies from Erica's old school, they are so happy to see each other... This was the girls' 2nd time at the ice rink, last time they went to the Christmas ice rink at the Lakes in Thousand Oaks... Erica showed some interest in ice skating, Dudee told us that they sent Katelyn to the Simi Valley to learn ice skating last winter. We think it's a good sport for our girls to learn...

Camp Ronald McDonald Annual Family Halloween Carnival

It's our 2nd year attending the event located at the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood. We got extra kids tickets so Erica and Vivian invited their buddy Caitlyn to join us... It's a better organized event than last year's. The food was great and lots of Carnival games and rides! There are face painting, pumpkin decoration and lots of celebrities... The best part was the kids coming home with a van full of toy gifts!

Calabasas Pumpkin Festival 10-16-2010

This was the first time we went to the Calabasas Pumpkin festival. It's a fun annual event located just about 15 minutes south of where we live at Juan Bautista de Anza Park on Lost Hill Road in Calabasas. On the cloudy Saturday, there were dozens of marketplace vendors selling all kinds of arts and crafts stuff, live bands, Carnival games and many inflatable rides. It's a perfect event to kick start the holiday spirit!

A visit to Helen's old school on Sunday afternoon

It's been over 8 years since we last went to Helen's old school, California State University in Pomona. At that time, our Erica was not even born...

Helen said the school had a lot of changes. We went to the Japanese Garden which wasn't there last time when we went there. The grass was so green and the sky was clear and blue. The Leica DC Vario-Summicron on my LX3 performed flawlessly and captured some nice 24mm wide-angle shots...

Violet & Harujuku Cutie

There are still few weeks before Halloween but daddy has already received a few costumes for each girls through internal orders. Here are the costumes most likely the girls are going to wear on the Halloween evening. However, there are more Fairies and Princesses outfit which I will showcase in coming weeks, stay tuned.