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Everyday is Halloween

Well, not really but I like the title of that Ministry song.  Here are some images from this past week and weekend that are all things Halloween.   The first three below are images from work.  One is my team’s winning submission to our company’s pumpkin carving contest.  A couple of my direct reports found an image of a pumpkin as a burger, so they ran with the idea by getting all of the In-N-Out accessories to make it truly unique.  The second and third pictures are what my husband I wore to work on Friday (I’m in my goth girl outfit again, and Deon is “V for Vendetta”).

These last few pictures are of Halloween night and going “Trick or Treating” with my sister’s family and our kids.  My sister, her husband and daughter were dressed as Super Mario Bros (don’t they look awesome?).  It was nice to see that our neighbors had an awesome haunted garden.  At first my son didn’t want to go in.  When his cousin joined him, he practically ran in.  There is a great picture of Dominic and Mei-Lin watching a mechanical bride and groom sing “I Got You Babe”.

All in all, it was fun to see our kids go out for the first time together down the very same street we used to go down as kids every Halloween.  Hope everyone had a great weekend as well!

Halloween Rocks!


Since the internet at home is still a very unreliable thing (and because my husband is out playing softball for the company team, so I’m left to tend to our son), I’m just going to do a quick post of a couple of pictures of my son’s costume for Halloween. He’s going to be DJ Lance Rock. This little get-up cracked us up all day today. He didn’t want to take it off, so I think we found the perfect costume (the second picture is him running because it was time to put the outfit away until Saturday). Gotta love “Yo Gabba Gabba!”

Stick a Fork In It!

I’m breaking a bit from the fashion posts today to share one of my son’s firsts:  we bought him his first utensil set!  He’s used a spoon before, but this is Dominic’s very first fork and spoon set and his first “big boy” meal.  It’s amazing how fast they grow, so we’re always capturing his firsts. 

In the end, Dominic ditched the fork and spoon (and the rest of the meal) to pick up his fruit snacks.  Well, we tried.

(And for those who are wondering:  yes, that is a Juicy Couture bib.  Can’t completely escape fashion, now can I?)

Hello, Halloween!

I’m starting to think about the things that I need to do to get ready for Halloween (the above picture is from my desk where we have a mini-pumpkin decorating contest).  Dominic is older now, so this is where it starts to get fun.  Last year, we had to push him around in his stroller and he didn’t quite understand what was happening.  This year, we’ll be here in San Diego at our local mall for a Trick-or-Treat excursion that will be easier to manage as he’s still only 20 months old.  Next year, he will be old enough to grasp the concept a little better and we can take him around our neighborhood. 

I’m including a couple of pictures from last year:  one is my favorite picture of Dominic in costume as Chewbacca from Star Wars; the other is from when we were in Vegas (the little one was with the grandparents).  I was an ever so slightly intoxicated Gothic queen posing with a strange character at the Paris hotel.  This year will much more tame in comparison:  we believe that we’re going to be Plex, Foufa and DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba for Halloween (Dominic will be DJ Lance).  How things change!

95 Years Young

This past Saturday was my great-aunt’s 95th birthday, Dionisia Bermudez Ancheta, affectionately called “Mamang” by everyone (which is mommy or mother in Ilocano, one of many dialects of the Philippines).  Although my son and I both had colds, we still made sure to attend this fun-filled family celebration.  Relatives came from Canada and all over America.  All of the grandchildren were in charge of different parts of the party.  We donated my husband’s time as the DJ and the main birthday cake for the presentation (the fabulous cake pictured above, made by Laruell Olds).

The evening began with a presentation of gifts from all of the great-grandchildren, including my son and my niece (my father is the second cousin of Mamang).  They each brought little gifts that were her favorite things that she could use or wear, rather than any large expensive gift that she may not know what to do with.  Gifts consisted of crossword and word search books, lotion, romance books, slippers, socks, dentures cleaner and shampoo.  Each child placed the gift in a big basket next to Mamang, and handed her a rose.  After the presentation of the gifts by the kids came the cake presentation (pictured above, Mamang is in the middle).  There were so many people we had to get more than one cake (there are three pictured below, including the cake we had custom made)!

Included below are just a few more pictures from the party:  one with all of the great-grandchildren again with Mamang, another of three of my cousins doing a hilarious dance medley (the one pictured was the Lady Gaga portion) and a couple of my son (one with another cousin and the last with my niece) dancing to the music provided by my husband (in the background). 

 

Dominic’s outfit:  White button down, vest, tie and black jeans all from H&M; sneakers by Converse

Mei-Lin’s outfit:  Red dress from H&M; tights & shoes by Target

(Note:  There are no pictures of me because I definitely looked like I had a cold.)

Easy Like Saturday Afternoon

We decided to go out for the day with Dominic on Saturday.  After a little bit of a delay (because we were deciding where to go), we ended up at beautiful Kate Sessions Park.  I brought my new shoes and one of my favorite clutch purses because I wanted to try my outfit a little dressed up with heels for some pictures.  I wish I could wear shorts to the office, so this outfit represents how I would wear them.

After taking pictures, I kicked off the heels and threw on sandals so that my husband and I could run around with Dominic and his little soccer ball.   Although it’s almost October, the weather is still so sunny and warm enough to wear lighter fabric (although I’m anxious to start wearing coats and layers!).  It’s times like these that I love living in San Diego.

Taking care of Dominic between shots.

Wearing the Bamboo shoes from Lulus.com seen here (so cute and surprisingly comfortable!)

Outfit:  Burberry sunglasses; Kimchi & Blue top; Clutch from Urban Outfitters; Twelve by Twelve/Forever 21 shorts and ring; Juicy Couture bracelet; Bamboo shoes

Photos by Deon Chen

More Precious Moments…

On our last day in Las Vegas on Saturday, I went to help my mother-in-law briefly across the room, turned around and found this (mind you, he was sitting up and the box of cookies were closed):  my son watching Nick Jr. with a now open box of cookies, his milk and crumbs all over his shirt.  He looks all of four years old instead of only 19 months and completely oblivious to anything around him.  I’m glad I was able to get this picture.  I think it describes how we all want to end a busy weekend.

Lazy Labor Day

This weekend was the start of our mini-vacation:  I took my son to a kid’s party as my husband went on a deep-sea fishing trip on Saturday; then he hung out with our son as my sister and I went to Downtown San Diego to do a little shopping and have some lunch on Sunday.  These are just a few pictures of the kind of lazy little weekend we are having so far (the dress and some silliness were purchased at Urban Outfitters).  Today will involve a little BBQ (steaks and the fish that was caught).  Then we will be heading to Las Vegas tomorrow:  we will drop Dominic off at the grandparents while we head back to Mesquite for a little 2 day get away; then we come back to Vegas for Fashion’s Night Out.  Hope you all are having a great holiday!  

Weekend wear: Tommy Hilfiger polo shirt, Gap shorts, Converse sneakers

I got this on sale: Cooperative Chambray Pintuck Tunic

80's Music Trivia game from Spinning Hat

My sister bought this for my niece: A DJ Lance Dunny doll by Kid Robot (he's from "Yo Gabba Gabba")

Pizzaz for our keys: Keytar Key Caps

Mommy Interrupted

After returning from hot yoga tonight with my friend Angi, I planned to take a shower then delve into my next post.  It started with entering a contest on The Glamourai (beso besotted) asking readers to look for the perfect outfit for Fashion Week using Beso.com (a new search engine).    I typed “camel” and I found an awesome Alexander McQueen cheetah print skull scarf and then became inspired to find all things camel for the fall.

But alas, that was not to be.  My little one decided that he wanted to play tug-o-war with his blankie instead.  How can anyone resist that smiling face?  I certainly couldn’t, so the color camel will just have to wait for tomorrow.  Good night!

Clubhouse Cool

 

H&M shirt, Crazy 8 onesie, Greendog denim shorts, Stride Rite sandals

Even Dominic likes a nice relaxing weekend.   On Saturday, we went to a friend’s birthday pool party.  While we didn’t hit the water, we found a comfy and cool daybed/couch by a window in the clubhouse overlooking the pool area.  He snacked on fruits and played with the blinds.

Ah to be 18 months old…