Three and a half...

This past weekend, Maya had her 3 1/2 birthday.  Not that we really celebrated it with a party or anything but we made her feel extra special all day and told her that she could now say she was 3 1/2.  She seemed very impressed by that!  We looked back at the videos we posted at when she was 1 1/2 & 2 1/2, compared them to our most recent video of her at 3 1/2, and were surprised at how much she has changed.  Take a look...

One and a half

Two and a half

Three and a half

Big changes!

Hawaii again...

The day after Halloween, we jetted off to Hawaii... again...for the 2nd time this year.  We had such a good time when we were there in April that we jumped at the chance to do it again.  John was able to get us a great deal on flights and I was able to get us back in to the apartment we stayed at in Waikiki in April.  We were all looking forward to a great time!

   

   

   

  

   

Parade of Lost Souls...

On the Saturday night before each Halloween, we head out to enjoy one of East Vancouvers many festivals... The Parade of Lost Souls.  There is a secret route selected through a secret East Van community and only the home-owners along that route are told that they will be part of the route.  The starting point and starting time is only revealed on the festival website on the day of the parade.  Followers goes to the starting point during the designated time and are given a map to tell them the route to follow through the lanes and streets of the community.  We were in awe of how involved the decorations were!  Almost every house was done up with art displays, puppet shows, live bands, stilt walkers, bug plays, dancing, smoke, spooky music and so much more.  Pictures don't come close to doing it justice!  It was a wonderful event!  This year, Todd & Karin joined us with their family.  We had so much fun but left before finishing the parade, after 1.5 hours, as the kids were getting really hungry.  1.5 hours and we weren't done!!