I had my first trip away from the family this past weekend - to Shanghai! I missed the girls but it was sort of refreshing to be an adult for several days in a row (and sleep in till 10!). A girls weekend - a hen party that had very little makings of a traditional bachelorette as there were guns and bows and arrows involved. My friend Jen (the blushing bride) has a fine group of attendants - it will be a fun party in a month!
Charlotte has enrolled in Capoiera - and I did not realize how much of a commitment it is. Classes three times a week. This week is Halloween (there was a party/rehearsal) and two classes and a recital of sorts on Saturday at the Lusofonia Festival in Macau. Char, a two week veteran, already has a concert! This is a great opportunity but is a bit of an adjustment for me. I came from the study hard do little else school, different than the we play hockey everyday school of Casa Drake of the 1980's. We actually gave the Halloween party a miss as I think Char needed time to just be a kid and try to get steal salty snacks from the littler ones in the park.
We have had these dressers for 8 years or so - they have pull handles that I have never even thought about. These handles stick out and make an excellent ladder for the girls. These days the girls love to climb my dresser and plop down and put makeup on. The only way I got Sophia's constume on yesterday was allowing her to wear makeup (some powder and chapstick).
Charlotte was a belly dancer for Halloween - an awesome costume coup that I am not sure we will be able to do again as we bought it in Istanbul. Matt bought a witch costume for Char/Sophia in Manila a couple of weeks ago (we are tourist costume shoppers). Imee was eventually able to get Sophia's costume on (and not the witch) in what was the longest morning ever of getting ready yesterday. I forgot to put my jewelry on! I don't think I ate till noon yesterday. It was fun but super crazy to get everyone ready in a costume.
On a totally unrelated note - Matt took the girls grocery shopping two weeks ago and commented on how cooperative the girls were (which is never my experience). He tells me this as he unpacks chips, Ribena, cookies... well yes of course they are cooperative if you buy them what they want! I am of the school of buying one thing per trip, and I come from the school where I seldom got anything, EVER. So we need to come up with a grocery strategy. Matt asks Charlotte if she likes shopping with him, and she nods yes. He asks "What about Mommy?" and, as if on cue, she shakes her head no.
Start with various Shanghai shots:
Joe reunion!
Janie reunion:
Tango dancer in the making:
Charlotte loved her costume so much she wore it three days before at Hard Rock:
Bedtime:
Sophia got this bandage so she would not scratch her face. Once she saw it she immediately pointed to the Angry Birds plush toy in her room:
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