Ellen's 2nd Birthday

Ellen turned two and Ami and Daniel celebrated the occasion by having dinner with both sides of the family at a Chinese restaurant. Authentic Chinese dinners are always an O'Leary favourite, and we especially enjoyed the 10-course meal! Happy 2nd birthday, Ellen... I guess Philip can't really call you "Baby Ellen" anymore since you're a full-grown toddler now! :)

Happy Halloween '11

We had already purchased a Hulk costume for Philip this year, but when he saw the Thor costume at Costco, he was completely sold on that one instead (he had just watched the movie at the cottage and loved it, of course). The Mighty God of Thunder raked in a ton of goodies on Halloween and enjoyed wielding his mighty hammer all evening long. A Hippie and Spock joined in on the fun too and it made for a very entertaining Halloween indeed. Spiderman, Batman, Iron Man, Captain America, and now Thor... which superhero will Philip want to be next year? :)

The Spooktacular Halloween Potluck '11

Paul and I decided to make our Halloween potluck an annual event since it is so much fun seeing all the kids in their Halloween costumes! There was a big turnout this year with 14 kids six and under (in alpha order: Aaron, Alexis, Anna, Arya, Benjamin, Ethan, Kyle, Liam, Morgan, Natalie, Nathaniel, Philip, Siena, and Zekiya) at our place and we couldn't have been more thrilled (or spooked! haha). We were thoroughly prepared for the chaos though as Yen Vi entertained them with some amazing spider crafts (thanks, Yen Vi!), we sugared them up with cupcake decorating and caramel apples, and how could we forget the release of energy afterwards with floor hockey, the bouncy castle and the rest of the toys in the house! Luckily our home is well-equipped for occasions such as this and we had an absolute blast watching the chaos unfold (which surprisingly wasn't that chaotic at all!). Thanks everyone for coming out, and we hope you had a spooktacular time just like we did! :)