our pumpkin

We waited till the sunday before Halloween to carve our pumpkin so it would hopefully keep until the day.

 There is a lot of pumpkin in a pumpkin!

Ocean Park!

Saturday morning and we were off to Ocean Park first thing.  We practically ran to Arctic Blast and JM got on for the first time.  Poor Ella had to wait for us.

                      

Awww how cute can we get.

                      

It wasn't even mid-day and JM weaselled herself onto Ella's stroller.

                      

They didn't mind sharing at all.

                      

                      

                     

Our favourite Swift in his Halloween outfit!

                      

Ella's first ride on the carousel.  She freaked out and wanted down a few seconds after mommy took the picture.

                      

I on the other hand enjoyed the ride even though it was a little lame.

                      

Ella got so tired she fell asleep half way through her biscuits.

                      

We went to see the bird show again.

                     

And we spotted a red panda.  It's always great at Ocean Park.

                      

saturday morning

Chilling with daddy.

halloween party

Ella decided to be Minnie after trying out a couple of looks.  

 I of course would be pirate girl again.

 We were a bit overwhelmed by all the people.

 Balloons!  We love balloons.

 And I love shows and clowns.

 Ella was a bit unsure but still wanted a front seat.

 It was so much fun to be able to just jump up and down.

JM finally joined us but she wasn't in the mood to party.

 Auntie B managed to join us for a little bit too right after her exams.

I found the face paint lady.  Yay!!

 Ella found daddy and got him to carry her again!

 JM was still not happy even with her face paint.

back to HK

We found a funky silver shop and some earrings for Miss Pura, who lost one of her earrings while in SH.  

last morning in SH

After a good night's sleep we had to pack.  We got to open presents from Auntie Pat as we ran out of room in our cases.  Thank you Auntie Pat for the wonderful bracelets and games.

Time to go for an early lunch.  Ella was more than ready!

 She likes her handbag certainly.

We couldn't go to SH without visiting our favourite restaurant  Ding Tai Fung.  Look at the smiles.  Even Ella was eating up a storm!

ayi!

Reunion with ayi!  We were very excited to see her.

 Big hugs.

 Just hanging out.

 Ayi was happy to see Ella.

 Our friends Anais and Luca were up from their naps!  It was our first time meeting Luca.

Ella and Luca got on quite well.

Kiss attack!

 Cheeky monkeys.

 It's for you!

Dinner time!  The table was just about big enough.  Too many kids!

Finally made it back to our hotel and all ready for bed.  Ella was especially tired!