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Ryan's 4th Grade Class Halloween Party Captain Rex playing charades  Evan's 1st Grade class Halloween Party Evan Evan dressed up as a green monster this year.  Once again, this child's creativity comes out.  He planned and carried out this costume completely on his own.  He was so pleased with the way it turned out.  I took this photo on Tuesday for our Halloween practice run.  I painted his face this time around and on the real Halloween he said he didn't want face paint.  He told me that he likes his face the way it is better.  He didn't like the way his freckles looked with face paint on.  I love that Evan loves his freckles.  I'm glad he has the self confidence to know that they are beautiful. Ryan went as Captain Rex of Star Wars the Clone Wars.  When I bought this costume in July, it fit.  When he put it back on this October... well, that was a different story.   He made it work though and it was all good.  

I've already blogged about our trip to Bintan and Little India.  Here are a few other things we did over the 11 day hiatus from school.   Science Center with friends!  Human Body exhibit- this is the boys in the cardiovascular system.   Brain!  Wind tunnel Visiting the Merlion Date night in Little India Deepavali treats from our neighbors!  The neighbors going out for their big holiday celebrations.  These two are CRAZY!  They were pretty good for me during fall break.  I tried to do my best to keep the three of us busy so we weren't driving each other insane.  These two can sometimes get a little crazy to haul around with me all day in the city.  It's a good thing they're so cute because there was lots of arguing every day and that makes me glad that school is back in session today!  

Oops!  I forgot some photos.  Republishing.   Deepavali is today!  It's the Indian holiday, Festival of Lights.  I took the boys down to Little India on Monday and we cruised around checking out all that was to be seen, heard, touched, ate, and smelled.   The markets smell like flowers because there are so many of these lovely garlands hanging up.   I'm pretty sure this food is always like this there but I just love the way it looks.   The streets are decorated (and light up at night) for the big holiday. This is one of the lanes where the merchants are selling all kinds of festive Indian decor. These are placed on the floors, sometimes made with colorful sand or rice. We had to have lunch in Little India since Indian is probably our favorite food! We stopped by the temple.  When Evan went for his field trip a couple weeks back I think he got to go inside.  Today we just took pictures outside.