Toddler Fashion

I made it home yesterday :) and had two excited girls on my hands (Everly could not stop touching my face! and Emma kept telling me how much she missed me and loves me!!); however, I was dragging a bit - a 3am flight with a connection is no joke and so I am getting caught up on life today.  Wes and I are going to surprise the girls and have lunch with them at school! and I just cannot wait to see their beaming faces :).  I thought we would keep it light today and I could show you a few of the outfits the girls have put together over the last week or two.  I really love seeing their own expression/creativity coming out.

Our Cinderella headband goes several places with us :). Twinning is the best.

I was not so sure about this outfit that Emma put together (we went to grab dumplings during the National Holiday and this is the ensemble she came up with), but she rocked it.  She loves to call herself a wedding girl when she wears her headband as a veil.

Ev's still lets me dress her :). And those boots! They might be my favorite shoe purchase!!

It looks like Evsie's may be skeptical of her sisters look, but Emma's beaming smile says it all :), not sure if you can tell, but she has her Rapunzel wig on as well :).

Cutie patootie.

I actually really love this look on Emma, she is wearing a pinafore that I bought her ages ago, but that she finally fills out and I love these boots as well.

She insisted on her hair accessory for the picture, because it makes everything 'more special' :).

Then, little sis came out, and Emma was checking out the ensemble that Everly put together ;).

These two make my heart so happy; their sometimes unique sense of style is not hurting their cause any.

A picture with bunny :).

I, of course, loved their outfits without all of the accessories after a day of play :).

These girls :). I am kind of obsessed with them (but, I am sure you know that already ;)).

Four Random Things

One. These noodles are my F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E!!! I literally get excited when I get to eat these noodles; 100% my favorite local find - it's just too bad this place is not closer to my house.  This is the same place I took my parents when they were in town, I just happened to go again a few weeks ago and I am still thinking about those noodles.

Two. At the mall the other day, Emma did the cutest art project.  You use different colors of foam sand (I think that is what it's called?) to fill in your design and I loved that it was completely age appropriate, little mess (and it wasn't at our house!), and creative for her (since she got to choose the color design).  It took her about an hour to complete (the last picture shows that Ev's had a little place to play while she did it - she wanted to buy stickers instead of doing an art project) and Emma was so proud of herself when she was done.  She has carried this butterfly all around the house with her the last week or so.

Three. You guys, we are drowning in paper.  I never thought my kids would be 'those kids' that loved to color all.the.time and use all.the.paper. all the time.  But yep, my kids are definitely 'those kids'.  This is just a small sample of the art they worked on while they were on 'holiday' for Golden Week and I had to work.  The last picture might be my favorite - Emma offered to take the picture of Everly and Ev's was so stinking proud, you can just see it in her (half chopped off) face. I am pretty good about going through the artwork once a month and 'decluttering', but sometimes the paper is overwhelming.

Four.  I am actually in the Philippines right now.  I just thought you might want to know :).  I came for a quick work meeting and will be heading back to Chengdu on Thursday.  This is the first time I traveled without the girls and over a year and leaving them and Wes was harder than I thought it would be.  Can't wait to get back and snuggle everyone up!

Singapore | The Singapore Flyer

The girls were the most excited about the Singapore Flyer - they saw the giant Ferris Wheel every time we drove in this area and they kept asking when it was going to be their time to get to ride it.  They were pretty pumped when we started heading that way after seeing the Merlion.  

^ we had the most serendipitous surprise when we stumbled upon this cute bakery on our way to the Singapore Flyer. ^

^ I know some people hate cheesy tourist attractions, but I am the opposite - for some reason, I just love them and I shared in the girls excitement to go to the top.  As stunningly beautiful as it was from the bottom, I knew it would be even better from the top. ^

^ the cute model that we peeked in on walking up the entrance ramp. ^

^ the details were so cool - since we were early, we got a private cabin to just ourselves and it was wonderful! ^

^ you can see Gardens by the Bay - there is the Cloud Forrest and Flower Dome looking from the outside. ^

^ Marina Bay Sands sticks out everywhere you go, especially since Singapore is so tiny. ^

^ Ev's was a little nervous at first, but dad helped her get through it! ^

^ once she got used to it, she started having lots of fun pointing out all of the things she had seen and done so far. ^

^ I know, I say this a lot, but I really love travelling with this guy - we balance each other out perfectly! ^

^ the views were outrageous, it was fun to see Singapore as the tiny island we had been bopping around for a week from up above. ^

^ they have some type of Nascar event in Singapore each year. ^

^ love love love these two snaps of the four of us. ^

^ unprompted smooches for daddy. ^

^ how did she get so big? ^

^ if you zoom in really close, you can see the Merlion across the bay. we had such a great time riding the Singapore Flyer and if you ever find yourself in Singapore with little kids, I highly recommend this activity. ^

^ we ended our morning back at the hamburger place! I think of all the food I miss from the states, hamburgers (and queso) top that list!! ^