Beautiful fall!

Yes, Aoli LOVES Halloween.  Collecting candy throughout the neighborhood was a big hit.  She was more skeptical about giving away all of the "expensive" candy we had purchased.  "Dor shiao Money!" is all we heard throughout the afternoon.  "Dor shiao chen" in Mandarin means "too much" or seems to mean "spendy."  That somehow morphed into other related phrases in the fusion of English and Mandarin that is frequently spoken in our household.  In the end, she ate a few pieces of candy and divided the rest between mama and baba for all of their assistance on the excursion (mama for carrying the excess candy that overflowed from her bucket and baba for carrying Princess Aoli back the last stretch of the walk).  She is a girl with a generous heart.

Despite the casts, A. led the charge through the neighborhood.

A motley and amusing trick-or-treating crew.  Aoli's wig (which she wore all week-end) had worn out it's welcome before we hit prime time and never made it to the trick-or-treating scene.

Aoli is passionate about fall.  She loves leaves and literally cried after I made her get in the car after we took this video. She wanted to bring a pile of leaves into the car and Mean, Wicked Mama would not let her.

Sweet Aoli spent her whole $20 to buy my birthday cake and coffees for both mama and baba.

Tea party!

Out to dinner.