Klair's 2nd birthday

Klair had her 2nd Birthday, Yeah!! We invited Ojiichan and Obaachan over for dinner and had tempura and soba. Klair loves shrimp and noodles. Klair likes playdoh as well and her cake kind of looks like wads of playdoh. She couldn't figure out what to do with the candle, but hey, we have next year to figure that out.


We spent Klair's birthday at the zoo. I was pleasantly surprised at how nice the zoo was. A lot of upgrades. I think I enjoyed the zoo more than the kids. I thought 3 hours would be more than enough to see everything, but we ran out of time.

Trick or Treat

For some reason, it always rains on Halloween in Seattle and this year was no different. We tried the Mall seen this year for Halloween and was suprised to see so many people. Most of the stores ran out of candy by 7PM.
This year Karen wanted to be a witch, which was a pleasant suprise, since all they talked about was being princesses. Maya was very content with Karen's costume from last year (Mulan) and Klair was excited just to wear a crown. Good thing about having 3 girls is that the costumes can be recycled again for next year.

We decided to go to the Japanese Kubota Gardens to see the beautiful Autumn leaves. We have lived in Seattle for over 20 years and never have gone to the Japanese garden. It was a pleasant surprise to see such a beautiful garden in the middle of South Seattle.