Adventures of Atiana & Xavier: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Halloween: Family Costume

We got a lot of great feedback on our family Halloween costume as Run DMC (with an extra group member, seeing that they were a group of 3, but we are a family of 4) at Disneyland's Trick-or-Treat night. We had a lot of fun and the lines were actually really great in comparison to what they normally are like. We were able to get on rides that we probably would have not wanted to brave the line for AND we stood in line for a picture with Mickey & Minnie (despite the kids' wishes!)

It was a fun, memorable Halloween with comfortable costumes and I am proud of how it turned out. Now we have to start planning for next year!

Happy Halloween from the Avila Family

Here are some pics from Halloween morning. Dad and Xavier wore their costumes to work and day care. Atiana could not wear her costume to school. And Mom worked from home.

Xavier wore his third and final costume to Marla's house for their Halloween party. He had more costumes than Lady Gaga this year! Dad won the costume contest at the Gardena Kaiser office!

Pumpkin Carving

Though it was a school night, we waited until the night before Halloween to carve our pumpkins so they would last for Halloween night.

We listened to some good music and made some apple cider floats. Xavier had a little pumpkin while Atiana had a much larger one. We stuck to the traditional jack-o-lantern face, but the kids were happy with the turnout.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Frozen birthday party

Pictures from Tori's Frozen bday party a few weeks ago. Ati had a great time meeting the princesses and getting her face painted; Xavier, on the other hand, wouldn't go near them, or even the cardboard cut out of Olaf!

Saturday, October 25, 2014

USC Homecoming

The kids had a good time at the Homecoming festivities and enjoyed seeing the campus. It was really crowded, but they were still in awe of the giant buildings and knowing that Mom & Dad used to go to school there. Atiana even said that campus reminded her of the movie Monsters University.