Hope everyone had a fun and safe halloween!!!

The past 4 days I had been singing one song...out loud and in my mind. Even in my sleep. The moment I wake up. While driving. Editing.

Even the 4-year-old kid is starting to shout out the chorus.

The help has started to memorize it.

The photography group has grown tired of it. Except for Sidney. And Lulu. So guys... this one's for you:

My Adele look for the Halloween!!!

30 minutes tops. The industrial foundation was a breeze in giving me the flawless dewey complexion of Adele. Racked on the false eyelashes, a few strokes of eye shadow (tutorials from Youtube) and a mean dash of eyeliner... I was set!

The hair took longer though...

Im channeling the earlier cloths of Adele. As we can all see she has lost a bit of weight these past months...

Im a happy trick o treater!!!

How about you? Have you decided what you're gonna be this Sunday?

The real Adele at the Grammy's

To all the fans... let me share with you my LSS (last song syndrome)

My own version of Bella Swan of the Twilight movie saga... HAHAHAHAHA! A last minute light bulb moment. Had to slap on those industrial foundation to get Bella's somewhat alasbaster complexion (as the movie lens would have it anyway) and the somber feel of the movie's cinematography...
I have to admit though that I'm not an avid fan of the movie. I did watch, mind you. Bella Swan particularly just intrigues me. And I love Kristen Stewart the actress.

Weather was surely playing a TRICK on us! 5 pm we were scheduled to go out for Trick or Treatin' but by 3 o'clock, the skies suddenly went dark, wind blew a bit and finally it rained. Whoa...little kiddos broke out together in "rain rain go away, today is Halloween" song. hehehe.
Like the weather, I had some change of plans myself. With my costume. I had originally planned to go as Sunshine Corazon, Charice's character in GLEE. But it kinda didn't work out. I opted to channel my inner BELLA SWAN aka Kristen Stewart of the movie "Twilight".
Took out my old high cut All Star Converse, denim jeans, an evil eye necklace and a stoic face expression to complete the look. HAHAHAHAHA!!!
(Yes, Bella wore her Jack Purcell hi cuts during the prom).
Rain or shine we went to get our TREATS!!!
Too bad I couldnt take my camera out during the whole 2 hours we were walking around Paradise Village. Just couldnt risk rain pouring on my camera.
Kids had to wear their mouse ears on top of their hoodies. And companions had umbrellas for reinforcements! We had a blast!!! Cool Halloween as ever!!!
Of course I was forced to put on my own hoodie when rain decided to pour more. The somber color of my jacket kinda completed my Bella Swan ensemble.
And as tradition has it, we had a big dinner out.
And counted our loot at the coffee shop.


A happy camper indeed.



The goodies overflowed, we had an extra tote to put them all in.


Yey! Cold weather! Reason to bring out them scarves!...yep, Mr. Mcfly came along. It was Halloween afterall.
(by this time I have changed eye make up and my hair has gone limp by the rain. I did have a proper photoshoot as Bella earlier that afternoon. And the light was kinda funky coz of the dark clouds)


Little kiddo got this from a good bag handed by 2 little girls standing by their gate. Pretty eerie scene actually. The house was dark. No other person except these 2 little girls dressed in white with their little buckets handing out candies. If they have said to me in unison..."We want to play with you forever..." DANG I WOULD HAVE RAN LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!



We are HAPPY!!!
Hope you guys had a grand Halloween!!! Till next year! Hope everyone is safe and out of the cold.

And the big reveal!!!
hehehehe
For this year's Halloween, my kids decided they were going to be mouseketeers!!!
I thought the idea was kinda cool actually!
How else to pay tribute to our most favorite MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!
I let them choose which circa they would want for their costumes. They chose the original 1955's uniform. So Annette F it is then...


Complete 1955 Mickey Mouse Club ensemble...the ears, white shirt with name on the front and original MMC logo at the back...
Although we made a big of a twist with the color of the skirt. Because it was Halloween we decided it would be black instead of blue.
















My girls with my own 30-year-old Mickey Mouse stuffed toy which an uncle sent to me from Orland, Florida.



HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!
Have fun and be safe!

(all photos taken at the house)

And so it has been decided!!!
Every year, Halloween is just about the biggest day for the kids, next to Christmas of course. For the past six years we had been going at our costumes very carefully. We made sure our costumes were nailed to the tee and closest we could get to the original. Addams Family, Dora the Explorer, Wild Cats cheerleader from High School Musical, Hannah Montana.... Last year was a bit of an exception. The kids insisted they go as witches. They asked for ready made costumes from the mall. Im not one to brush off their opinions so we got them witches dresses. And they were HAPPY!!!
This year, I earlier decided to recycle their ballerina ensemble they wore at a fashion show. We could wings (we've had them for 3 years now). Crowns. Princess Fairy Ballerinas!!! Simple, economical, practical. Well...yesterday, I had this major lightbulb moment!!! Yes they still are going to be Priness Fairy Ballerinas for their school trick or treating, they would love that.
But for Halloween night itself, I have decided that we all go out as The Original Mickey Mouse Club members!!!
Think ANNETTE!!!
Isn't she pretty?
I smell photoshoot...hehehe. But not until we get the whole ensemble nailed.



Blue skirt. But to give it a Halloween-ey twist, we decided it should be black!!!
Challenge now is to find printers who would do the names on the front and the MMC logo on the back!
It's our own little homage to the COOLEST MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!!!


SO EXCITED!!!


Please Boss...S.O.S. hehehehe...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!
or...happy 2 days after halloween night..! hihihihi...
What a weekend! Busy busy busy!
You know how it is during halloween, it's one big production in our household. Even though this year we were a little 'subtle' with the holidays we were still caught in its joyful frenzy.
The picture above was in 2006. We all went out as the Addams Family, minus Pogsly (we dont have a male child, hehehe). Joel was Gomez, I was Morticia and Alyssa was Wednesday Addams.
We roamed the dark streets of Mahogany Groove with the JOpsons. What a blast we had!


And year 2007 was the year of the Disney tv movie, High School Musical. We were obssessed! Zombie-obssessed seriously!!! I hand sewed Alyssa's red cheerleader uniform with glittery sequined E (for East High school) and pomspoms. Learned from the 2006 trick or treating that one pumpkin bag just wasnt gonna do it. So we printed this big paper HSM bag for them candies. Alyssa won best costume in one party. Ava was a fairy princess. But the ruffles and tutu bothered her so much she kept pulling them off, thus the absence of any photo of her.


This was the growing up halloween. Alyssa dressed as no other than the teen pop star of the year, Hannah Montana!!! Found a blonde wig, took a vintage shirt from a flea market, hand-sewed the gold beads (and on the pants), found a pair of black boots and VIOLA!!! She had the best of both worlds! HAHAHAHA! And that gold belt, its actually my sequin headband. hehe


...ohhhh dear little miss DORA THE EXPLORER!!! Isnt she a peach??? Boots the monkey is in her backpack.
Presenting... 2009...
I wanted to go Korean and dress up as Jandi of Boys over Flowers but the kids wanted to go as witches. This time we got ourselves costumes off from the rack. My pretty witches!!!



Hope you all had a wonderful halloween!!!