grey was totoro for halloween this year! we were worried he wouldn’t like wearing the costume, however in the end he did not want to take it off.

– ryan & gub

the kids costumes were pretty awesome this year! gub did some fine work. grey was totoro from my neighbor totoro and clementine was princess leia. the kids have been way into the original star wars movie as of late.

– ryan & gub

we found this great totoro hat at japanfest 2014!!! it’s adorable and can double as his halloween costume this year!

– ryan & gub

clementine loves her new my neighbor totoro finger puppets from studio ghibli!

– ryan & gub

check out clementine & grey’s cute my neighbor totoro from studio ghibli!

– ryan & gub

check out this great totoro t-shirt!

– ryan & gub

clementine has become a big fan of kiki’s delivery service. it’s an older animation from hayao myazaki & studio ghibli, who created my neighbor totoro and ponyo, which clementine also loves.

the main character kiki is a witch who makes deliveries by flying on her broomstick. clementine now tries to ‘fly high’ like kiki on her little broom and gets super frustrated when she can’t get off the ground!

it’s adorable to say the least.

– ryan & gub

we had a lovely holiday this year with both of our families. the kids were able to spend time with their aunts, uncles & cousins, which they thoroughly enjoyed, and also received some great goodies in the process! their loot included my neighbor totoro dolls for clem & a new blabla for grey! clem also got a super cool, shiny red tricycle from her grams and gandpa.

we had an easy time picking out gifts for all of our nieces & nephews this year at treehouse kids & craft, our friend kristen’s shop in athens, ga.

happy holidays!

– ryan, gub, clementine & grey