Halloween 2013

This year for Halloween, we were able to go to two different Halloween parties!  The kids were really excited about them.
While we were in the States this summer the kids decided what they wanted to be for Halloween, and I was able to buy the appropriate clothing.  Liam and Hallie wanted to be ninjas, and Eryn said she wanted to be an artist.  I bought Liam and Hallie some black clothing and black scarves to wrap their head and face.  They can wear clothing even when they are not dressed as a ninja.  Eryn just needed a painting smock (an adult shirt I bought at Goodwill) and a beret.  She had a blast painting her shirt!

The first party was at Jon's school.  It was ok.

Liam as the blue-eyed Ninja

Eryn as the excited artist

Hallie discovered, it is hard for a ninja to sip a drink while in costume

Some foreigners invited us to the second party.  Annie told me it was a party for her church group.  This party was also very close to our house.  It turns out that it was in a villa (house) where the local LDS (Mormon) groups meets.  They are really nice people and we had a good time.  The kids got to spend some time with some other foreign kids.  This group meets at the same time we do on Sunday morning.  We have run into some of them as we are leaving to go eat after our worship. Some time I will tell the story of how we met these folks and got invited to the party.

As part of the party, the kids went trick-or-treating (in different rooms of the house).  They got a respectable amount of some good (American) candy.

We all had a really nice time visiting with (mostly) Americans and meeting new people.

The kids are already talking about what they want to be for Halloween next year.

"pumpkins" the kids and I made for the foreign party

Witches fingers (cookies)

The kid's candy haul on Hallie's Bed

This is the group from the party.
Can you find us?  Hallie is almost hiding behind Jon