Halloween

On Friday morning there was a costume parade around Samantha's school. I posted a picture of her class. Mr. Balfour let his beard grow to add to his pirate costume. Then on Friday night Samantha's school hosted a Halloween Trick or Treat Trail around the school. I saw a sign in the school a few months ago asking for volunteers with this event. So I emailed that I would help. I attended the first meeting and there were 5 or 6 of us. This then became the committee to plan the whole thing. I got suckered! Anyway it was a great turn out. My guess is well over 1000 kids and parents came. I worked the entire time so Kyle played Mr. Dad and did a great job getting the girls dressed and took them all around to the games and on the trail.

Then on Sunday we had an organized trick or treat in the neighborhood. We had SO many kids this year. It was great! It is really only the Americans that do Halloween so many of the parents/kids had no idea what to do. We had to explain that you go door to door (only the ones with their lights on) and say trick or treat. Someone asked me if it was a day we honored our dead relatives. "Not exactly" was my reply. It is really just about the costumes and the candy.

KL is coming around to the holiday because there were many more decorations available this year. However, any guess on the cost of a pumpkin here...$60+ for a small to medium one. Yeah, we didn't carve any this year.