Halloween is turning into a special festival around here. I found it pretty annoying in the past. What’s the deal with kids dressing up and collecting a bucketful of candies, which we would have to then stress over? All that sugar! When we got sugar free in 2014 we had a rough time trying to contend with these sugary fests.
I can now proudly proclaim that we have conquered this difficult festival with elan. We have a plan for everything, beginning from costumes, to pumpkins and other decors, and can even deal with the candy (imagine that!!!).
This year Tanya and Leena announced that they plan to be Toothless and Hiccup from “How to train your dragon”. We picked the first part to avoid Hiccup’s peg leg and the fancy costumes that the dragon riders now wear. The first part included hunts in second hand stores for clothes that could be modified to make the costumes. I tackled Toothless’ head (most difficult part) and was a little discouraged by my progress. Luckily Klaske made Hiccup’s jacket, and I managed to finish the rest of the costumes. They turned out pretty snazzy!
This year I decided to put together a costume for myself. Our department did a super hero theme. Was fun to surprise my students with my costume (and some treats)!
We conquered the trick or treat thanks to our local dentist. They have a candy buy back program. The kids can take their candies there and they weigh them and pay them for their candies @ $1/pound. The kids got $4 each from the dentist. We doubled the amount so they had $8 each. They get to buy a toy from it. Good deal for all. BTW, the dentists send the candies to troops stationed oversees. So its a win win solution!
We didn’t do much by way of decor for Halloween this year, with a notable exception of Bob and John. We did visit pumpkin patches and went through the Halloween corn maze. All together good fun!!
Fall is coming to an end. Among other things, we went camping a few times at Bald Eagle State park with Oma in Dory. Those were good times.
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