Halloween-2010

Merry Christmas!!! I think it’s about time I post our Halloween pictures.  I know it’s not as exciting to read about whatever happened almost two months ago but better late then never-hehe.

Since Halloween fell on Sunday this year, we didn’t really want to take kids Trick-or-Treating on Oct. 31.  Fortunately, Katya and Alex had plenty of opportunities to dress up and get baskets full of candy.

First, on Thursday, we had a Halloween party for all Med. Group personnel. Kids had fun walking through familiar hallways of the clinic –from immunizations to optometry—and trick-or-treating. Dental clinic gave out toothbrushes:) and a tiny piece of candy.

Robert as a Ukrainian kozak, Lyena as a Flamenco dancer, Mark-giraffe,  Katya-Bell, and Alex-Woody. 

Secondly, each class at school had its own Halloween party with games and food. Kindergartners even got to walk in a parade for their parents outside the building. That was a lot of fun.

For her school party, Katya wanted to be a Ukrainian girl.

Finally, on Saturday, we had a Trunk-or-Treat for all the church people, followed by a Chili-fest. Lyena was a pirate girl that night. Mark was a puppy.

Story behind Robert’s costume is quite silly impressive. The day before our Trunk-or-Treat, Katya and Alex convinced me to blow up our humongous beach ball. Mark and Lyena had a blast kicking it around in the backyard.

We noticed that the ball had a leak. In fact, I was told about the leak by the ladies who borrowed it for the Officers’ Club party a month before. Apparently, they found it and tried to fix it with a piece of scotch tape. I thought it wasn’t a big deal, but then we realized that truly, the ball goes flat pretty fast and it’s too much pain to fix it.

Robert was still thinking of a costume for him for our church party. And suggested that he should be a beach ball. And voila! He went all out of course with face paint and a swim cap-hahaha.

I have to admit, with each year, I begin to like Halloween more and more, just because of the fun the kids (and Robert) have dressing up and doing all the pumpkin activities.