Second year in a row we stayed home for Halloween! I don't mean stay home as in not going out and trick-or-treating, but as in not traveling abroad. This is the week of the boys' half-term, so they are out of school, and usually it's so nice to go travel somewhere without missing school. But this year we, again, wanted to go to base for trick-or-treating, as the kids just love it.
We did the obligatory pumpkin carving a couple of days before Halloween.
The British people don't carve their pumpkins as much as the Americans do. We didn't want to have ours out too early so it would mold with all this humidity here.
In England, if you have a porch light on AND a pumpkin by the door means that you have candy for trick-or-treaters.
We had a busy schedule for Saturday, Oct. 31st. We first had a church party with chili and trunk-or-treat.
That was fun, except they did trunk-or-treating first, and then waited way too long for chili eating (and we had to leave early), so we didn't get to see the costume contest or chili tasting and results.
Robert is telling Mallory a secret about how he found this costume at the BX at Lakenheath last year.
Mark was the cutest Harry Potter AGAIN.
After this party, we ran to meet our British school friends so we could go trick-or-treating on base together. It was quite an experience!! Lots of dressed up people, lots of candy and fun. Our friends couldn't believe how great it was and how much candy their kids got;).
Our last Halloween in England... (you'll be hearing lots of "lasts" soon).
Lyana.
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