Saturday 1 November 2008

Halloween

Halloween

Well, since we are a day ahead of the USA Halloween has come and gone. For the record Halloween is celebrated even less than in England (last year Olivia & I went to the Oxford Ballet Halloween night), but there was Halloween candy at the stores.

This year, there was no candy in the stores, no costumes (these princess dresses were b-day gifts (dress-up) from the Swinton grandparents), but there were pumpkins with directions on "how to carve a pumpkin" at the stores. Most people don't know how to carve a pumpkin (not to mention pumpkins are NOT seasonal since we are going into spring here). Trick or treating is a mystery--One US friend over here had a meeting with all her neighbors and tried to explain trick or treating. Questions afterward were "what do we give them at the door?" "can I give them a game if I don't have any candy?" etc...

Olivia & Mary, were the only kids dressed up all day and while we went to catch a train to attend a Halloween party everyone on the streets was pointing at them. I told the girls to respond by saying "Happy Halloween" but that only got the response of "what is that?" or "You know we don't celebrate that holiday in Australia!"

5 comments:

susanstayner said...

Love the costumes and adorable little girls. Your baby is so cute, too. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

They are so precious! I love that you guys still dressed up!

Sher Bear said...

What a great way to keep in touch. Your little ones are adorable!

Amanda said...

I can't believe how blonde they both have gotten! They look beautiful in the dresses

Danalisa said...

They look adorable! I can't believe that they don't celebrate it there. haha