Trick or Treat!

This was our first Halloween to celebrate overseas (last year we were traveling). We got together with the other Americans in town to have our own "Fall Festival" LC-style. The plan was to carve pumpkins, but it is really difficult to find big orange pumpkins in town. There are many vegetables that are called pumpkin, but most are not orange. And if they are orange, they aren't round like what you would see in the States. Our friends managed to find a few pumpkins for carving and we had a great time!

It was fun to see the costumes that people came up with! A few people had costumes made by a seamstress in town, other people sewed their own costumes and some bought clothes in town and created their own costume from that. We tried all night to get a family picture, but Abby never looked at the camera! This was the best one that was taken. Nick dressed up as a soldier, I was a basketball player, and Abby is a superhero (see her bright pink cape?). The front of her outfit says "Super Cute."

Abby got to play with Cream Soda, our friends' dog. This was her first time to pet a dog and she was so excited! It looks like she wants to eat the dog for dinner. Maybe one day.

We enjoyed apple pie while we carved our pumpkins. We had a great time hanging out with everyone. After a delicious chili dinner, we roasted marshmallows and the kids bobbed for apples. We ended the night by playing games together.

Almost ready for bed! Abby was out past her bedtime so she just fell asleep in her sling while the grown-ups played Apples to Apples.