Karin's Life in America

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Halloween 2010

Having established that Halloween is a full season this year was particularly nice because it was spread out over a whole weekend. On Friday they were festivities in school. Like every year the Kindergarten classes had a parade through all the classrooms. Amelia was a black cat. It was interesting to see among the younger girls that there were many witches and much fewer princesses than in other years. That Friday afternoon we had our by now traditional open house. The highlight for the kids was a chocolate fountain. The whole house smelled like chocolate and it was delicious. I had focused a little more on drinks this year and put a beverage station together for the kids (there was a separate one for adults) with different colored sodas, syrups, colored ice cubes, gummy worms etc. Marlene made a beautiful layered drink. We were blessed once again with sunshine and perfect weather since 58 guests would have given the house a rather crowded feeling. The last guests were the cutest; the Bjorklund twins were dressed up as vikings which is probably the most adorable baby costume I have ever seen.
This was the first year that Marlene carved her pumpkin all by herself. Amelia wanted a rat hotel and I carved it according to her design.
On Sunday then it was finally the day. In the evening I took the girls trick-or-treating while Jay divided his attention between the door and football.