The other day Alienor brought home a flyer for a Halloween party at our village's sports hall. I took the easy route and had the kids choose a costume from their assortment of dress-up outfits. I got them dressed up tonight and Patrice dropped us off - he went out with the missionaries. The flyer didn't give any details besides the time and place so I really didn't know what to expect. I admit there was that fear of showing up to find out you are the only one dressed up! Other kids were dressed up so we were relieved. That was until Alienor's friend came up and told her she wasn't dressed up for Halloween. Alienor came to me in tears. Apparently Halloween here is only witches, ghouls, vampires, etc. All the dark stuff. So everyone was looking at the kids - Snow White, a pink princess, Superman and a lion. Several kids came up to us to tell us that we weren't correctly dressed up for Halloween. Oh well, we'll know to skip the event next year!! Now that I think about it though, they do celebrate Carneval in February which is when they dress up however they want. Needless to say, we left early and came home. So goes life in a foreign country. I just laugh with the kids - even though they usually don't!
Need to get the kids in bed.
Have a happy Halloween. By the way Marion, let us know what this year's costumes are going to be and don't forget to post pictures!
Jocelyn