On Saturday we had a Halloween party for primary school students here. Much fun was had by all (at the party at least, I am sure there would have been a few rather disgruntled parents and tears before bedtime when then sugared, scared and face-paint-smeared wee ones got home). We have been sort-of rehearsing for the Halloween play for the past few weeks but the preparation began in earnest on the Wednesday afternoon and continued apace until minutes before the kiddies arrived. On Friday night I carved my very first pumpkin. It was fun and far less dangerous than I had imagined due to some specialised tools we had been sent from the States.On Saturday morning we all showed up bright and early (and looking spectacular)
I have to say that sitting in an dark room, waiting to scream at small, terrified children was one of the odder things I have intentionally taken part in, even in Japan. My first haunted house and I was a haunter. Reactions ranged from yelping, to charging (one particularly boisterous child I dumped from a considerable height and then tickled) to uncontrollably shaking, to dismissing me with a "uh, Donna-sensei da". Indeed.
Other highlights of the day were me as the devil in the Jack-o-Lantern story and a small child backing away from me and crying when I entered the room. One of my favourite things in costume is when people don't recognise and a couple of my kids refused to believe I was me until they spotted the eye-brow piercing. Grand.After a night of little sleep I headed out on a field trip with a lovely bunch of exchange students on Sunday. There are some pictures which tell the story passably well on my flickr page. Enjoy.
Hope you are all thriving and I will try and catch up with emails properly this week.
loves much
I ate till it hurt tonight. It still hurts. Why are roasted root vegetables so irresistible? I just don't know.
1 comment:
wow it really puts all my halloween parties to shame!! as I had 3 !! crazy , looks great going to check out the flicker now,
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