Halloween!

Yes, I have finally done it. I have been behind for 3 months on my blog but today with this post I am caught up!

About a week before Halloween Brian took the girls down to the Albert Heinz (our grocery store) and let them selected out what they felt like were the most perfect pumpkins for there jack-o-lanterns. The pumpkins at the store were so fun because they actually came with instructions and stickers on it, of how to carve the pumpkin, where to carve the pumpkin, and what it should look like when you were done. We found it entertaining. I guess the tradition of carving pumpkins is just starting here or something. We were just so glad to have pumpkins to carve. Kaitlyn says her pumpkin is a Zombie. They were both so proud of their pumpkins.

Halloween night was so much fun. I know a lot of places and people in the Netherlands are not really big into Halloween. But we lucked out. Our whole community participated in trick-or-treating. Not every house But we could go up and down the streets and there were several houses on each streets with pumpkins glowing and signs in the window that said they were participating in trick-or-treating. It was quite stratifying and almost felt like we were at home and in the states just out trick-or-treating because there were so many other kids out trick-or-treating too. It was just fun! We went with my friend Baerbel. Her family moved here from England and her girls also go to the same school as my kids. Kaitlyn and Brianna enjoy playing with Sophie and Alix because they can play in English and in Dutch together. We went over to my friend Beate's neighborhood last because that is where the are the most enthusiastic about trick-or-treating and their were like 50 houses in one little square all participating.

The girls had lots of candy and it was over all a very good evening. Kaitlyn went off and spent the night at her friend Nina's house and her and Nina stayed up all night eating there candy all gone as any good little kid should. Brianna ended up starting to run a fever that night which has managed to spreed its way through the rest of the family. I feel bad for Brianna. It seems like every Holiday that comes, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, she will be sick. Poor girl.

Here are some pictures of the girls in there self chosen dress up outfits. I think they dressed themselves up quit well. We had 2 princesses and their pet giraffe.