Halloween Party

Last night, we had a Halloween party with some friends from the neighborhood. Elin planned and organized the whole event - including talking our neighbors into allowing us to trick or treat at their houses. We had dinner, games, tric-or-treating and then the adults had a few BEvERageS. Several of the families have lived in America. Elin is helping the wives with their English and they in turn help her with Japanese. We had about 25 people in our house. Overall, it was a really good time. We are considering doing something on Thanksgiving and/or Christmas.



Here is a picture of the pumpkins that we carved for Halloween.








Savannah in her witch costume. We looked all over for green face paint, but it is not so popular in Japan. They were able to find some regular green make-up that gave her face a green tint.






Denny received a Power Ranger outfit from Nanny (Elin's mom). He decided to wear it for trick-or-treating. He showed off some of his 'Power Moves' for me.










Savannah in her costume in front of the fire. I decided to light the grill up in cse we were outside after t-o-t. It is getting cold here already. We also have a typhoon blowing through. All we really get is a lot of rain when we get typhoons since we are so far inland. Also, the weather seems to come from north to south and we are pretty far north.



Denny showing some more moves in front of the fire.












Some of the neighborhood kids as they arrived for the party.







Yuki checking out the 'smoke' from the dry ice. Don't ask me how Elin got a hold of dry ice - she has connections.






Elin and the kids in the kitchen. They are getting ready for games.












Savannah is showing some friends something on the fridge... Not sure what it was.











Fukami san made 'Scream' shaped nan. She also made curry to dip it into. It was really good. I have to figure out where she buys it. I also want to make some spicy curry. We usually go with medium becaus ethe kids can't eat too much spicy food. Savannah has recently discovered tacos. She still won't eat the lettuce and tomatoes, but she likes the shells, meat, cheese and sauce.







Elin and company playing the 'monster game'. You have to reach in the bag and see if you could tell what part of the monster was in it. Several of the kids would not play because they were afraid - including Denny.




Savannah and Anna watching the monster game.







This was some of the food that we had. It was a pot-luck so there was the curry I mentioned before, pizza that we had delivered for the first time ($70 for 3 mediums), finger sandwiches, gyoza (kind of like pot stickers), chicken, a Thai dish, etc. I was so full...




Koga ready for t-o-t in his pumpkin outfit.












SOme of the other kids heading out for some treats.












Mitani san and I were stationed at the corner to hand out treats. I hid behind a car and tried to scare some of the kids. Not too bad, though.






Another picture of the kids at the corner getting treats.








As soon as we got home, every child dumped their bags out on the floor to see what they got... I was amazed to see that happen. It was just like we did when we were growing up.






Some of the kids checking out their snacks.








Savannah's witch's brew.

The kids playing the monster game. Check out savannah's Japanese... I am fairly certain that she has surpassed me already.