This year was the first time that Evangeline really seemed to "get" Halloween. The holiday is catching on more and more in Hong Kong with store displays being common. Our local supermarket even had a special Halloween candy section, which I don't remember them having last year. So with all of the decorations around, Evangeline was frequently talking about Halloween and what she was going to be. She decided that she was going to be a fairy. I'm not 100% sure where that came from, but at least it was easy, so I was thankful!
Evangeline's school didn't have a dress-up day, so we had to be a little creative. This afternoon we made pumpkin mini muffins, frosted them, and decorated them:
Sorry for the semi-nudity, by the way! After Evangeline gets home from school she takes off her uniform and doesn't want to put anything else on, so I roll with it unless we're leaving the house. Maybe she'll change her ways when it gets colder.
After the cupcakes were all decorated, we got her into her fairy costume! It couldn't have been easier; she already had the leotard and tights, so all I had to do was buy the wings and wand, which she'll love to play with again, and got a fairy-ish skirt at H&M.
We packed up our cupcakes and went reverse-trick-or-treating. That's right, instead of going out looking for treats, we stopped over at a few friends' places and dropped our treats off. Evangeline thought it was really fun. When we got to my friend Grace's flat, her daughter immediately got out her dress-up clothes too. Here are the kids posing:
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| Gustav didn't want to dress up, but did his "Superman Pose" for the picture |
Luckily Evangeline doesn't know any different, and really thought she was trick-or-treating. She was yelling, "Trick-or-treat!" at everyone we passed by, much to their amusement.
For dinner, I made jack-o-lantern baked sweet potato fries to go with our split pea soup. Labor intensive but fun!
I hope you are all having a lovely holiday, too! BOO!
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