Bones

Originally purchased for Halloween, these have become favorite pajamas. They remind me of Karate Kid. The bones also glow in the dark. Can they get much cooler?

Only if you make a face like this.

Halloween

Halloween is primarily an American holiday, but it is also a favorite. Our house was decked early, and we tried to do things to celebrate the season. Our compound, being mostly non-American, doesn't really celebrate with trick-or-treating, but we were invited to go with some friends. They live in Education City Housing, which is predominantly American, and they have a big party. They also graciously let us borrow a costume for Leoni, which saved me from trying to throw something together. The party was fun and spirited, complete with a costume contest, which Leoni won! She received a Virgin Store gift certificate. Wow!

Leoni as a fluffy chick

Trick-or-Treating

My favorite costume-
Leoni's Halloween pajamas & goggles

Happy Halloween!

Halloween PJ pants courtesy of Travis (fabric selection) & my mom (seamstress & shipper). They arrived the day before Halloween.

From one of the "scariest" places known to Americans, the Middle East. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. On Saturday, we didn't do much in the way of Halloween. Our compound didn't have any organized Trick or Treating. Instead we attended Travis' softball game, ate some candy at home, and sang Home Means Nevada (October 31st is Nevada Day, too).

Leoni and I attended a Halloween party earlier this week with some other mothers and kids from our ward. They did a really great job organizing it and providing a few fun activities for the toddlers, and it was fun to get dressed up festively more than once this week.


We decided to forgo the $40 pumpkins (no, I did not accidentally hit a zero). Instead, Travis bought a pumpkin pastry at our local bakery, Bateels. Surprisingly, they had something Halloween-ish, though small (about 3 inches in diameter). They have wisely started to catch on to the Americans.