Laowai

Someday we will go trick-or-treating like normal Americans. I look forward to that.

Yesterday we were all ready for a busy afternoon. We set out for Claire’s dancing/singing class and then we were going to go trick-or-treating on our way back. Then Bea started acting quiet on the train ride and she said she was feeling sick to her stomack. Oh no – that’s one of my greatest fears – a sick kid on a train. She was looking pale and even shaking a little. So we got off at the next stop and headed for home. She seemed fine soon after we got home but I didn’t feel like getting on the bus to go to the other side of town and it was almost too late to trick-or-treat anyway. Uhg – this is a long boring story. The short version is that we didn’t go trick-or-treating AGAIN even though I was all prepared to do it this year. So I called Brian, who was on his way home from Germany, and asked him to buy some candy. And then we had a treasure hunt with clues that lead to candy after dinner. So even though I had a moment of feeling completely deflated (drama) – the girls were happy.

Herea are the pics – first the carving:

Now they are ready for their little treasure hunt:

CANDY! I don’t think it’s the sugar that makes them crazy – it’s just the anticipation of gobs of treats to eat. Claire doesn’t even know what’s happening, but she still bounces off the walls when she hears the (powerful) word – candy. 

I know the weather was conspiring to make Halloween difficult for a lot of people in the US this year. I hope all our much missed trick-or-treaters in Michigan had a fun time.