Halloween!

So Halloween is celebrated a little differently here--they don't Trick or Treat! or wear costumes! However -- they do LOVE pumpkins.  The school had a contest to see which child could make the best pumpkin--and there were definitely some VERY creative pumpkins!  My favorite was the one with red and orange hair!

To celebrate Halloween, I carved a pumpkin for the children and then helped them draw their own pumpkins.  We also asked the children 'What scared them' in order to strengthen the significance of the emotion.   And then -- as a way to just bring a little playfulness to the group -- Anita and I taught the "Time Warp"!  They loved it!  Later during the day, after they learned the dance, they would show me it in the hallways!  So cute.


I tried to make pumpkin cookies for the girls but they don't have pumpkin in a jar here (so I tried making a puree) and it wasn't that successful but my host parents were so sweet about it! :)  First try--FAIL!
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Picture Captions
1) The Pumpkin Winners!
2) The girls getting ready for Halloween
3-6) Me teaching how to carve pumpkins!
7) Drawings from the kids
8) My pumpkin...with limited Supplies! I think it came out pretty well
9) Look what I found!!!!

Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kNIjJYGbyZA