As you all know, my wife is obsessed with Halloween. Has
been for years. (but I must say that I am so proud that she has toned down the
Halloween decorations from the really crazy stuff people get into…I have to say
that is a win for me! Only took 7 years to make it happen). In fact one year
when we were living abroad we came back for Halloween to see family instead of
Thanksgiving and Christmas like normal
people do! Hahaha.
This year is no different. Our house was decked out in
Halloween decorations one day when I came home and Lady has already carved a
few pumpkins (Lucky Dragon did not like cleaning the pumpkin but loved the
lights), roasted pumpkin seeds, and found several Harvest type activities for
us to enjoy. She even has altered her cooking to be harvest themed. She and Tau’aho
have pumpkin pancakes for breakfast, pine nuts are our new snack, and Lady Hiva
even had some fresh cow’s milk from Beaver to make her own yogurt and kaymak (a
Turkish spread eaten on bread with honey).
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| Apparently, to carve pumpkins you have to wear a blue jumper. |
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| Making kaymak and yogurt |
She even planned a Halloween party for weeks that was
amazing. Complete with a homemade Zombie piñata and a scavenger hunt through
the house. The kids loved that. Tau’aho kept yelling “hit the weetch!”
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| Making a zombie pinata |
We decorated, cooked, baked and she even had me making
zombie people with creepy eyes! Lady Hiva and Lucky Dragon have been watching
all of the Halloween cartoons and now will tell us things are “pooky.”
At her party we all ate plenty of candy, plenty of other
food, and had some fun! So at least Halloween has been a bit enjoyable. Which means
I can suffer through the rest of it in anticipation for 1 NOV when Christmas
can start! YAY!
