Monday, November 10, 2008

backtracking to Halloween

Just had to post this picture of Emily and her friend Kirsten, ready to go to the Halloween party put on by the Americans here.

Emily was Queen Amidala from Star Wars, and Kirsten was a spider. The Italians do not officially celebrate Halloween, though it is gaining in popularity here. We did see some shops with Halloween decorations, etc. All Saints' Day (November 1st) is an official Italian holiday, though.

The night of the party, the last crate of our household goods was being delivered, so Jeff had to stay home while I took the girls to the party. My friend Chris was picking us up (I don't have a driver's license over here yet), and she didn't know where our house was, so we walked up to another area that she was familiar with. So I stood on a very busy street corner with the above pictured children in costume for about 10 minutes waiting on her. I'm sure the Italians got quite a kick out of it!

2 comments:

Mom said...

They look soooooo cute!!!

UB said...

Grndma read it all. She was very excited.