Fun Times

The local culture here does not celebrate Halloween and most of the people do not even know what it means. We as a family don't really talk about it, but we try to make it a fun time for the kids to dress up and celebrate Fall. This year was different than the last several years because we are around a ton of American kids. So, we gathered after Cameron's birthday party (which was actually on October 31 because Cooper's birthday is November 6th, so we had a combined party in between the two birthdays) in a one cul-de-sac of our complex and had some games and treats for the kids. It was fun for all of us and even Laura Cate got to dress up in a friends costume as "Tigger"...the cutest Tigger ever! The kids had to sing or dance to get candy, but some people were very generous and Cameron is still working on eating all of his candy.



The next day we got to celebrate Alan's birthday. We just loved being together, going to our International Fellowship and our friends took us out to lunch at a wonderful hotel restaurant. I love this picture are Cameron is enjoying Alan's cool new umbrella while we are enjoying chocolate-chip pankcakes (Alan's favorite). Cameron kept wanting to open Alan's presents or let it be his turn to open a present...it can be so hard to wait!