Halloween is anticipated by children and adults all around the world. Ok, well here maybe just by the expats. Last year we had a great time dressing up, going out to eat, carving watermelons (yes that is correct), eating candy and having a dance party!
This Halloween we went for something a bit different. We were so blessed to be visited by some friends from another city who brought their kids so we headed downtown for a meal and bowling! The place we went has awesome burgers and pizzas...mmmm what a treat!
This year I hand sewed costumes for Jared and I, and thanks to a suggestion from a friend we decided to be pirates!
Here we are at the restaurant being pirates. Jared got the red and black fabric for us from the market and I sewed his black shorts and our vests. The red we just tied on and we work Jared's white shirts. It took a while to do since we don't have a sewing machine here and it was my first attempt at sewing in a REALLY long time, but it turned out great! I had been checking out homemade pirate costume ideas on the internet for a while and most of them say...cut up your sweatpants, or make a vest out of a black shirt you have...well you know what, I just can't do that here. If I cut up my sweatpants I can't go to walmart and buy a new pair or go buy a cheap plain black t-shirt... so sewing it was! I feel very accomplished. Some other friends took pictures of us too so hopefully we an exchange them soon and I can get some better pictures of us and the other friends who were there. We were a wild group! Here are a few others:
Here is Jen P. with Jared. All of the girls dressed up as the guys here. She was lucky enough to be Jared. I helped to sneak his clothes to her.
We even had Superman and Clark Kent show up at our party!
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