
Meg has been planning a halloween party for several months. Because of Corona, it almost looked like it wouldn’t happen. Germany is introducing stricter contact regulations Nov. 2nd. So legally, we are still allowed to have a party. And ethically, all the other parents and I agreed that the level of risk for the party was not much higher than the girls going to school, since they are all in the same class, and still going to school five days a week (although they do wear masks in the school).
In normal years, the girls would have gone trick-or-treating, but not this year. Instead, we had plenty of candy, and halloween themed food. Meg and Clare did a great job researching fun ways to present food. We also had plenty of fun activities – Meg put together a great scavenger hunt, we carved pumpkins, and the girls found plenty of other fun things to do as well. We lucked out with the weather – it was partly cloudy and about 60F most of the day, which meant that we were able to carve pumpkins on the balcony, which is a lot less messy than inside.
Jack-o-lantern clementines Meg and Samaya making oreo bats Halloweeny snacks Carrot and cucumber Jack-o-lantern Monster apples Halloween decorations Spider Jana brought brains (vanilla pudding and strawberry jam) Sketchy characters Ghosts and goblins Jana, Lisa, Celia, Samaya, and Meg Ghost queen and ghost – Jana and Lisa Jana, Samaya, Meg, and Lisa Samaya and Celia Jana and Samaya Celia and Jana Jana and Meg Celia and Lisa Jana and Lisa Meg, Samaya, Lisa, and Celia Hooded figures Meg and Lisa Tallest to shortest Spencer brings a message for a scavenger hunt Solving clues Scavenger hunt Spencer as a fortnite skeleton Exchanging candy Carving pumpkins Clare helps carve a pumpkin Scooping out the goop from the pumpkins Pretty clouds Jack-o-lanterns Spider-web pizza
The last activity of the night was making s’mores. We can’t really have a campfire in our apartment, so Clare got a big candle to roast marshmallows with. This worked okay, but soon degraded into simply playing with fire. Good thing for parental supervision.
“roasting” marshmallows Marshmallow “roasting”