Halloween

Today we went to a halloween/bbq party at Illing who lives in Taipei City/Dazhi.
We arrived at 4, husband drove us, and had some "entry"-problems.
All day I've been telling Victor we would meet Brendan (his best friend) later. After the nap we'll go, I told him, so when we arrived, Brendan wasn't there yet. Victor went all shy and didn't wanted to come inside.
I tried talking to him, tried to close the door leaving him in the hallway alone, tried to "threaten" about having Ba Ba come and take him home again.
Nothing really worked eventhough all the other kids, there were already there, he have met before. So I put Mila down (as long as there are plenty of new toys, she don't mind strangers!) and carried Victor inside. It didn't take long for him to see, there were nothing to be shy or scared of. And only 30 min later Brendan arrived - today with a face of a cat. Miau...cute!!








We started off by playing music, dancing and singing to songs that Michele had with her. Songs to be played on the DVD of course, otherwise it'd be really hard to have all kids playing along. The toys would just distract too much :D
So the tv helped out alot!!! :P



Then we had some dinner. Some very yummy dinner. Taco's, Burger's, Pasta (I made that one. I say yummy, because I liked it, but somehow I ended up bringing almost the whole portion back home again. Yay. Pasta for three days on!!!~sigh) and loads more food. I had a Corona beer with my food. It was nice cold and was long overdue, if you asked me!! :)
After the dinner, the parents need to burp and let out their stomachs for awhile, so the kids went back to play. Overall they all played very nice with each other. With about 11-12 kids all under 6 years old (right?) it'd be really, REALLY amazing if there weren't any "fights", especially considering most of those 12 kids 2/3 is all boys!

Just to show how some parents relaxed - I'd say they had an easy job that night, haha:Then it was time to more fun. All the kids (and some parents) put on costumes. I didn't bring any for Victor, but Florian had two (his mom are so smart!!) so Victor could try on the one Florian didn't wanted. Which was of course a Devil outfit. Perfect for Victor!!!!
We then gathered all the kids up in a line (well...that WAS the idea, but not all have understood the concept. Victor!) and they went for the treats. Parents hiding in all the rooms with the candy. It was over pretty fast!!! But the main point was, that all the kids got something in their little bags. They ate and ate untill time was 8 and time to go. It was a really nice evening, hecktic and loud as well, but all seem to be having fun. Which is the main goal, right?


This is Victor's bag (someone actually gave him this one last year at some other event, he just liked the bag and I had completely forgotten it was a pumpkin untill I got the invitation for tonight! See how much Halloween means to me :P ) and this is his harvest of candy!














As for the candy, you got crackers, chocolate cookies, lollipops, gummiebears, chips and then you got the taiwan-style candy: Sea-weed! Guess who brought that!!!



HAPPY BE-LATED HALLOWEEN!

Ps. Thanks to Iling and Alen for having such a big crowd crashing your place!!!