Halloween Fun...Italian Style!

This was our first year "trick-or-treating" in Italy. Italy celebrates Halloween...only a little differently. There were no decorated homes and very few had pumpkins. Our neighbors invited us to walk the neighborhood with them, but we wanted to enjoy some good-ole American style Halloween. So, we packed up the kids for the military housing area. The military instalation ran shuttles to the housing area, so I had Shelly and the kids meet me at work so we could catch the bus over. The best part about "trick-or-treating" on a military housing area is you can hit 100 houses in 30-minutes. It had been raining all day...but it did clear up in time for an awesome night out.

We're trying something different on Do This! The kids are going to blog a little. First up...Maddy.

For Halloween I was a Dark Empress. This was the first year I wasn't a princess or a fairy. It was a very fun and different Halloween. It was weird going on a bus to go "trick-or-treating". When we were on the bus they stopped and then started to go backwards until we got there. At first, I was really scared but after a while it wasn't so scary. I had a lot of fun going"trick-or-treating", but it was really cold outside. I got at least a bucket-full of candy. By the time we got home it was about eight forty-five. That is how I spent my Halloween.

OK! Well Ollie didn't want to add anything. So...here is the scoop. Ollie went as Dash for the second time. He is both Eco and money smart. We told him we'd pay him $10 if he was Dash again. He said yes, then asked if he'd get $20 next year. I like the way he thinks. It was a long day for the kids. The bus ride didn't make things easier. Ollie was out cold two minutes into the bus ride back to base.

It was a real nice night. A large organization on base set up several booths and handed out candy. Plus, they gave each homeowner two bags of candy to help off-set the cost of candy. The housing area opened it's gates to the Italian community. There were tons of kids everywhere. Nigel stayed home to pass out candy to the Italian kids. He said all of the kids came in large groups...and they all had hand guns as part of thier costumes.