Halloween

We’ve moved into our permanent apartment on campus.  Moving was an adventure, since apparently we have brought more stuff than anyone else.  Most of the faculty came with one or two suitcases. not us, I packed 6 footlockers and 4 suitcases and still felt like I left half of my life behind.  So, needless to say, we had some help moving things in.  Actually, we had two very helpful security guards help drag all our stuff up to the apartment.

After worrying and writing here about being sad about Halloween- I found some vinyl stickers online and decided to decorate the best I could. One of my amazing friends (Sheri!) sent me a care package full of Halloween goodies. There were candy corn, fall m&ms, reeses peanut butter bats, kitchen towels and amazing smelling candles.  It was like a little slice of Americana here in China. I didn’t take any pictures of any of these, but I should have- I need to start thinking like a blogger!

Our lovely apartment manager Tiffany, who we’ve become friends with,  also orchestrated trick or treating for her daughter Elsa, Alex and the little boy who lives upstairs.  She decorated the courtyard and even put up a tent for the kids to play in.

He had a great time teaching the little kids about trick or treating. And we did trick or treating UK style where the kids actually had to do a tick (sing a song, do something cool, etc.) to get a treat. Alex figured out he could impress people by counting to 10 in Chinese.  It was a really fun night and it made me really happy to see new people enjoying my favorite holiday!