Somethings you take for granted. Like Halloween. And then you move to Australia, and it's all screwy! Halloween is HOT here! HOT!!! And nobody really celebrates it. We saw one kid in a costume. He was a ninja. That was it. We didn't get any trick or treaters at all. It was a rather bah- humbug kind of Halloween. So I made some bunting to cheer it up!
It says "Trick or Treat"
Which is of course completely different from the Halloweens of my childhood. Growing up in Washington state, we lived at the end of a cul-de-sac out in farm country. And almost every Halloween this really spooky low lying fog would roll in and it would be really cold! I remember wearing long johns under my costumes. LOL. The weather really set the Halloween mood for me as a child.
So in an attempt to bring some Halloween fun to our Aussie friends, we invited Ray and Louise over to carve pumpkins! And that meant that of course we had to decorate! Because we LOVE decorating for holidays. Yeah most of it was 1950's fantastic, but you know what, it was festive and fun! I think people under value the "hey it's a PARTY" factor that streamers bring!
Here I am intently watching Ray as he makes his first incision. LOL
See the awesome 50's decor. So cool!
I was working on a paper while Joe was decorating, and he asked me about the fake spiderwebs, I was like, just stretch it out and hang it. Not thinking that maybe he had never seen it before, as they don't decorate for Halloween here. So he asked me to come see and he'd put the whole bag on one cabinet. It was so cute. I then clued in and showed him how to do it properly. I think it turned out pretty good!
Such scary spider webs! I NEVER clean the house... can you tell?
Good work Joe!
Here's Joe carving our Australian Blue pumpkin.
Those are for eating, not for carving as we found out. Yes, they eat pumpkin here on a very regular basis. We fed pumpkins to the cows, so eating it is a bit strange. tee hee. Unless it's in a pie of course. :)
My Aussie Blue Pumpkin
So our friends told us that the grocery store had American pumpkins and they got one. We were slackers and thought they would have a whole bunch of them and that's how we got stuck with an Australian Blue eating pumpkin which is WAY too thick and hard to be a carving pumpkin!
Louise gets her first feel of pumpkin guts... not sure she liked it. :)
EEEEKKKKK!!! It's the headless horseRay...
Louise and Ray and their first ever Jack O Lantern! Pretty cool!
We had a wonderful night! The guys played xbox, Louise and I sat in my craft room and talked and drank cocktails and everyone left with all their fingers! It was a super fun time with awesome friends! Hopefully next year we can throw a proper Halloween party!
Until then. Happy Halloween from down under.
