Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2008

Oakwood Halloween Party

Alyannah and I signed up for the Halloween party and Trick or Treat at the pool deck of Oakwood. This was her costume...
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Meet Cinderella!
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Can't wait to go trick or treating!
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One last check at the lootbags and decor before we go down to the 4th floor!
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Aly and the rest of the Vampires team (l-r) Nisa, Zaim and Federico.
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Aly with her classmates.
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Lady Vampire.
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I'm excited for trick or treat, mommy!
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Here are some of the homes that we went to...
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Team Vampires.
The last stop was at our apartment. After trick or treat, we went back to the 4th floor for party games and snacks.
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Look at what I got, mommy!
Pawis na si Cinderella pero happy with her lootbags.
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Happy little critters.
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Tired and thirsty little critters. Hehe!
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The kids (and parents!) snacked on sandwiches, hotdogs, mini pizzas and fish fingers while waiting for the other teams to arrive. Once all the teams have settled in, they played one game.
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The game: mummy wrap race...
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...which Aly enjoyed very much.
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The mummy wrap race was a fun game, but when you put a hundred kids in a room full of tissue paper, this is what happens...
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Para syang dinaanan ng bagyo.
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They capped the party off with a movie -- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, but the kids lost interest barely halfway through the movie.
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That was the first time I ever attended a party here in Oakwood. It was chaotic, but it was also fun. Aly enjoyed it and she was happy with all the goodies that she got (though I doubt if she will eat all those candies) and that's all that matters.


Thursday, October 30, 2008

Getting Ready for Halloween

Halloween na bukas! They don't normally celebrate Halloween here in Thailand but since most of the residents here in Oakwood are expats, there will be a Halloween party and trick or treat for the kids.

It has been a busy week for us here. Last Saturday, we went to Paragon Mall to buy Halloween decor. My original plan was to make them from scratch, but I did not find any crepe paper. There was no black poster paper either. They had orange poster paper, but it was not the right shade. So I decided to buy the ready-made ones instead. Ang mahal nga lang! Pinili ko na lang yung pinakamura. Hehe! Then on Sunday, we went to Platinum Mall to look for Alyannah's costume. Gusto daw nya kasi maging princess kaya buong mag hapon kaming naghanap ng princess costume. On Monday, I bought candies. And on Tuesday, Aly and I prepared the loot bags and put up our Halloween decor. Whew!

Eto ang pinaghirapan namin. Hehe!
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I used orange poster paper for the paper bags. Then I drew the eyes and mouth with a black pen to make it look like a Jack O' Lantern.
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The goodies: Lay's potato chips, Mallow Blast, jelly candy, Oreo wafer sticks and mint-chocolate candies.
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My lovely assistant, Aly, packed all the lootbags herself!
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Here's our front door!
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All geared up for Halloween.
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Big, hairy spider...
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...balloons (again, I just drew the face with a black pen on the orange balloons), cobwebs and small spiders.
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Since I will be with Alyannah when she goes trick or treating, nobody will be left in the house to give away the treats so I'm thinking of adding the lootbags to the decor.
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Will post pics of the Halloween party soon. I'm sure you can't wait to see our little girl in her princess costume :)