Nothing brightens a day like getting a package in the mail from your parents. Halloween is still a fairly new holiday to Swedes, so it is difficult to find anything Halloween related here! Of course this is coming from an American, where we overdo every holiday. Ella and Gabriel had just as much fun opening this package as I did. Thank you mom and dad! <3
Ella and Gabriel's first trip to a pumpkin patch! It was actually Andreas and Johanna's first time as well. I don't know if I will ever live down my name of the pumpkin expert, just because I knew that they were cinderella pumpkins.
Ella and Gabriel baking cupcakes to decorate on Halloween. They both love to bake, so it's a good match.
Days and days of Halloween crafts with friends! Elsa and Alfred (the neighbors) came over on Halloween to join us in making Halloween crafts, decorating cupcakes, and having fika.
There was not a sprinkle left (except on the floor) by the time four children had decorated 24 cupcakes. Also, they don't have candy corn over here!
Carving pumpkins! Ella and Gabriel were the biggest wimps when it came to taking out the pumpkin guts. Every other second was full of, "ew" or "yuck" or "blech", so of course I ended up doing all three. Carving pumpkins is so foreign to them, but so normal for Americans.
After a full day of candy, crafts and carving, I was Halloweened out. Andreas and Johanna never thought that it would happen.
Finished pumpkins! Ella's is on the bottom, and Gabriel's is on the right. They were so happy and so proud of their finished jack-o-lanterns. Johanna told me later that night, that Ella and Gabriel will never forget the crazy American that made them do so many Halloween crafts. I told her, just wait until Christmas.
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