Fall Festival

I had never thought of doing a "Fall Festival" here in Brazil. The kids always enjoy the fall festivals in the US when we are on furlough, but it is just a normal day here in Brazil. Then my SIL friend, Anneke suggested we do our own thing this year. She planned the whole thing and I offered my street and neighbors. So I took bags of candy to my neighbors and asked them to kindly hand it out when our kids came a knocking! It was pretty funny, especially since they had no idea what to do and I had to explain it all to them. We had 11 kiddos all together and 4 neighbors who were home on Saturday evening to help us out. We also had the kids make their own pizza faces, carve green peppers, mummy wrapping contest, and then I made an attempt at the pumpkin parable using a green gourd. All in all it was a very fun evening and the kids really loved it. And the neighbors got a good laugh at "those North Americans". Thankfully, Michael and Maira used the same costumes as last year and Matteo fit into the costume that Maira used when she was three.