Halloween is a litte different in London. It's not that big of a deal. Or at least not in the area of town where we're living. In the US, the grocery stores stock isles of big bags of candy weeks and weeks in advance of Halloween. At the local grocery store here, there was maybe 1/3 of an isle dedicated to Halloween. Of that, less than half of it was candy (and not good candy like Snickers or M&Ms) and the remainder was little Halloween decorations. There was no trick-or-treating for us this year. However, we did met up with a group of American moms and other toddlers/babies for a Halloween party. Olivia enjoyed putting on her bee costume (she got plenty of looks from people on the subway as we went to and from the party) and I'm grateful I was able to meet some other moms, most of whom had just moved to London recently too. The lady hosting (a fellow Texan!) did an amazing job of creating fun little Halloween related activities for all the children.
Olivia and I also had some pumpkin craft time together at home. We had purchased a little pumpkin at the grocery store that she was so excited about. I let her get out her paints and paint to her little heart's desire all over that pumpkin. It certainly wasn't the prettiest creation. It was basically painted brown with all the various colors mixed together by the end, but we had a lot of fun doing it.
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