Süßes oder Saures

Vampire, wolf, cat, and witch waiting for the tram to head to the library.

Though you’d hardly know it around here, Halloween is quickly approaching. Both schools held parties today since they’re on break next week. We can’t really tell if this is a holiday the whole country gets behind. Chocolate Santas and Advent calendars are already in the grocery stores. It seems Halloween doesn’t get much commercialization. Sadly, this means I don’t get my annual overdose of candy corn and all her glorious cousins.

H&M was our Halloween headquarters this year, but it didn’t fulfill all our needs.  Last Sunday In Amsterdam, Buttless and I walked by a Claire’s. I noticed they had witch hats and vampire capes--two necessary items for Vin the witch and Thom the vampire. Buttless advised me to get them, and I’m glad she did. I still haven’t seen any for sale in Freiburg.

​I finally found a set of vampire fangs tucked away in a dm  yesterday. Dm is similar to CVS, but a huge difference is every CVS and Walgreens in America is  overflowing with Halloween junk this week.

Our American library came through and invited our family to trick-or-treat there last night. It was only six office doors, but the kids were so excited to be in costume.

​This morning my heart sank a bit to see Lee and Ned sort through their candy. They each had their six pieces lined up. Not much of a sort, but we all know that next year we’ll be back trick-or-treating in Riverside.

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