Adventures with the Russell Family: Halloween

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Halloween 2017

We had such a fun Halloween this year! It seems like Dubai is really embracing the idea of Halloween and trick-or-treating.

We bought pumpkins from Teddy's elementary school sale. Ripley wanted a T-Rex and Teddy wanted a scary face.

Teddy dressed as a Wizard from the video game Clash of Clans

I love that little beard!

We all wanted to get in on the fun at DAA.

Ripley is off from school for the week but he was excited about going trick-or-treating in our building.

Teddy and his friends from school went trick-or-treating in a local neighborhood. About half of the houses were giving out candy and there were even a few haunted houses. Teddy got a ton of candy and declared this Halloween to be his best yet!

Halloween 2017 from Legoland

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Preschool Halloween Party

Today we threw a Halloween party for the Dubai American Academy teaching family preschool kids. It was a fun afternoon filled with way too much sugar, trick-or-treating, crafts, and costumes.

Ripley dressed as a hockey player, Teddy was present but couldn't decide on a costume, Shana dressed as a scary witch and Michael dressed as a Native American (until his costume got too hot and he took it off).

Monday, October 31, 2016

Halloween 2016

Happy Halloween from Pikachu and a Skeleton!

Teddy with his friend, Jad, who was dressed as Pikachu's buddy, Ash.

The loot!

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween 2015

Who would have thought that we would have our most American Halloween in six years abroad in Dubai? We really had a wonderful Halloween filled with three days of celebration, starting with the annual Dubai American Academy Halloween parade.

Teddy's class is coming around the track.

Teddy dressed as a ninja!

The next day, we went to a friend's house for a kid's Halloween party geared toward Ripley's age group. We didn't take any pictures (although I hope we have some from friends) but Ripley dressed as a hockey player and Teddy was, again, a ninja.

On Halloween night, we took Ripley around our apartment building to get a taste for trick-or-treating. He loved it and was especially thrilled by the chocolate!

We got Ripley into his crocodile/dinosaur/lizard costume but he insisted on picking out his t-shirt (which didn't match!) and carrying as many toys as he could handle. I guess we have to pick our battles with this one!

In the hallway and ready to knock on the first door. What a cute little smile!

Somebody could really get into this Halloween thing!

Later that evening, we were invited by a family who lives in a big expat neighborhood over for dinner and trick-or-treating with a big group of Dubai American Academy families.

Teddy loved hanging out with the other kids and putting his hands into the "mystery jars" to feel witch brains and maggots. This picture was snapped before he really realized what was going on.