Sunday, November 2, 2008

Decorating for Halloween/Dekoracje na Halloween

November 2, 2008

 

Decorating for Halloween

 

For the last 4 years the kids have been asking me to decorate the outside of our house for Halloween.  I never did it, because I did not have the money, and I did not know how to decorate without making the house look dark and gory.

 

There are two schools of thought about exposing kids to the gross and gruesome.   The first is to protect our children from exposure and to avoid it at all cost.  The second is to let them look at skeletons and goblins once a year on Halloween, so that they can get the curiosity out of their system and go on with their merry lives for the rest of the year. 

 

I have not decided exactly what I believe on the subject, but I know that I don't like looking at devils or bloody chopped up bodies myself, so I try to avoid that kind of stuff.  I also decided not to let my kids dress up as very evil characters (with the exception of Darth Vader…because he does change at the very end, and because it's too hard to argue against Star Wars when you have 3 boys.)

 

But anyway, this year I decided to finally give in and decorate. I took my friend Ashley along to help me shop.  We bought a pumpkin, some orange lights, spider webs, a large spider, and a ghost….and then there was the skeleton.  I hesitated.  If I bought the skeleton would I send the message that dead people with chopped of heads are ok too? No, they are not, so where is the line? Then Ashley solved my problem by finding a sign that said "Autopsy Room".  And then it came to me like a revelation.  I could hang the sign, the skeleton, and a picture of my husband, the wacky doctor!

 

I really enjoy Halloween here on Fort Gordon.  The weather stays warm, almost everyone give out candy and decorates, kids and grow-ups dress up, and tons of kids come around.  It is a happy time.  One of our neighbors goes really out.  Last year he was a very handsome Frankenstein, and this year he was Elvis.  He made everyone dance and sing before they could have some candy. 

 

Since moving here Josh and I decided to dress up every year.  This year Josh was the Avatar Aang and I was Katara, characters from our all time favorite TV show—the Avatar.  Avatar is Grace's, Nephi's, Isaiah's, Samuel's, Joshua's and my all time favorite show.  I normally don't buy movies(a big waste of money), but we bought all 3 seasons of Avatar and we watch it all the time! 

 

Samuel and Isaiah wore their favorite costumes that grandma sewed for them, the Egyptian god Horus, and the bat.  Nephi is still on the Spiderman kick, and Grace was supposed to be a witch ballerina, but she misplaced her hat.  After we made our rounds, Nephi's favorite thing was sitting on the porch and giving out candy, while Samuel and Isaiah played outside with their friends. 

 

Sylwia

 

2 Listopad 2008

 

Dekoracje na Halloween

 

Przez ostatnie 4 lata dzieci mnie prosza abym udekorowala zewnatrz naszego domu na Halloween.  Do teraz nigdy tego nie zrobilam bo nie mialam na to pieniedzy i tez nie wiedzialam jak to zrobic bez wstretnych zeczy jak smierc, krew, itd.

 

Dobrzy rodzice maja najrozniejsze opinie o strachach na Halloween.  Niektorzy nie chca dzieciom nic strasznego lub wstretnego pokazywac.  Inni mysla ze jeli raz na rok dzieci popatrza na strachy to nie beda reszte roku tym zafascynowane.

 

Ja nie wiem jaka jest moja opinia na ten temat, ale ja sama nie lubie bardzo wstretnych zeczy jak diably lub ciala bez glowy z ktorych krew leci.  Ja tez zadecydowalam ze moje dzieci nie moga sie przebierac za bardzo niegodziwe postacie (oproz Darth Vader z filmu Star Wars ?Wojna Gwiazd?, bo Darth Vader na koncu sie zmienil, no i tez ja nie chce sie klocic o film Star Wars z trzema synami. )

 

No, ale w tym roku zdecydowalam kupic dekoracje na Halloween.  Poszlam z kolezanka Ashley do sklepu.  Kupilam dynie, pomaranczowe swiatelka, pajaka, pajeczyne, ducha…i zobaczylam kosciotrupa.  Zawachalam sie.  Jesli bym kupila kosciotrupa, to myslalyby moje dzieci ze krwawi ludzie bez glowy to tez ok dekoracja?  Nie takich dekoracji u nas nie wolno, wiec gdzie jest granica?  Ale zaraz Ashley mi pomogla bo znalaza napis " Pokoj Autopsji". I wtedy mialam pomysl jak udekorowac nasze drzwi z tym napisem , z kosciotrupem, i ze zdjeciem mojego meza-- szalonego lekarza autopsji. 

 

Ja bardzo lubie Halloween tu na bazie Fort Gordon.  Jest zawsze cieplo, duzo ludzi rozdaje cukierki, dzieci i dorosli sie przebieraja, i bardzo duzo dzieci chodzi od domu do domu po cukierki.  Tu jest bardzo wesolo.  Jeden naszych sasiad bardzo swietnie sie przebiera. W ostanim roku byl przystojnym Frankenstainem, a w tym roku byl przebrany jak Elvis.  Kazal kazdemu potanczyc i zaspiewac przed otrzymaniem cukierkow.

 

Po przeprowadze tu do Fort Gordon Josh i ja zdecydowalismy sie tez przebierac na Halloween.  Josh byl postacia Avatar Aang, a ja bylam Katara tez z tego samego programu telewizijnego "Avatar".  My nie ogladamy telewizora ale kupilismy ten program na dyskach, choc ja nie kupuje filmow. Ale to jest naszej calej rodziny ulbiony program.  2 letnia Grace tak samo to lubi jak 32 lenti Joshua.  Zawsze ten program ogladamy.    

 

Samuel i Isaiah przebrali sie w stroje ktore babcia Nancy im uszyla pare lat temu--Egipski bog Horus i nietoperz.  Nefi nadal jest Spiderman, a Grace miala byc babajaga balerina ale zgubila swoj kapelusz.  Jak zebralismy troche cukierkow, to Samule i Isaiah bawily sie na dworzy z kolegami, a Nefi bardzo lubil rozdawac cukierki.

 

Sylwia

3 comments:

Staci said...

I don't do creepy Halloween either.. No skulls, no skeletons, no blood, no gore.. Pumpkins, bats, cats, ghosts.. all on the light hearted end, nothing scary.
I love that you all got dressed up.. I need to be more "in to" Halloween I guess.. Happy Halloween to you!

Bastianclan said...

You guys look like you had a wonderful Halloween!!! Where are the pics of your favorite costumes?
(You know like you showed us last year?) Your family picture is so cute.

Becky said...

Sounds like a fun Halloween! Luckily it didn't get too cold for us way up north . . . but I am sure your weather was awesome! Everyone looks great. I like the wacky doctor idea.