Because of Home Assignments and other unforeseen life happenings, we hadn't overlapped with any other missionary kids in Chogoria during the fall season since 2019. So we were particularly excited to reinstate a "Fall Fun Day" this year so the kids could dress up in costumes and carve pumpkins and such.
Caleb wanted to be an aye-aye (a primate with extremely long fingers found on Madagascar). His costume was fairly easy to concoct.
Kai really wanted to be a spider. Not as easy to concoct, but Eli volunteered to figure something out (God bless him!) and this is what he came up with. Kai was pleased!
Asa wanted to be a hobbit. The easiest costume of all! Because of course we had a cape and a sword lying around. We even had "The One Ring to Rule Them All" from Kai's Lord of the Rings Risk game. Asa was a very happy hobbit!
This is a reenactment of the battle with Shelob.
And here's the whole crew! I love all the homemade costumes. These kids have wild and masterful imaginations which serve them well.
Oh, and I dressed up as Eli! Wore his size 14 Wide shoes and all!
One of the day's activities was an obstacle course that Eli and Derek created. There were several stations, and if everyone made it through, they'd be rewarded with watching Eli do the obstacle course too! Their excitement at hearing this news was hilarious!
I've said it a thousand times and I'll say it a thousand more: I'm so thankful my man is willing to participate in goofy things. Eli is never too cool or too proud to do silly stunts to make people smile or to keep the energy going in whatever social scene he's in, and this was no different. Watching giant Eli ride a tiny bike or barely fit through tire swings or simply not fit through the play tunnel caused everyone to double over with laughter.
I love love love that my man participates!
After the obstacle course we did sack races - a fan favorite! It's such a simple, classic relay activity, but it's so much fun for these kiddos. And at the end Eli and Derek raced each other - another fan favorite!
Pumpkin carving is a must. Our boys still have too-elaborate-for-reality ideas of how to carve a pumpkin, so we try to strike a healthy balance between their grand hopes and dreams and what we're actually capable of doing with a carving knife. Thankfully these boys are easily pleased.
On Halloween itself, the kids who were here dressed up again and went trick-or-treating at the missionary houses, followed by watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
And I made a double batch of homemade cinnamon sugar donuts for the movie night. They were a taste of home!
Halloween is very much not celebrated in Kenya so we try to keep our traditions simple and quiet. The kids love dressing up, eating candy, and playing games. Those kind of traditions are worth keeping.
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