Happy Halloween

 

When we were kids, many, years ago,

our Mom's would sew / make us Halloween costumes, not store bought stuff. They put alot of effort into those costumes,

and they were great.

 

We would go "Trick or "Treating", trying to get as much candy as possible.  After a while we would go home and dump out our bags of candy so we could "hit" the same houses again that had the good stuff. 

 

Today, as we walked out to the bus for a visit with our friends Neil and Inge, we both noticed that none of the school children were in costume, they were all in their uniforms.  HHMM, seemed like Halloween didn't matter.

 

This is our second October 31st. in Ecuador. 

 

Last year we didn't see anything that seemed to commemorate Halloween, we thought that it must not be a big deal in Cuenca.   

 

We now know that this week includes a bunch of festivals; the Day of The Dead is HUGE here, it is celebrated on November 2nd and

Cuenca Independence Day is Novemeber 3rd.  

There are festivals and parties all week long. 

 

OK, the point of the blog.  We GOT TRICK OR TREATERS!!!

 

We had just got home from visiting friends, and there was a HUGE banging at our front door. 

 

We had Trick or Treaters!!!!!!! 

 

I have no idea how many there were, but we think they ALL knocked on the door, at the same time.

 

Luckily, we had some candy in the house.  We asked them to come in so we could take a picture. They were ALL smiles.

 

It felt like a touch of home, Ecuadorian trick or treaters.

 

We had a  great afternoon with friends, and then got a really nice chance to share Halloween with our Ecuadorian neighbor's children.

 

They were so, so incredibly cute.

 

 

Cuenca, gotta love it.