Happy Halloween!

The Halloween party for my English Clubs was a success!  Although most Ukrainian students know what Halloween is thanks to American movies, they haven’t actually celebrated it before.  The mostly 15-16 year old kids enjoyed dressing up in costumes, or at least painting their faces.  We carved a couple of pumpkins, provided by my English teaching friend Luda, and played pin-the-face-on-the-jack-o-lantern.  We paraded around the school trick-or-treating and got a total of 3 pieces of candy.  I told them the poem, “there was a dark, dark wood…” and scared everyone with the final line!  We took lots of pictures and ate yummy cupcakes.  (A special shout-out here to Carolyn and Brice, who sent fun H-ween items!)  Now the question is: what should we do to make it bigger and better next year??!

Preparing cupcakes for the party.  No box cake mixes here!
Preparing cupcakes for the party. No box cake mixes here!

The finished product!  Yummy!
The finished product! Yummy!
Good lookin' group!  Happy Halloween!
Good lookin' group! Happy Halloween!
Luda poses as a gypsy and Victor, obviously, a pirate!
Luda poses as a gypsy and Victor, obviously, a pirate!
Katya, Nastia, Ira, Dasha, and Vita pose for the camera.
Katya, Nastia, Ira, Dasha, and Vita meow for the camera.
These English teachers (Yulia, Luda, and the American) have the right stuff!
These English teachers (Yulia, Luda, and the American) have the right stuff!
Oxsana, Oxana, Luba, and Sasha work hard on their pumpkin.
Oksana, Oksana, Luba, and Sasha work hard on their pumpkin.
The kids and teacher Roma are proud of their pumpkin.  Nice work!
The kids and teacher Roma are proud of their pumpkin. Nice work!
Oksana tries to put Jack's mouth in the right place!
Oksana tries to put Jack's mouth in the right place!
Showing off the results of our party in the Lyceum's entry hall.
Showing off the results of our party in the Lyceum's entry hall.