Corona Safe Halloween

Halloween in Berlin is actually a thing. The main differences is that kids don't go door to door, they go business to business. We had a blast last year with our friends from Hungary. Sigh...

Mommy was a little late to the costume game, so we recycled that mummy idea and divided it by three. The boys went to a birthday party earlier in the day with face-paint so they were Sonic and Tails mummies. 

This year we banded with our neighbors to do an avoid the crowd version - going to four apartments. The first stop was actually the door that opens to the hallway from the boys' bedroom. Our neighbor Matt played the part. The kids thought it was hilarious.

The penultimate stop was our neighbors we call the Doodim (Uncles in Hebrew). It was kind of a trick because we left Carmen with them for an hour. They love her, and Hugo loves when we pay more attention to him. They got fancy chocolates for the kids, amazing.

Trick or treating ended at our neighbors - Matt, Emily, and Mari. The original plan was a cookie bake extravaganza but our baker in residence, Val, escaped to the Canary Islands last minute to avoid our second lock-down starting on Monday. You might know Val from these creations:

-A word on the lockdown - school is still in session (phew). But, restaurants are just take-out, gyms are closed, and gatherings are limited to just two households. We'll be zooming into church to minimize contact.-

Anywho, the last Halloween stop converted from cookie decorating to art making. Emily arranged a cool art project. Crosby is so creative; it's so fun to see what he does.

Then Hugo did this, which is a little creepy and thus thematic. (The box doesn't fully close, he can breath.)

Happy Halloween!