Saturday, November 1, 2008

En Dansk Halloween ... A Danish Halloween

Mange Amerikansk ting er kommet over det Atlanter havet...Valentines dag, McDonalds, Kelli Nørgaard....og nu--Halloween! Jeg har set skilte af Halloween dukke op omkring Herning de sidste par uger, så jeg bestemmede at deltage! Jeg inviterede Monicas børn at komme til en lille Halloween fest hos os fordi jeg vidste hendes børn var vant til at have sjove ting på den 31. oktober! Jeg så en reklame til en "Halloween børn aften" fra Herning Kirke (JA--Jeg sagde KIRKE!) så vi planlæggede at mødes der kl. 19.00 for at se hvad de har planlagt til børnene og tager til vores hus efter. Alle havde en rigtig sjov aften sammen, og jeg håber det hjalp 3 Americansk børn at savne Amerika lidt mindre...

Many American things have come across the Atlantic...Valentines Day, McDonals, Kelli Nørgaard...and now--Halloween! I have seen signs of Halloween appearing around Herning the last few weeks, so I decided to participate! I invited Monica's kids to come to a little Halloween party at our place because I knew they were used to having fun things on October 31! I saw an ad for "Halloween Children´s Night" from Herning Church (YES--I said CHURCH!) so we planned to meet there at 7 to see what they had planned for the kids and come to our place afterward. We all had such a fun night together, and I hope it helped 3 American kiddoes miss America a little less...
Klar til Halloween i Herning...
Ready for Halloween in Herning

Kirke klokke-tårn er en "COOL" plads at være på Halloween!
A church bell tower is a COOL place to be on Halloween!





Skærer græsker i kirkes krypt!!
Carving pumpkins in the church´s crypt!"!




Slik for den store drenge, Mads og Finn...
Candy for the big boys, Mads & Finn
Dekorerer småkage og drikker
varm-kakao tilbage i vores hus.
Decorating cupcakes and drinking
hot chocolate back at our house.

Spiller Halloween BINGO (undtagen jeg skiftede navnet til "GHOST"). Vi spillede på dansk!
Playing Halloween BINGO (except I changed the name to "GHOST"). We played in Danish!


Jeg tænker vores først Halloween i Danmark blev rigtig god! Og vi allerede har større planer til næste år!

I think our first Halloween in Denmark was great! And we already have bigger plans for next year!

5 comments:

Mom said...

Leave it to the school teacher to come up with such great ideas to engage children who might be a little homesick from their country. You are such a natural! Looks like everyone had fun.

Michelle said...

I like the bells :)

Anonymous said...

What a nice celebration! More exciting than the Halloween I had for sure. Although I did watch the season 7 finale of Glimore Girls...

Nichole said...

Your evening looks like it was a lot of fun! No costumes for you and Mads??? ;)

Anonymous said...

It was such a wonderful evening! We talked about it all weekend! It doesn't get much better - Halloween in Dk..who would have guessed?? ;)