Hope you had a Happy Halloween!
After totally passing on it last year, this year I had a
little more enthusiasm and mustered an outfit for myself and Francis. In my thrift escapades I found a small mariachi
hat and I thought that Francis would make an adorable charro which he did. It’s been quite a joy sharing his pictures
with my students today and watching their reactions. A fluffy dog with a hat will make even the
most challenging kid smile and break the ice.
I also was able to dress as Jessie from “Toy Story” on
Friday to school and the kids had some cute reactions. I specially loved the reactions from my
virtual students as they logged in expecting to see their usually black hair
teacher and were surprised to find a red-haired imposter. Again, I found the Jessie t-shirt and hat at
the thrift store and made my wig using red yarn, then I added some calf print
fabric to my jeans and it weren’t for my brown skin – you wouldn’t be able to
tell us apart. For both Francis and my
costume, I manage to spend less than fifteen dollars and the joy that I got was
priceless!
On Halloween Day, we closed our door and turned off our
lights, no candy evangelizing this year.
Funny, the year that I don’t participate is the year that I got asked by
a priest to share how I celebrate Halloween. He’s trying to get a plan
established to get his community to revamp the holiday with saints instead of
goblins. Thus, I had to rely on posts
from years past to highlight what I have done to keep my faith on Halloween
Day. Maybe next year, the saint costumes
and candy evangelizing will return as now I have a small following of people
who are taken by my very Catholic Halloweens.
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