Sunday night we celebrated Halloween with a carnival at the school and a community costume contest! The carnival had been scheduled for Friday, but since the food was ordered late and did not come in on Friday, the carnival was post-poned until Saturday. Then on Saturday when the food still had not arrived, the party was post-poned until Sunday. On Sunday, the food still had not arrived, but it was Halloween, so we made the best with what we had! There aren't really any other Type A people like myself around here, so no one else was even phased by rescheduling multiple times. People here are good at going with the flow, because that is just how life is in the village. This is a lesson I am still working on learning...
Sunday ended up being a busy afternoon! The kids trick-or-treated in the afternoon while it was still light outside because there has been a wolf in the village and it wouldn't be safe to wander around at night...talk about scary, right...!?! The caribou herd is still close to the village and so wolves and bears are starting to come close too, trying to get themselves some tasty caribou. We don't need ghost stories here. Real life is often scary enough! The kids came by the house to trick-or-treat on their snow-goes (village slang for snow machine.) We don't have a door bell, but I knew when kids were coming from the sound of engines idling outside the door. We put Jack inside to protect him from the wolves and headed down to school for the carnival.
So here it is, the Arctic Village School Halloween Carnival...
Tinkerbell arrived with pixie dust for everyone!
Mario and Lugi made an appearance.
Arin - a friendly witch, with a flare for fashion!
Linda, our SPED teacher, fortune teller and store clerk extraordinaire
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A few more witches....
Don't shoot!
"Yo quiero taco bell"
A Who from Whoville, but thankfully there was no Grinch.
Anyone recognize this outfit?
I'm seeing how many uses I can get out of our old Ski For Women costumes!
A ghoul playing games!
The cake walk was one of the main events! Each person paid $1 to participate and most people played multiple rounds trying to win. Over $200 was raised for the school during the cake walk.
Obi Wan Kenobi was a winner!
Sam, made a great Obi Wan with his beard and long hair!
This little pumpkin was a winner too!
Mmm Mmm Good!
Ding Dong the witch is dead! Each kid got in at least one good whack before the witch spilled her guts.
And then the chaos began.....
Small hands just can't hold enough candy!
Where is mom when I need some help?
CANDY, CANDY, CANDY!
A film crew from Paris, France even attended the carnival. They were in town interviewing elders for some sort of documentary and got a couple shots of the carnival as well. One of the French guys even helped judge the costume contest. For being so remote, Arctic Village gets a lot of visitors from all over the world!
When we got home later that night, the temp had dropped below zero and men from the village were heading out to hunt the wolf. Happy Halloween!
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