Halloween

I am not a lover of Halloween.

In fact, I hate pretty much everything about the holiday.

But, here in Seoul among the foreign teachers, I am the only one with such sentiments.  Thus, we had a Halloween party.

Actually, my friend Katie was the party instigator.  She insisted on having an American-style Halloween house party and I was employed as her right-man helper.

This is Katie on the right, in front of my panda husband.

Katie started with a pumpkin.  She carved her first pumpkin while I gave advice and painted my own little one.  She did pretty darn well.

This is my attempt at an artistic tree. Whatever....

On the day of the party I found myself baking up a storm.  I haven't had such a baking day in months, thus I found it to be a sweet reminder of the things I love about home.  I made all kinds of treats.

Most importantly, I made my first pumpkin pie from scratch!  Katie asked if I could make her a pie from her pumpkin, and of course I said, "Yes, of course I can!"  I had never tried before, but I never say no to a baking challenge.

Turns out, fresh pumpkin pie is AMAZING and pumpkin pie should never be made from a can again.  Wow.  It was easy, fun, and so incredibly delicious. 

 And then I fed my American-inspired creations to these crazy, sometimes creepy, teacher friends.

 And that was that.