This year’s Halloween fun was a two day event. Thursday, Andrew’s class celebrated with a Halloween party. His teacher, Mrs. Bidiman, went all out with crafts, home-made caramel apples, Bingo and goodies bags. Plus, all the elementary school students participated in a costume parade in the gym. Ghosts, goblins, witches, princesses, fairies, Batmen and Star Wars characters strutted their stuff for the judges. One award-winning costume was presented by a 6th grader. He cut in half and fused together a McCain mask and an Obama mask, wore a suit and held a sign that said “Vote!” It was a great message and took some creativity. Andrew dressed up as Jango Fett with a one-of-a-kind jet pack from Start Wars and won most original costume for his class.
$30 to ship to Alaska (ha!) and the second reason – the only outfits a person could buy in Hoonah involve rain boots and hunting vests. He wanted to be Anakin from Star Wars. I was going to attempt to make something Star Wars- esque from the extra material that Chris had at the Boys and Girls 
Club. Thankfully, Andrew was saved from my not-so-crafty talents. Chris’s nephew had a Jango Fett costume that he let Andrew barrow for Halloween. (He's the one in the blue) The costume was two sizes too big…but with all of his snow gear underneath, it fit him perfectly. My creativity was challenged when the night before school party, Andrew showed me a picture in his Stars Wars Encyclopedia of the “real” Jango Fett and his “really cool” jet pack. So, like a mom in training form the Bond School of Gizmos, the next morning I got to work fashioning a jet pack from, a backpack, two empty milk cartons, coffee filters, foil, baseball bat, cat leash (don’t ask), jump rope and a hefty amount of scotch tape.
Friday was in-service, so Andrew and I had fun playing. After a lazy morning in bed, we got up and made two pumpkin pies, melted caramel over yummy apples and finished Harry Potter book four. We had a paper airplane war and carved
scary faces in our own huge pumpkins. (Steve arrived safely home from Sitka and joined the In-service.) That afternoon the Boy’s and Girl’s Club had a Costume Party. For practicality sake, he swapped his Jango Fett down-insulated costume for camouflage gear and played the afternoon away as an Army guy. That night Steve, Andrew and I cruised the streets in the rain, Andrew eagerly ran from house to house quickly filling his bag. He was so taken with his prospects of candy gathering he said, “Wow, this is great weather.” I love his perspective. When we made it home, Andrew excitedly poured his five pounds of loot all over the kitchen table. I carefully looked it over and it was green light. Andrew proceeded to gorged himself with treats. We ended the evening by watching old re-runs of “Tool Time” and the “Cosby Show” and awarding our own Trick-or-Treaters with candy. Andrew fell asleep, after a good teeth brushing, in a sugar induced stupor mumbling about all the fun things he did that day.
Bear scare-
There was a bit of a scare this week. Two huge bears were seen in town. It is close to hibernation time and they are desperate for food. Reports say that neither of these black bears was afraid of people. On Wednesday, one bear was located and had to be put down. On Halloween night other was still roaming. We don’t have a local paper, T.V. or radio station. News has to travel by word of mouth. One of the local store owners told Steve that the police caught the second bear yet another source thought it was still out there…it is a very strange, scary feeling to be trick-or-treating knowing that any minute a 1500 pound hungry black bear could be rounding the corner looking for a sweet snack.
Club. Thankfully, Andrew was saved from my not-so-crafty talents. Chris’s nephew had a Jango Fett costume that he let Andrew barrow for Halloween. (He's the one in the blue) The costume was two sizes too big…but with all of his snow gear underneath, it fit him perfectly. My creativity was challenged when the night before school party, Andrew showed me a picture in his Stars Wars Encyclopedia of the “real” Jango Fett and his “really cool” jet pack. So, like a mom in training form the Bond School of Gizmos, the next morning I got to work fashioning a jet pack from, a backpack, two empty milk cartons, coffee filters, foil, baseball bat, cat leash (don’t ask), jump rope and a hefty amount of scotch tape.Friday was in-service, so Andrew and I had fun playing. After a lazy morning in bed, we got up and made two pumpkin pies, melted caramel over yummy apples and finished Harry Potter book four. We had a paper airplane war and carved
scary faces in our own huge pumpkins. (Steve arrived safely home from Sitka and joined the In-service.) That afternoon the Boy’s and Girl’s Club had a Costume Party. For practicality sake, he swapped his Jango Fett down-insulated costume for camouflage gear and played the afternoon away as an Army guy. That night Steve, Andrew and I cruised the streets in the rain, Andrew eagerly ran from house to house quickly filling his bag. He was so taken with his prospects of candy gathering he said, “Wow, this is great weather.” I love his perspective. When we made it home, Andrew excitedly poured his five pounds of loot all over the kitchen table. I carefully looked it over and it was green light. Andrew proceeded to gorged himself with treats. We ended the evening by watching old re-runs of “Tool Time” and the “Cosby Show” and awarding our own Trick-or-Treaters with candy. Andrew fell asleep, after a good teeth brushing, in a sugar induced stupor mumbling about all the fun things he did that day.
Bear scare-
There was a bit of a scare this week. Two huge bears were seen in town. It is close to hibernation time and they are desperate for food. Reports say that neither of these black bears was afraid of people. On Wednesday, one bear was located and had to be put down. On Halloween night other was still roaming. We don’t have a local paper, T.V. or radio station. News has to travel by word of mouth. One of the local store owners told Steve that the police caught the second bear yet another source thought it was still out there…it is a very strange, scary feeling to be trick-or-treating knowing that any minute a 1500 pound hungry black bear could be rounding the corner looking for a sweet snack.
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