In a recent post I had already talked about the upcoming Halloween celebration at my work. This year all 3 of us attended the event, and we had themed costumes: I went as a sailor, Lena as a sailor’s honey, and Alexander as a monkey whom we brought from our exotic travels. We looked awesome!
At first, Alexander didn’t like his monkey hat, and we really could not try it on at home, because he just would not let us put it on. We figured we’d put it on somehow once we get to the party and, if he completely refuses to wear it, we’d leave him alone. He did express some disagreement with respect to the hat at the office as well, but once we put it on, he happily wore it the entire time we were there. He kept extremely quiet for close to two hours, and just observed everyone and everything with great curiosity. He played a bit with the horns of the blue monster costume that one of my co-workers, Kevin, wore, and also liked a glow-in-the-dark stick that he got from Kevin (Kevin distributed them to all kids). Towards the end of the party, Alexander became a bit more relaxed and visibly more comfortable with his new and such unusual surroundings.
Even though all employees seemed to enjoy the Halloween party last year, this time around fewer people decorated their cubes. Most decorations went up the day before the party or in the morning right before families with kids came over. Some folks took their decorations down immediately after the party. Overall, I personally felt the office was less decorated than last year and there were fewer games and activities for the kids. It was still fun though. Not sure if the company will be organizing a similar event next year, but if they do, San’kin may enjoy and appreciate it much more since he will be almost 2 years old by then!
p.s. I still have to post photos which I took on that day, have a bunch that came our really well.