To Infinity...

Okay, so I didn't take any pictures of actual trick-or-treating because it rained here all night on Halloween and I wasn't willing to risk the camera getting ruined.  Besides, the line of kids at every door was seriously so long that the pictures wouldn't have been great anyway.  It turns out the Japanese families on Okinawa caught wind several decades ago of this strange holiday we celebrate and decided it was right up their alley.  So, military families sponsor local families and bring them on-base to dress up and trick-or-treat.  There are literally hundreds of Japanese kids that come on base and join the already hundreds of military kids.  So, with fruit bats the size of cats flying overhead and rain falling on us all night, we joined the masses.

Buzz Lightyear and his pal Woody

Buzz checking out the goods

Buzz and Mom

Happy Halloween!

On a sidenote:  I forgot to mention in the previous blog something major that happened.  The day we packed up and moved over to the house from our lodging, Adam's lovey (Doo Doo) went missing.  In case you don't have kids or you're lucky enough to have kids who don't have a lovey, this is a BIG DEAL.  It generally means lots of fits and genuine crying out of concern and very little sleep.  I mean, after all, imagine if your best friend went missing.  So, we retraced steps and even had a friend turn their house upside down looking for this teddy bear.  No luck.  So Doo Doo was missing since Thursday and on Saturday (Halloween), I opened a suitcase that we hadn't opened since leaving the hotel and, lo and behold, there sat Doo Doo, right on top of everything.  What a glorious surprise that was to Adam!  Plus, I got to be a hero and that's kinda fun too :-)