HaLlOwEeN!

 The time is upon us. Halloween. A time where we can get dressed up and be somebody completely different. I got back to Tsetserleg Tuesday and spent the rest of the week working with Brittany and Togohtoo to get a Halloween party together at my school.  We were told that 430 students from our school could possibly be in attendance, so we mistakenly did not focus on inviting the other schools. We indicated that we wanted this to be the students Halloween party and they would need to make the decorations. Communication barriers led us to believe this would be done in individual English classes so we were happy as clams that we wouldn't have to get a ton of materials together for the exuberant amount of children that would be in attendance. Then, Friday came. As Brittany and I were discussing our plans for the Halloween party games, two teenagers came into my office and indicated that they were ready to decorate with us. That very morning I had decided to bring paint and recyclables so, for the moment we at least had materials to make bats, spiders and webs.  Since there was also a teacher's party that night, we could not hang up the decorations but did give them the option of coming in the following day so the children could finish and so they could help the other classes with their decorations. We were in at 11 the following morning. In typical Mongolian fashion, the children did not show up until around 2. While a lot of kids did not show up to decorate or even attend the party (400...NO...bish) the 30 kids that decorated and 20 kids that did show up to the party had a great time decorating, playing the games we had set up for them, as well as choosing and dancing to music. For my first project, and for being thrown together so quickly, I think of it as a HUGE success, and cannot wait to create more memories with the children in my aimag!