Mama really loves kids, costumes and giving candy away. So Marivic decided it was a perfect excuse to have Mama and her siblings come over to her house on Halloween night and let Mama be the one to answer the door and give candy away to trick-or-treaters. They don't get that many trick-or-treaters at the apartment complex. Last year Mama bought a bag of candy and they got ONE trick-or-treater. One! Apartments are lame. Pretty disappointing. Well, our mother has simple joys in life, and why not let her enjoy Halloween? So that was the main motivation for having a Halloween "party" at the Marsdens. We get so many trick-or-treaters every year it's insane. And it worked! Mama had a lot of fun answering the door. I'm sure the kids had a kick, too, having an old Filipino lady wearing an Indian head dress (she borrowed Jessin's) answer the door, ooh-ing and ahh-ing in Filipino accent and giving candy away. She got tired soon though (after effects of radiation treatment), so Jessin, Alan, and Marivic took turns taking over candy duty.
In between answering the door, we had dinner. Filipino barbecued pork ribs and beef ribs with rice to humor the Filipinos. And grated potatoes and chicken rolls (Alan's big sister Lesley's recipe) to humor Alan the lone white man :-) The rest of the Marsdens were out: Tara dropped by after work on her way to a Halloween party, but AJ was out all night partying with friends.
Just in case everybody starts saying what a good daughter Marivic is for letting Mama enjoy Halloween, think again. She made Halloween punch and filled it with gummy worms (!!!) knowing how creeped out her mother is by snakes and worms. Everyone but especially the rascally Marivic thought it pretty funny except Mama, of course. But we knew not to push it. Mama absolutely is appalled when we watch scary horror-thriller movies. She calls them "devil movies". So guess what we watched on Halloween night to our mother's boundless delight? "Beverly Hills Chihuahua". Aii-yaii-yaii!
Anyway, here are some of the photos from the night. Jerome, Tina, Kyrsten and Jett---wish you were here!
