Can't believe it's the beginning of November already. I know everybody keeps saying that but time really goes by very fast. October is over and what a month it's been! I feel like we've done so many different things (most of them include Halloween activities, of course) and made great memories.
At the beginning of the month, Michael got to go to the conference for his internship where he presented a poster about his work at Fair Hill Nature Center as an Environmental Educator. He's been working with the kids from local schools every day in September and October educating them about the water quality in Elkton, MD.
I also got to see him promote the nature center at a local school in North East, MD and show off the animals they have at the center. Michael is so great with the kids and makes learning about such insects as a Madagascar hissing cockroach fun and interesting.
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| Michael showing the kids a snake |
This month we also explored a little bit of the area where we live right now. As we're staying about 20 mins ride from Wilmington we thought it would be nice to see the town. It wasn't the most exciting trip but we enjoyed walking along the river and walking through the neighborhood. Seeing how other people live and their houses is sooo much fun for me.
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| Wilmington Rivefront |
The same day we went to Wilmington we also decided to go to Frightland and get into the Halloween spirit. I am not the biggest fan of scary things and had told Michael before I am not stepping into any haunted attraction everrr. Frightland did look very attractive though so I decided to step outside my comfort zone and go scare my butt off. And I gotta admit, it was a lot of fun! My favorite part was the Haunted Hayride. I am glad my first big haunted attraction experience was with my favorite person and he made it so much better.
In October Michael and I also rented a room in a shared house and brought our baby girl Yoshi with us. Unfortunately, the house didn't work out for either of us but it was a nice learning experience.
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| Yoshi enjoying a 2-hour car ride |
One of the highlights of this month was definitely the Halloween party that our friends hosted at their apartment. It was my first real Halloween party and I was quite nervous because I wanted to make sure it'll be memorable. Michael and I dressed up as a married zombie couple. Michael named our costumes "Even death can't do us part". I watched all kinds of YouTube tutorial about zombie makeup and bought our supplies. The actual makeup took longer than we expected but it was pretty awesome seeing it all come together. I was very proud of myself. I enjoyed seeing our friends in the costumes and taking silly pictures together. (check out my Insta hehe) One of my favorite thing at the party was the food! I ate so many goodies that night! Still dreaming about them!
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| Even death can't do us part |
In October we also carved our first pumpkin together which I gotta admit was kind of frustrating but it turned out great at the end and we were very happy with the result.
Halloween wouldn't be as awesome without Trick or Treating and we got to do that as well at the Newark Halloween parade. I am not kidding, I ate so much candy I had a sugar hangover the next day. It was worth it though.
I was very impressed with the parade itself as the only parades I've been to before were military parades for May 9 back home in Russia. I love the military parades but the Halloween one was hands down my favorite. We didn't go all out with the costumes for the parade but still did quick dead/zombie makeup and called ourselves "Dead dude and dudette".
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| Indulging irresponsibly |
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| Watching the parade together |
October was a great month full of wonderful memories. I am now looking forward to my first Thanksgiving, my first American Christmas, and New Year's celebration.
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