Two holidays in one week?

That's right, we celebrated Thanksgiving and then Halloween within 7 days of eachother. Obviously not our Thanksgiving. It was Grenadian Thanksgiving on the 25th of October, and then American Halloween on the 31st! They don't celebrate it here but the Significant Others Organization puts on a big party for all the Americans, since a lot of the students here are American.

First let's talk about Thanksgiving. We really didn't celebrate it, since it wasn't ours. Shane did have the day off from classes so we wanted to spend it together! We drove into St. George's since Shane really hasn't spent any time there but of course EVERYTHING was closed. They take this holiday seriously! Even the local store was closed! We drove around the city a little bit and accidentally stumbled upon Fort George. What a place to spend the Grenadian Thanksgiving! Read about Fort George here. Here are some pictures!

Overlooking the harbor, Shane is taking the picture from the inside of the fort.

View of the ocean


Shane was obsessed with the cannons! You'd think I meant Jeremy but no, it was Shane!

Look! Another cannon!

Inside the tunnels at the Fort. It was a fun day spending time with the family!

Now let's talk about Halloween! Grandma Ahlstrom was nice enough to send Jeremy an adorable little pumpkin outfit. We called him Jeremy the Jack-o-lantern. He was the hit of the party! Thanks Grandma!

The party was held on campus and they had a cake walk, treat bag decorating, a runway to show off for the costume contest, cookie decorating, two bounce houses, face painting, and trick or treating. They printed off a map of where on campus the faculty was doing the trick or treating and we went from building to building while the professors and their receptionists handed out candy. It was such a great idea and Jeremy got really into it! By the end he was grabbing candy for himself and putting it in his bag! Shane had a 20 minute break between classes so he was able to run up and be with us for a small part of the party! We are so glad he could come and see Jeremy all dressed up!


Right before the party!

After the costume contest

Jeremy outside the bounce house with his buddy Tytan the Giraffe!

Family photo while Shane was there!

All tuckered out in his carseat after a long day full of Halloween fun! I can't believe it is ALREADY November! Where did this year go?