The end of October was a week long celebrating, not just our birthday but the local holiday, EID (Feast of Sacrifice- where prophet Abraham was told by God to sacrifice his son, Ishmael as the Koran teaches) The day starts with some sacrificing of sheep/lamb in front of their homes with blood flowing through the streets. But we didn't participate in this part of the celebrating. Just the part where neighbors ring your doorbell saying "Jejno ta Piroz" (Happy New Feast to You!) with expectation of money or candy. :)
Andy and Zander went around visiting as well! His favorite stop... Fallah's family!
I'd like to think it wasn't because of the money they gave him though ;)
Everyone dresses all schnazy and looks their best (here, our neighbor boy said he spent an hour blow-drying his hair) :)
The next couple of days our friends from a neighboring city came to stay with us for a few days. It was fun just doing life with them and their 3 kids (not to mention Zander LOVED having two boys his age to play with!)
Went for a short hike to see some ancient Assyrian carvings right on the edge of Duhok. The carvings depict King Sennacherib (King of Assyria from the Bible)
We barely made it before nightfall.
Then on Halloween we visited our friend and his family here with our teammates. Kids had fun!
Andy showed the family of a Kurdish friend how to carve a pumpkin. He had fun and the kids all thought it was cool as well!
That night we went home. Zander dressed up as Batman and went trick-or-treating to each door in our house. Lame??? Maybe.... but he thought it was REALLY SPECIAL... so that's what matters. I love that he appreciates things like this and doesn't expect MORE! Just "turn" him into a Batman give a few pieces of candy and he can conquer the world!
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