The Halloween parade.
Just got back from the costume parade at Kate’s school. Your correspondent’s eyewitness report: No obvious baby-tart costumes, one borderline, no big deal. Overwhelmingly, it was cute kids having a cute time on a nice day. Among the highlights, Nancy Drew:
Ever-popular in Detroit, sports and rock ‘n’ roll:
A whoopie cushion:
One of the better baby costumes I’ve seen — li’l rock lobster:
Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Down here, that last kid would be a crawfish.
October 31st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Are you kidding? Down there, that kid would be a voodoo sacrifice. Why do you think the rest of the country is trying to slowly strangle you to death?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Hey, back off. You got any idea how hard it is to find virgins down here???
November 1st, 2007 at 6:47 am
I took pictures at the elementary school’s parade thru town here yesterday and posted them at flickr. Turns out those were the only kids in costumes I got to see yesterday. I spent $12 on candy and no one knocked on our door at the apartment.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:54 am
Ash, I thought Voodoo in NOLA was only lowbrow compared to Aztec worship. I had no idea they needed real virgins for rituals.
November 1st, 2007 at 11:01 am
I personally am very disappointed in the youth of today. In my little community, there is not a single smashed pumpkin; no cows have been coaxed to the top of any structure; nothing has been tp’d, tipped, or egged. Little brats are probably all attending Future Republicans of America meetings. In my day…
November 1st, 2007 at 1:03 pm
We use what we can find. Didn’t y’all see Angel Heart?
November 1st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
the last pic was hilarious! thanks for posting it, nance.
o yeh — went over to alicublog just before i came here. i guess liliks had his skivvies in a wad about little girls dressing like streetwalkers and the decline of western civilation and yada yada yada …