Perhaps the past tense would be more appropriate. ; ) We planned, we assembled, we costumed! The fun began on Friday night with the middle school dance. Many home made outfits and much creativity. Saturday, friends and I strolled down State St. in costume and saw college students dressed up in their finest cow, cowboy, Finn from Star Wars, bishop, Barney, werewolf, and more.
Friday
Two moms; middle school dance chaperones Gandolf, and Liam the Leprechaun.
Saturday
Sunday
We took a walk and came upon this pumpkin-headed grim reaper.
Monday – Halloween
Wow, Madison trick and treaters are an early crowd! 20 kids stopped by the house between 5 and 6 pm, and 10 between 6 and 7 pm. A few revelers who came to our door, the whole family was dressed up! Here’s an example:
I made my traditional Day of the Dead gravestones. Here is a preview. Full post tomorrow:
Thanks for being here in spirit. ¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
Great pictures and post. Happy Halloween .💕
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Thank you! Happy Halloween : )
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Happy Halloween! Love all of the costumes, and sounds like your house had a LOT of customers (“little” customers, haha). Clever Day of the Dead props, and I hope you have a wonderful upcoming Dia de los Muertos!
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Thanks, Rebecca. Cute comment about lots of customers, that’s how we say it in our family too! We had 46 in the end. That’s a record!
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Holy moly! You had really good business. XD
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We sure did! So many cute costumes.
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This is so cool!!
Love the ideas people have.
Great.
I can see, people enjoy Halloween. It brings out the fun.
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Thanks, Devang. I couldn’t believe the skeleton hound! That blew my mind. : ) Yes, seeing everyone in costume is very fun.
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Skelton hound is indeed a cool idea.
But, I wonder what they used on that dog? Like paints are not good for dog’s skin. Make-up is bad as well
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I’m betting on white flour and butter 🙂
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Fun festivities! Love the costumes and photos, Rebecca. Happy Halloween!
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Thanks, Michele. Glad you liked the photos. Happy Halloween to you too!
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So uplifting and wonderful.
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Thanks very much, Cindy. We love the creativity in our town.
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The True Brit in me is very grumpy during Hallowe’en season, full here of commercialised tat destined for landfill today. And which never existed in the UK when I was younger. But this seems much more of a fun community event, so I reserve judgement in this case.
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I understand your concern! This year Brits spent 687 million pounds on Halloween and in the US we spent $10.6 Billion. That is certainly too much, when it could most likely feed the hungry people of the world for a year. Our family of 3 spent $30 for pumpkins, candle lights, candy and fabric for eagle’s costume. That is the average amount per person people spend in the US.
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The pumpkin will get eaten, the sweets too. And you were taking your creativity for a walk in making Eagle’s costume. I call that a win over commercialism. Good on you!
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Thanks, Margaret.
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I think I like the skeleton dog the best.
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I agree, Sadje! It was truly inspired.
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Very authentic 😱
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Yes, there is a Día de los Muertos tradition about a skeleton dog.
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I didn’t know that.
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Yes, according to Mixteca tradition there is a special breed of dog “xolos” that guide their owners into the afterlife. The dog in the picture is a xolo! (Short for zoloitzcuintli)
https://dogtime.com/holiday/102234-xoloitzcuintli-day-of-the-dead
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Oh I see.
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Have you seen the movie, Coco?
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Yes I did. It was very nice.
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I believe that had a Xolo dog as a character.
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Oh yes now I remember. I saw that movie on a flight. I can’t go to sleep on a long flight and watch movies trying to go to sleep. I saw the movie but didn’t register much of the details
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Love your costume (and Gandalf, too).!
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Thanks, Carolyn. Yours was eye-catching. : )
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It looks like you had fun! And that dog.. such an awesome idea!
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We did, thanks. The dog was perfection. : )
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I’m glad!
Now we just have to make it through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.
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Super fun 🤩. Halloween always brings out the creative side in people.😉
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Thank you, Qonyike! It is a good holiday for creativity.
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