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Halloween Party in Lafayette

·Lafayette, California·#fall#bay area#kids#halloween#costumes
Three children in costumes and four adults, one dressed as Cat in the Hat, stand outside a yellow building.

Halloween party in Lafayette this morning, our daughter in a pink leotard and tutu with a flower headband nearly the size of her head. The kids came out through the chain-link gate in a loose parade — a pumpkin, a Cinderella, a train engineer in striped overalls who kept looking straight up instead of forward. A couple of the moms dressed too; one wore the full Cat in the Hat, striped hat and red bow tie, and another had a witch hat big enough to shade three kids.

Our girl spent most of it with a finger in her mouth, taking everything in and giving away nothing.

Afterward the two of them went for lunch at the diner, tutu still on, a red rose in a vase in the next booth over.

Adults and children in costumes stand near a metal fence and a yellow building, with one child in a pumpkin costume.Several children in costumes stand with adults, some also in costumes, outdoors next to a building.Several adults and children in costumes, including a pumpkin and a Cat in the Hat, gather outdoors.A young child in a pink tutu and top looks up with a finger in their mouth, with a person and yellow wall nearby.A woman points, holding a child with a pink flower headband and a finger in mouth, against a yellow wall.A person points, holding a child with a pink flower headband, against a yellow and orange background.A young child in pink and a woman in a black and white top hold hands in a warm-lit restaurant booth.

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