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A Neighborhood Halloween at Home in San Marcos

·San Marcos, California, United States·#family#southern-california#halloween#costumes#san-marcos
A child in a white lace dress and brown wig with cracked face makeup stands indoors, a bat decoration visible.

Halloween in San Marcos, back in 2018. The centerpiece of our celebration was my daughter’s costume: a creepy, broken doll. She committed to the look with a white lace dress, a wig, and some carefully drawn-on spiderweb cracks on her face.

We did a little photoshoot around the house before anyone else showed up. The late afternoon light was really hazy and bright, especially out in the yard next to the pink bougainvillea. She posed with our seasonal decorations—the grim reaper skeleton and the pumpkins we had carved and set out on the front steps.

Her dad got in on the spirit with a captain's hat for a quick photo. Soon after, the other kids arrived in their own costumes. We had Groot, a blue-haired anime character, and a mermaid onesie. They all posed by the inflatable pumpkin monster on the lawn before heading out into the neighborhood. It was just a typical, mellow Halloween at home.

A child in a cracked doll costume with a black bow looks left next to Halloween decor.A child with spider face paint touches a skeleton figure dressed in a grey tattered robe outdoors.A child in a white lace dress with spider face paint sits by a carved pumpkin on concrete steps.A child in a white lace dress with cracked face paint sits on concrete steps with two pumpkins.Two people in costume look at each other, a man in a captain's hat and a child with face paint.Three people in a tree-like mask, blue wig, and mermaid onesie pose by a house with a tall pumpkin inflatable.Three costumed people stand outdoors, with one wearing a Groot mask, one a Miku wig, and one a teal scalesuit.

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