Halloween in West Philadelphia 2009
Every year in my neighborhood we have a Halloween parade for small children that starts at 4pm. This is so the can safely trick or treat along a set route before it gets dark.
We’ve been doing this for 7 years and we keep saying it will be Alex’s last year because she is getting older but we just don’t want to miss it.
The parade is also a lot of fun. The kids are adorable and a lot of the parents dress up.
Little Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Wolf (Marc and Alex)
E-bot
Group of girls
The beginning of the parade as it heads from the park to the neighborhood.
The parade ends on a block that has a party where everyone gathers and there are tables of goodies set up for the children and the adults.
After the parade is over we head out trick or treating. A block behind our house is a place that sets up a huge haunted house every year. So many people go to it that there is always a long line and the police block off two blocks of the street. This year was especially fun because two woman dressed up like zombies and danced with the kids to Thriller.
Zombies and Kids Dancing to Thriller in West Philly.
It was very warm on Halloween and it rained off and on but we had SO much fun. It was the most fun I had on Halloween in a long time.
How about you? How was your Halloween? Did you dress up?
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November 4, 2009 at 11:17 am
Awesome!
These are really cool pictures and videos. Looks like a lot of fun!
Alex is an adorable Red Riding Hood. :-)
November 4, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Hi Jim – I love Halloween but this was the most fun I’ve had celebrating it in a long time. Alex and I going to learn the steps to Thriller and perform it next year. Since I’m so uncoordinated, I’ll have to start practicing now.
November 4, 2009 at 10:05 pm
These are great pictures. Kids look so cute in these costumes. My son was optimus prime and he had a blast this halloween.
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November 5, 2009 at 7:41 am
Hi Ravi – I had to look up Optimus Prime – I didn’t know who that was ;-) Now if you had said a transformer … LOL
November 4, 2009 at 10:21 pm
We only had 9 kids at our door – all very small, only one of my diabetics, who I get something fun for showed up and no one for Unicef at all…
Some of the kids used to go to the mall to T or T…but the mall closed at 6pm????
Several schools had parties and the middle school had a dance.
Your tradition looks very fun and your TorT gal looked very sweet. What fun and what a nice time for everyone involved. Thank you for sharing the pictures and videos Made it fun for me too
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November 5, 2009 at 7:43 am
Hi Patricia – We don’t get trick or treaters either but that’s because we
are never home. We live on the 3rd floor thought so we would need to sit on the porch – no one would ring our doorbell.
I’ve never really lived anywhere that got many. As a kid our house was
so remote that only a handful of friends would stop by.
Alex handed out candy for awhile at her friend’s house – I think she liked
that more than actually collecting candy.
We had a great time!
November 5, 2009 at 3:50 pm
We have 2-3 kids at the door each year. The walk is a hike and dad doesn’t let mom turn on the front light. LOL
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November 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Hi Dennis – LOL. Our porch light doesn’t work very well so the house isn’t very welcoming anyway.
November 5, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Halloween in Philly?, Whow, how I miss that. I used to live in Wilmington, Delaware, and I will always be in Philly for the weekends all the time. I also never missed the parades along South Street. Remember the Greek festival? The pics are not showing up on my side!!
November 5, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Sorry Kim I can see the pics clearly now, my DSL was playing on me. Lol look at that E-bot kid, thats kinda scary, I hope he does not suffocate in that Helmet. Nice pics, it looks like the kids had fun in West Philadelphia, the home of Will Smith. Man this does bring memories. Thanks again Kim for posting this.
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November 6, 2009 at 7:27 am
Hi Chebu – The front part of the e-bot’s mask thing was cut out – when I first saw him I didn’t think it was either.
We had a really good time.
I have never met Will Smith ;-)