Dio de los Muertos

Last night was The Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday that aims to remember ancestors and other deceased friends and family.

Weirdly enough, Missoula has a huge Day of the Dead parade and downtown party every year on November 2nd.  

Jack got extra credit in his Spanish class if he dressed up and walked in the parade, so Becky did the kids' makeup and they walked with all the other creepy "dead people" in the nighttime parade.

Pretty cool, huh?

Kathryn walked with Jack in the parade.  Here Jack is holding a giant kite that he made, which is traditional for the parade.
Kathryn made me promise not to fix the red-eye in these pictures. She thought it looked nice and creepy!

 Lots of people brought art, paintings, kites, even the dates of dead loved ones painted on to sheets that they carried while they walked.

 Lots of the store fronts even displayed Day of the Dead stuff... I kind of want to go back and buy one of those awesome pillows.

There were some other people with really cool makeup, but Jack and Kathryn had the best makeup of any other kids. Jack's teacher and Kathryn's friends didn't even recognize them!

Happy Day of the Dead!