Another Halloween Tradition: Trunk-Or-Treat
I swear, I moved literally one mile north and all the activities are different. First we encountered the Halloween Boo, now we’ve discovered the Trunk Or Treat event. Our last elementary school celebrated Halloween with a PTA sponsored party in the evening. This party was great fun for the kids with tons of candy, cupcakes, [...]
Great Halloween Crafts
You may not know this, based on the tone of my summer time Burning Daylight series. I like doing things with my kids I just don’t like doing things with my kids 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Which is what my kids think life should be like in the summer: a non-stop [...]
The Best Halloween Cupcakes
Remember a while ago when our own Alice Bradley spoke about the term Alpha Mom on television? “I think an alpha mom is somebody who is smart, who is plugged in, who is not afraid to admit that they don’t know what they’re doing all the time but they’re gonna go out there and find [...]
How To Take Great Halloween Photos
I have had varying degrees of luck getting halloween photos of the kids in the past. Usually the evening passes in a blur resulting in shots like this picture of my wound up little devil. I thought it might be worth while, now that we’re exactly half way (!) to halloween to share some Halloween [...]
Celebrating Halloween Traditions: Boo
A couple of years ago I picked up my friend’s daughter for preschool and noticed a ghost picture in her door. I asked, “What’s that for?” She said, knowing how much I hated my own neighborhood and how much I wanted to live in hers, “I’m afraid to tell you, I think it’ll upset you.” [...]
What not to wear this Halloween.
Remember last December when I highlighted the gifts you’d give my kids if you hated me? I thought it would be fun to share the costumes I came across which perplexed my delicate sensibilities or which my kids will wear over my dead body. Your daughter wants to be a mega star, get her started [...]
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