halloween

Growing Pains
Old Ghosts of Halloweens Past
By Elizabeth Thompson
My kids love Halloween and start planning their respective costumes soon after the first day of summer vacation. “I’m going to be a dead cheerleader!” However, now that they’re getting older, I’m having a hard time...read more

Not Your Average Fairy Tale
Black Cat Nostalgia
By Melissa Doak
“Next Halloween, I’m gonna be Missy Elliot!” “I know what I’m going to be for Halloween—a ghoul!” “I want to be a mad scientist!” So generally goes the conversation as we’re sitting...read more

The Yummy Mummy
The Toddler’s Halloween Manifesto
By Kim Foster
My kids walked into the kitchen today holding hands. One was dressed as Cinderella. The other as Sleeping Beauty. They were ready for Halloween. Very sweet. They handed me a piece of paper. It seems they had gotten together in the remote corner of...read more

While Mom's @ Work
You Can Have Fun On Halloween Without A Haunted Garage
By Chag Holland
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a child, I loved spending the night trying to snag as much candy as humanly possible. Once I even tried to create my own Haunted Forest, but that was a total bust because no one showed up. As I grew older,...read more

Not Your Average Fairy Tale
The Ghosts of Halloweens Past
By Melissa Doak
Take One: Saadia in kindergarten. Only a few short and stormy months since she came to me. I was hanging on by a thread. My once-promising relationship with my fairly new girlfriend was on rocks… apparently it really killed the romance for her...read more

The View From Here
A Pre-Teen Halloween Is Scary Stuff
By Amy Sue Nathan
About a week ago my daughter put her head on my shoulder, and said, “I’m sad.” Now this could always go either way. It could be a serious plea that needs tending to or it could be her rip-roaring sense of humor that’s trying...read more

Home/Office
Momstumes
By Dana Tuszke
With Halloween just around the corner, I got to thinking about costumes. Dawson is dressing up as a UPS man and he anxiously awaits carrying his bright orange pumpkin bucket so he can ring our neighbors' doorbells and exclaim, "Trick or treeeaaat!"...read more

Mother Magnetism
Writing the book on makeup; Halloween makeup for kids; Removing temporary tattoos
By Kelly Reising
It's officially October people. And ya know what I just did? Painted my toes black. Well, not actually black, but Russian Navy from OPI. It's a dark sparking (subtle) navy color that looks almost purple-black in the bottle. I love it. Thank goodness for...read more

Growing Pains
Like Sands Through An Hourglass...
By Elizabeth Thompson
...these are some scary days, my friend! I’ve been going through some photo boxes -- in my neverending quest to downsize, organize and exorcize the humungous amount of STUFF I’ve accumulated over the years -- when I came across a picture...read more

What's the Matter With Mommy?
What Are You Going To Be?
By Kelley Cunningham
I think there should be Halloween costumes for Moms. Here are the ideas I am going to send in to the Halloween Express catalog for their consideration: Drunk Raffi Comes with vomit-encrusted fake beard, a busted geetar with a sound chip that plays...read more

Growing Pains
Scare thy neighbor.
By Elizabeth Thompson
“…suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door – only this and nothing more.”...read more

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