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Halloween

You Never Know When The Last Time Will Be

October 31, 2019 by not your average mom 3 Comments

For the first time since I became a mom, I’m not taking the kids trick or treating tonight. Number 3 and 4 are staying home, and Number 5, 6, and 7 all got invited to go trick or treating with different friends. Number 5 and 6 were getting picked up by their friend’s parents, and […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: Halloween, trick or treating

I Kind Of Hate Trunk-Or-Treating (except for this one reason)

October 26, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Tonight our town had a trunk or treat. I don’t really get trunk or treat. Like, if you can’t go trick-or-treating — which, let’s be honest, is all treating and no tricking — then sure. I get it. But there is plenty of candy to be found on actual Halloween. How many times do my […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: costumes, Halloween, trunk-or-treating

Lessons From A Simple Halloween

November 1, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Halloween has always been a really big production for me. Even back in my single days, I really enjoyed coming up with a costume that had a pretty big wow factor. While it was a little bit stressful at times, it was mostly fun for me, and I enjoyed the process of coming up with […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Halloween, simple, simplicity

Four Months

November 3, 2017 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Yesterday was my four month anniversary. I’ve been booze-free for four months. The days have been easy. But sometimes the nights are hard. Like tonight. Friday nights are rough. Cause that’s when all the moms start really using the wine glass emojis and making jokes about when it’s acceptable to start drinking. Jokes that, in […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: beer, Blue moon, cooler, drinking, Halloween, hangover, Holiday, morning, party, sober, wagon, wine

It’s Okay To Ask For (And Accept) Help

November 1, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

There is one comment I hear far and above any other as the mom in a large family. I don’t know how you do it. So I’ll fill you in on my secret. But first, one important thing to note is that when you have a lot of kids, it just becomes your new normal. […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: costumes, delegate, Halloween, help, parents, stress, village

Milk Jug Skeletons — Free, Recycled, And Your Kids Will Love Them

October 28, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

A couple years ago, I made a milk jug skeleton for the kids for a Halloween decoration. There are a bunch of versions online and on Pinterest — here is one that is pretty good. It took about an hour and a half to make, and the kids loved it. I don’t know if I […]

Filed Under: Decorating and DIY, Kids' Corner, Moneysavers Tagged With: decorations, diy, free, glue gun, Halloween, milk, milk jugs, paper clip, recycle, reduse, reuse, skeleton

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