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Happy Halloween! (This may be my best one yet)

October 31, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Happy Halloween to all my fellow super freaking annoyed parents of bottle flippers.

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bottle, bottle flipping, costume, Halloween

A Cute And Easy Halloween Decoration That Uses Up Those Broken Crayons

October 23, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

A couple days ago a friend of mine posted a picture of a pumpkin her daughter made. I had never seen anything like it before, but I thought it was so cute. I  Googled how  to do this, and all you needed was some crayons, a little glue, a pumpkin and a hair dryer. I […]

Filed Under: Decorating and DIY, Kids' Corner, Moneysavers, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: crayons, decorations, gourds, hair dryer, Halloween, Halloween crafts for kids, kitchen, Number 7

The deterioration of Halloween costumes, kid by kid.

November 4, 2014 by not your average mom 5 Comments

First Kid: Before this one is even born, you have purchased the World’s Cutest Halloween Costume. The First Kid is going to be a pumpkin or a pea in a pod or something equally and  nauseatingly adorable. On Halloween night, you pack your kid in the car and drive to the house of every single […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Halloween, Halloween costumes, trick or treating

I’m quieter than ever, and I’ve never been more loud and clear.

November 1, 2014 by not your average mom 5 Comments

I just had my three month anniversary. Three months of not yelling at my kids. (If you want to see how I made it through the first two and a half months, read this.) It’s still not totally automatic. In addition to Serenity Now, I have added the following mantra to my repertoire: There are days where […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Halloween, trick or treating, yell-free parenting

Because that’s what friends are for.

October 31, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last year Halloween was two days before the NYC Marathon, and it was also on a school night. I had to behave myself. And I was trick-or-treating with friends who were pulling this along behind them in a wagon: I know Halloween is mainly about the kids. But this year, with Halloween being on a […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Halloween, lice, trick or treating

I’m guaranteed to find it tomorrow.

October 29, 2014 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Time got away from me today. I was out pounding the pavement all day selling advertising, and then we were supposed to carve pumpkins tonight. We carve them on the dining room table which was covered with about nineteen loads of laundry, so I had to take care of that when I got home. And […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Halloween, Jack-o-lanterns

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