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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

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

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