Holidays - Halloween
Halloween Hand-Over
October 31, 2008
Halloween is over, and your youngest child wore that hand-me-down Superman costume for its third and final wearing in your family. So cute, you wash it and fold it and sadly think "who will wear it now?" Sure, you could try to sell it at a yard sale or consignment shop. You could pretend that you are having another baby someday, so you should save it for him or her. But let's be honest. Read more...
Allergen-Free Goodies for the Trick or Treaters
October 30, 2008
Nothing takes the fun out of trick-or-treating like food allergies in children. If your child or someone close to you has a serious food allergy that makes most candy dangerous to them, navigating Halloween can be an anxiety inducing experience. Some parents cope by skipping the ritual altogether, but as children get older and especially if they have siblings, it gets harder to deny them Read more...
Halloween Events in the Valley
October 21, 2008
Driving around the valley you can't avoid the slow construction of those roadside pumpkin stands. Then come the bouncy houses, the giant banners touting "Jurassic Dinosaurs!" or "Spooky House!" and the fake corn stalks taped to the entrances of parking lots. Early on I learned that these seasonal constructions are nothing but a lure for your money. Get to the site, park in Read more...
Weekend Roundup October 18-19
October 17, 2008
There's a hodgepodge of neat events I want to tell you about before I jet off to London this weekend. Yes, that is right, this frumpy mom who writes this column in her pajamas is turning into her alter ego - TV Producer Lady - and flying off to far away lands. I'm going to scope the town out for kid-friendliness while I'm there and I promise to tell you all about it. In the Read more...
Places to find halloween costumes in the valley
October 07, 2008
With Halloween only T-minus 24 days away, savvy parents best get pounding that pavement and finding the right costumes for our preschoolers before they are all snatched up. Oh, because they do get snatched up, don't they? If you wait until the last minute, you're stuck cutting holes in your good bedsheets for a Charlie Brown ghost and risking lots of tripping and falling during that trick Read more...
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