Spooky season is upon us! I just learned this year that all the cools kids are calling it “Spooky Season” instead of Halloween, October, or Fall. What better way to celebrate my newfound Halloween wisdom than with a roundup of my favorite spooky season posts from years past? I’ve got it all covered—scary movies, costumes, [Read More]
7 Easy Halloween Costumes for Men Featuring a Flannel Shirt
Every year my husband’s workplace throws a Halloween potluck. And every year my husband waits until the night before the Halloween potluck to lament how he doesn’t have a costume. He wants to be festive and join in the fun, but he just runs out of time and steam. Luckily, he’s married to me, the [Read More]
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Checklist for a Midwest Halloween Costume
I have lived in the Midwest longer than anywhere else and I’ve lived in a lot of places: California, Maryland, Arizona, North Carolina and British Columbia. Heck, I even studied abroad in Sydney, Australia. I’ve learned a lot in my years in the Midwest: I know what bratwurst is. I know that winter lasts six [Read More]
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10 Great One-hit Wonders
Something amazing happened last week. People liked one of my blog posts. I mean, they really liked it! At last glance, my little post on 10 Things to Say to the Trick-or-Treaters Dressed as Elsa was liked by over four thousand people on Facebook. Four thousand! My previous best was probably less than a hundred. Okay, [Read More]
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10 Things to Say to the Trick-or-Treaters Dressed as Elsa
Warning! They’re coming. Not the walking dead. Or the Boy Scouts with their popcorn. No, the Elsas are coming. All 5,082,367 of them. How do I know there will be so many of them? A couple weeks ago I took my daughter, 7, to a Halloween event. And then I almost lost her. That’s because she [Read More]
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Hallowe’en Family Fun at Greenfield Village
My kids are at great ages – 11 and 7 – for enjoying all things Halloween. That’s why I’m pleased to tell you about our visit to Hallowe’en at Greenfield Village this past weekend. Many thanks to The Henry Ford Museum for providing me and my family with passes. All thoughts are my own. Have [Read More]
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5 Things I Love about October
Halloween is the Mariah Carey of October. That said, even someone like me, who prefers summer to any other season, can find lots of other, less dramatic things to like about October. Here’s my 5 favorite things about the tenth month of the year: 1. Candy pumpkins With apologies to candy corn, our family prefers [Read More]
