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Halloween activities @CanobieLakePark and We’ve been Boo’d

Each year my kids look forward to being Boo’d. Have not heard of it? Check out the details here!
Also, My 11 year old and her friends really want to visit a spooky themed park. Canobie Lake Park’s Screamfest  looks like a fun, spooky time and this is the LAST weekend so check out all their fun, family themed events: Screamfest, Octoberfest and the Autumn Fairground.

We talked this and more on today’s Trendymommies.com segment on 980 WCAP-AM!

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Halloween Costumes and my models! @NECN

I know, I know, the weeks leading up to Halloween I talk about costumes a lot! I just love this holiday and so does New England Cable News. Here is my segment from Tuesday. My girls were the models for the costumes and they had so much fun!

 

 

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What to wear for Halloween

Americans will spend 3 billion on Halloween costumes this year! That is one popular holiday! According to the The National Retail Federations’s 2012 survey the top costumes for kids are princess, batman, spiderman and witch. Of course Pirates, vampires and zombies are still popular too!

Here are some great costumes for Halloween 2012.

Well, first if you are a mom and don’t want to dress up but want to add a bit of fun color to your wardrobe in the weeks leading up to Halloween try Holidickeys!  Holidickeys.com is where you can find these fun, colorful, affordable versatile collars – very much in fashion now! Only $30.00 to add a bit of color to your wardrobe without spending too much on a full shirt!

Iparty is just the best and makes it easy for moms to shop – they have all the kids costumes as well as decorations!  They have the Halloween essentials for mom and dad including the must have political masks or for mom a quick witch hat and some make-up.  For Kids anything with pop culture like angry birds and these cute monster costumes.

Costume Kingdom.com has great costumes for pets and for kids  – 20% of your purchases will go toward the Children’s Cancer Association on this super fun site.  They have the captain America for boys – mom and son can be twins!  The brave costume with the bow and arrow – the archery theme is popular this year with Brave and even the Hunger Games.

HalloweenCostumes.com has great classic costumes – like Alice in Wonderland for moms or captain America t-shirt for moms with Red Gloves and a shield

Happy Halloween!WFSB Channel 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Halloween Planning

Halloween is a few weeks away but the kids have been planning their costumes!  We talked about this and Boston.com’s list of scariest movies and what shows/movies are appropriate for kids on 980 WCAP-AM today!

 

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Halloween Planning

Halloween is a few weeks away but the kids have been planning their costumes!  We talked about this and Boston.com’s list of scariest movies and what shows/movies are appropriate for kids on 980 WCAP-AM today!

 

WCAP10.9

 

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Halloween Planning

Halloween is a few weeks away but the kids have been planning their costumes!  We talked about this and Boston.com’s list of scariest movies and what shows/movies are appropriate for kids on 980 WCAP-AM today!

 

WCAP10.9

 

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September 11, 2012

In remembrance of this day I read a lot of heartbreaking accounts of survivors stories and victims’ families stories. We discussed this and talked about how to have discussions with your children about this day and other events on 980 WCAP.

Parenting.com had a great article about talking to your kids about scary news.

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September 11, 2012

In remembrance of this day I read a lot of heartbreaking accounts of survivors stories and victims’ families stories. We discussed this and talked about how to have discussions with your children about this day and other events on 980 WCAP.

Parenting.com had a great article about talking to your kids about scary news.

WCAP9.11

 

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September 11, 2012

In remembrance of this day I read a lot of heartbreaking accounts of survivors stories and victims’ families stories. We discussed this and talked about how to have discussions with your children about this day and other events on 980 WCAP.

Parenting.com had a great article about talking to your kids about scary news.

WCAP9.11

 

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Let the homework begin? Week 2 of school

It is week two of school and I am preparing for piles of homework. Not my homework of course – I did all that last week when I had the most paperwork I had to fill out ever  – from how is my child getting home from school to emergency contact information – it took an hour or so! While my 3rd graders’ assignments last week consisted of sign your homework book and my 6th grader is still getting into a routine of how things work at middle school (my, my, they have a lot of freedom there!) I am glad we eased into school with no homework on the first week. But, my guess is all that will change this week.

So, while last week’s after school activities consisted of snacks, TV watching, begging for playdates and running to soccer and swim, this week we will add in the homework and we’ll see how it all fits together! At least everyone is in the same boat adjusting to the back to school routine and making sure the kids get enough sleep. How many parents had a hard time with the back to bed at a reasonable hour routine?  We are all getting there!