I have never liked Halloween. I don’t know if it’s because we never really celebrated it with my family when I was little or because I don’t like spooky and scary things. But now that I have kids I hate it even more. Tips for Halloween are required since I’m not a “Halloween Person.” I hate the competition amongst parents on whose kids have the best costume or who has the best house decorations. Even more, I hate the sugar rush […]
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Ten Tips for creating the perfect Halloween Costumes for your entire family!
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I used to be sexy on Halloween. Not Basic Sexy, like “sexy nurse” or “sexy mouse”, but Creative Sexy. At least I thought so. Instead of Little Orphan Annie I would be “Little WHOREphan Annie,” showing a lot of leg and whatever cleavage I could muster. One year I was “White Trash”, dressed in a short tight white dress with white garbage-like tissues and styrofoam cups and un-used tampons pasted all over it. You get the idea: something clever and/or […]
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Season 9 of The Walking Dead premieres tonight! I’ve watched 9 years of zombies and been a parent for 9 years. 2010 was a big year for me. I became a mom and just a month later, The Walking Dead premiered. Coincidence? I think not.
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Step away from Pinterest. Don’t even look at your Instagram. Slacker Mom is here, ready to save your ass again, with last-minute Halloween costumes for moms and kids. If you are too busy raising seemingly feral children to plan ahead for Halloween, don’t worry. So are we! We are a few tried and true last-minute Halloween costume ideas that you can make with things you already have on hand. And the best part–they will cost you next to nothing so […]
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When I was a kid, back in the old-west of the ’80s, we returned home from Trick or Treating and dumped out our pillowcases onto the floor. My sister and I traded for our favorites and then ate candy until we cried with stomach-aches. Now that I’m a mom, I do things a little differently. Maybe I just have less patience for fighting and whining than my own mom did. But when my kids eat sugar, they turn into hyperactive, […]
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Christmas in October?=Christmas too early! When I was a kid I looked forward to the change in the seasons. I enjoyed decorating for each holiday. My kids LOVE putting up decorations now too, but I’ve grown bitter, because every time I head into the store to buy something that reflects the given season, well – it’s out of stock, replaced with merchandise that I have absolutely no use for in a given season. Have you been in this position? Replace […]
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Throwback Thursday to the time we did a MomCave LIVE episode called Halloween Hacks for Moms. What kind of jerk invents a holiday that requires a mom to come up with a creative, suitable costume idea that their kid actually likes and then either hand-make that costume or buy an expensive version, stock the house with candy to give to other kids, and then allow their own kid to collect a whole sack of junk that will cause whining and tantrums […]
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Step away from Pinterest. Don’t even look at your Instagram. Slacker Mom is here, ready to save your ass again, with easy Halloween costumes for moms and kids. In this episode of our Slacker Mom’s Guide, the MomCave moms throw together some funny, simple and cheap Halloween costumes from items they found around the house. If you’re as much as a slacker ( or procrastinator?) as we are, we’ve got you covered! Easy Halloween Costumes for Moms and Kids| Slacker Mom’s […]
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