5. And did anyone see Jimmy Kimmel’s challege to parents on Monday? He wanted parents to tell their kids that they ate all their candy… and videotape it and put it on Youtube. Read more...
If you bought enough mini chocolate bars and bags of chips to feed the entire neighbourhood but had a lackluster turn out on Halloween, never fear. Here are 15 creative ideas for utilizing your leftover treats when you can no longer pawn off them off on your co-workers.
Being pregnant with twins, and starting to show at10 weeks, gets me a lot of attention from the general public. Strangers often ask me when I am due and they’re eyes widen with surprise when I tell them some date that is not tomorrow, so I explain “I am having twins, that is why my belly is so big.” When I went to vote the gentleman registering me looked at my belly with concern and asked, “That isn’t going to happen now is it?”
Or, I am showered with lovely comments such as: ‘You are huge.’ or ‘Wow are you showing.’ Now this may be particularly hard to hear when I have spent the majority of my life as small/petite. But I am not huge I am pregnant, with twins! So lay off and let me waddle through the rest of my pregnancy.Read more...
What’s the plan for your pumpkin post-Halloween? You could just light it for the next couple nights and wait for it to rot before finally tossing it into the compost bin, or you could bring it down to your neighbourhood park and place it with its pumpkin brethren. If you live near a park that does a pumpkin parade, we highly recommend the latter.
You and your neighbours bring your jack-o’-lanterns down to the park, line them up and light them up one last time. Some parks, like Toronto’s Christie Pits, also invites you to bring a marshmallow stick and a flashlight for the accompanying bonfire while Sorauren Park‘s parade promises to have thousands (thousands!!) of pumpkins on display. Toronto Parks & Rec will then pick them up for composting. Read more...
Beth Blenz-Clucas blogs about music for kids that grownups will love too
All of my parental compunctions go out the window at Halloween. I know a lot of better parents who are offering apples and popcorn to the little trick or treaters tonight, but I’m helping to fund the Hershey and Mars corporate fortunes (all at discounted prices of course). The big steel IKEA bowl is brim full of the sugary stuff, and I’m looking around for the best songs to get us all into the spirit.
Luckily, there are a ton of great Halloween songs. I do adore watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show at least once a year, but Tim Curry’s “Sweet Tranvestite” is unfortunately not very kid friendly. Nor is Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” particularly when Michael’s sad and strange Neverland episodes come to mind. But every year, we have to play Bobby Pickett’s 1962 hit “Monster Mash,” preferably over and over again. What a campy-great Halloween tune with just the right amount of spookiness. I’ll be doing The Twist to this one again this year: Read more...
4. Did you know there’s a candy hierarchy? We don’t totally agree with it, as while the top tier are in fact top tier, the gummies and rockets need to be higher for the sake of balance and seasonality.
5. We wish we made this adorable and spooky short film:
Sure, Christmas is alright. There’s tasty baked goods, family dinners, A Christmas Story and gifts, but where’s the spookiness? Yes, a large man dressed in Coca-Cola colours creeping around and eating your cookies is a tad spooky, but it’s no Halloween. October 31st has ghosts, goblins, freaks and free candy. The Pettit household loves Halloween so much, we’re planning on making a eerie advent calendar filled with ghoulish goodies to help count down the days. Read more...
