What is your favorite Halloween tradition or memory? That’s the question that we asked our contributors. Here’s what they had to say: My favorite tradition is to go trick or treating. My favorite costume growing up was a reindeer. Carrie My kids always find it funny looking at pics of me in Halloween costumes when…
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Top Ten Halloween Candies to Steal from Our Kids
Happy Halloween, Mamas! Yes, the number one sugary holiday is here again. At this point all costumes have been assembled, Trick-or-Treating arrangements have been made, and candy to distribute has been purchased. Now, as moms, we wait. We wait until our children’s overtired, over sugared heads hit the pillow. And, then we get to work……
What We’re Into This Week {Vol. 38}
What we’re reading… Slightly Spooky Books – because it’s almost Halloween! With Halloween just around the corner (seriously, it’s just a few days away… are you ready?!?) some of our contributors have been gearing up by reading spooky books. Our contributor, Jessica W. recommends the following: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Bad Seed…
Halloween Fun: You’ve Been Boo’d
I’m gonna be honest, this year I was going to let Halloween fly by without doing all the extras. There was going to be no decorations, no Halloween fun, just trunk-or-treating and trick-or-treating. I wasn’t going to not have any fun. But this year, I just wasn’t feeling up to getting out all the Halloween…
The Teal Pumpkin Project: More than Just Toys
Do you remember going out for Halloween and getting home and running to the table to dump all your candy out? And how excited you were to start eating all the yummy goodies laying out in front of you with the biggest smile on your face? You probably just jumped right in without even thinking…
What We’re Into This Week {Vol. 34}
What we’re obsessed with… Apple Picking We are in full Fall swing here in Northern New England, which means we’ve got apples galore. Even though I’m not a fan of Fall, my kids love apple picking (kids love berry picking, too!). But, what do you do with all of those apples once you’ve picked them?…
Our BEST Halloween Costumes {UR Basic Mom Edition}
Happy Halloween, everyone, from the Ur Basic Mom team! In honor of the most fun (well maybe second most fun) holiday for kids, we’ve asked our contributors to share their best Halloween costumes, EVER. Check out the Ur Basic Mom team’s best Halloween costumes… in no particular order: Annie- Ur Basic ‘Pooh’ Mom My mom…