Halloween

A Visit to Irvine Park Railroad, Orange County

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It’s officially pumpkin season – to be honest, it has been for a couple of weeks now. Social media is all abuzz with the perfect pumpkin pictures. I had to jump on the bandwagon and get those perfect pictures out there too. To do so, I had to visit the perfect place for pumpkin pictures.   Being (fairly) new to Southern California, I was researching places to visit with the kids when I stumbled across Irvine Park Railroad. With a pumpkin patch, paddle boats, train ride, and other fun stuff, I knew this would be a perfect choice. It’s also …

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A Spooky Delivery from Tesco

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On Monday, we celebrated Halloween early. The children were super-excited as we had received this as a prelude the previous week. 🙂   But Monday set the tone for what’s to come at the end of the month. We were all set to receive a spooky delivery from Tesco but nothing prepared us for this kind of fun. A VERY spooky van appeared in front of our home after school. The children were ready and were peeking out from the bedroom as we were asked to wait for set up. And then…the door bell rang. And Frankenstein was waiting for …

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Fancy Dress Costumes – Why We Can Never Have Enough?

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It’s coming up to Halloween and the best part of it is dressing up. The children love dressing up of course and they don’t really need Halloween to do it. I am constantly on the lookout for fancy dress costumes for the children and I saw some lovely ones in Tesco. No child can have enough dressing up costumes, I think – action figures, Disney princesses, witches, Roald Dahl characters  – you name it and the children have them. Perhaps it has to do with school event days where the children are asked to dress up like Roald Dahl day which …

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Enter if you dare – Halloween party pack from Hobbycraft

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  Oooh Halloween – The name sends shivers down my back (well if said in a properly spooky tone, that is) The fact is – I love Halloween. In fact, I love any celebration where we can bake (which we have been doing) and have fun. What’s fun for the children is fun for me! Besides, I know that after Halloween, comes the best celebration of all – Christmas! We don’t usually do much to celebrate Halloween but this year it was a little different. We were sent some decorations from Hobbycraft to review and obviously that meant a little …

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Who’s afraid of the Bogeyman?

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Its almost Halloween – witches, spiders, monsters, the Bogeyman – things most people fear – but have you ever considered this? Who’s afraid of the Bogeyman? You and I and us. He stalks his prey by day or night And leaves behind a fuss. He’s the man in the park, The stranger next door, The shadow that hides by day. The lady that has that strange look in her eye, The person you meet on your way. You see him in every harsh word, You see him through your tears, He’s there in every cruel act, He’s there in all …

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