This is a reprint of a post that originally appeared in October 2008 on the now-defunct website Being Savvy San Fernando. Links to resources have been updated. Nothing takes the fun out of trick-or-treating like food allergies in children. If your child or someone close to you … [Read more...]
Dear Santa: LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
We've been to a lot of Halloween parties the last few weeks. The first one was thrown by Disney Interactive on the lot at Disney in Burbank. My kids were in heaven - there were video games to play all around the room, and lots of sugary cookies to eat. They basically stationed … [Read more...]
Sad Pumpkin
When he became a father, Stewart's inner artist emerged. He drew elaborate space-scapes in chalk on the patio for Kyle, created beautiful vistas with crayon and paper, and, every Halloween, carved the most intricately scary or goofy jack-o-lanterns out of the most ordinary … [Read more...]
Gratuitous Halloween Photo
As I put away the Halloween decorations and furiously purge in preparation for the winter holidays (one would think, since we just moved only a few months ago, that I'd be done purging for a while, but no) I cannot help but celebrate these two hammy kids and their Halloween … [Read more...]
The Jack O’Lantern Project 2010
Halloween parties started last weekend, but we just got our pumpkins yesterday at Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark. Brady chose them, Kyle art directed, and Stewart carved. I hid in the "study" until the mess was cleaned up. And I took pictures. … [Read more...]