I've just discovered one of the new special effects on Photobucket: the Blueprint. It's quite freaky!
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And because I'm not quite ready for Halloween to end....
I've just discovered one of the new special effects on Photobucket: the Blueprint. It's quite freaky!
For more blue things, click here.
Trick or Treat!
For everyone who comes trick-or-treating on my blog today, I give you some delicious morsels from Kara's Cupcakes. Happy Halloween!
Halloween Hearts
Last weekend I was setting out some Halloween-themed sprinkles for cupcake-decorating at our Halloween party, when I stopped and took a closer look at the pumpkin-shaped ones. All of a sudden it occurred to me that they sort of look like little hearts when you turn them upside down. How appropriate, considering I heart-heart-heart Halloween.
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Salmon, the fountain of youth
Last week we settled down to a yummy supper of teriyaki salmon, broccoli and rice......
Jammy: Is salmon healthy for you?
Me: Oh yes! It's full of good fats that builds up your brain.
Alfie: It builds strong muscles.
Me: It's a superfood that keeps your skin smooth and young-looking!
Pea: So if I'm seven years old, I'll look like I'm six? I don't want to look young!
Me (with a sly look at Alfie): When you're my age, you'll want to look young. If I keep eating salmon, when I'm your daddy's age, I'll still look like I'm my age now!
Pea (looking hard at Alfie): Wow, daddy, it's too bad you didn't eat any salmon when you were younger.
Jammy: Is salmon healthy for you?
Me: Oh yes! It's full of good fats that builds up your brain.
Alfie: It builds strong muscles.
Me: It's a superfood that keeps your skin smooth and young-looking!
Pea: So if I'm seven years old, I'll look like I'm six? I don't want to look young!
Me (with a sly look at Alfie): When you're my age, you'll want to look young. If I keep eating salmon, when I'm your daddy's age, I'll still look like I'm my age now!
Pea (looking hard at Alfie): Wow, daddy, it's too bad you didn't eat any salmon when you were younger.
Slutty mamas take over kids party (yup, it's Halloween)
We hosted a little family Halloween get-together this weekend. The kids had loads of fun decorating cookies, eating Halloween-themed treats and traipsing around the backyard hunting for Halloween treats to put in their goody bags.
Naturally, we took about a gazillion photos. The first thing that Alfie noticed when we got them up on the computer was, "There are way more photos of adults than kids". This has got to be the only kids' party where parents take more photos of ourselves than of our cute/talented/amusing/all-of-the-above offspring.
Naturally, we took about a gazillion photos. The first thing that Alfie noticed when we got them up on the computer was, "There are way more photos of adults than kids". This has got to be the only kids' party where parents take more photos of ourselves than of our cute/talented/amusing/all-of-the-above offspring.
See, this is why I love Halloween. Kids can play dress-up any old time of the year, but we grown-ups need a good excuse. There's something about putting on a costume that releases all of one's inhibitions; since it's not you, you can behave as outrageously as you want. No wonder most of the female Halloween costumes on the market are slutty this and slutty that.
We certainly released our inner children that day. My sister and her husband brought wigs as part of their costumes. We spent a good thirty minutes photographing ourselves in every possible permutation and combination of wigs and individuals and groups.
Did I forget to mention that the grown-ups had a good time at the party too?
For the love of football
The English are mad about football, simply mad about it. Rugby and cricket are blips on the radar screen compared to their football obsession. If 3Po and Jammy were living in England now, they'd probably be playing football every day because that's what all the little boys do when they go out to play.
We don't push football on them, but with all the matches they see on tv, they must think football is literally the only sport around. That will change once they enter kindergarten and grade school, but for now, all they know is football. I'm happy that they genuinely seem to like the Beautiful Game, and I hope they continue to play it.
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A message from the anti-US cities in the US
I've always known that the writers on the Silicon Valley Moms Group are smart, sassy and savvy. Here's a video that New York Moms Blog writer Amyhas posted on YouTube, speaking for all the people who live in the big-city, anti-American parts of the country (that only exist in Sarah Palin's mind):
Halloween Happenings in Silicon Valley
Finally, my obsessive searching for things to do has some use to other people besides my own family. Check out my Savvy guide to kid-friendly Halloween happenings all over Silicon Valley!
If you don't live in these here parts, the Savvy Source also has guides for over 20 cities in the US and Canada. Click here for a sample (Bay Area included), or click here to find your own city. If you do live in the Bay Area, look out for two Star Wars clones and a she-devil at one of the Halloween events this weekend. The frazzled mother running after them would be me.
Which costumes go well with eyeglasses?
Eyeglasses suck during Halloween. They just don't go with any of the costumes I want to wear. Pirate with glasses? Witch? Princess? Eh. Neh. And nah. As far as I can tell, the only costumes that look good with glasses are:
Slutty lawyer
Slutty student
Slutty teacher
Slutty librarian
You get the picture. I don't really want to be any of those (there are a lot more interesting slutty costumes to be found), so this year I decided to give my glasses a little costume of their own. I bought a plain eyemask, hot-glued some fake autumn leaves and beads and twigs, and ta-daaa! Here is Jammy modeling my autumn foliage mask. I'm still sprucing up the rest of the costume, so I'll show it off when I'm done.
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