He never let go of my thumb…
The Noobie He’s only three years old. He’d never been trick-or-treating. So, it was excusable that Lucas was supremely deficient in the Clue Department when it came to Halloween. When I asked him what he was going to be, he put on his low, gruff serious voice and laughed, saying, “Ho ho nooooo, Daddy!” as [...]
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Charlie & Andy Become Chandy & Arlie
We use up all of our creative juices on our website, so the best we could come up with was to go as each other for Halloween this year. Maybe this is like some kind of weird version of a kid “becoming their parents,” except we’re becoming our parenting website partner. Or something. That seems [...]
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My Wife Just Said… #82
“Putting Finn to sleep and his light turns on. BY ITSELF. Trying to be brave in front of my son! #halloweensstartingearly” -Avara – Previous “My Wife Just Said…”
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Whorlloween Costume Epic Battles
Some people love ‘em. Some people hate ‘em. I’m talking about all the hyper sexy costumes at seasonal Halloween pop-up stores and costume shops. Remember when it was witches and fairies and princesses? One thing’s for sure, we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. So, I’ve decided to put together a showdown! Vote for the sexiest, [...]
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The 9 Bestest Pumpkin Carvings
We love Halloween. Can you tell? So, we decided to scour the internetz and find our favorite works of art on the pumpkin canvas… Number nine is my favorite. Amazing. GO SEE OUR PUMPKINTACULAR! – Read more of our awesomeness here… It’s happy happy funtime goodness pickles.
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Fatherhood Fridays #12: Five Weirdest Halloween Costumes
Every year the evolution of Halloween costumes seems to go away from the upright-walking hominids we have become and drifts toward regression. In a sentence: WE ARE GETTING WEIRDER, PEOPLE. So, I felt it would be a “good” idea to highlight the strangest Halloween costumes you can now buy online and drive the point home [...]
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Charlie Brown & Halloween PB&Js of the Heart
When we grow up, we tie some of the things we experience together; associations. Things that will forever remind us of other things later. They’re little peanut butter and jelly sandwiches of the heart. For me, the peanut butter I’m talking about is Halloween and the jelly is It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. [...]
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How a Costume Can Suck
Like so many things on this website, this doesn’t really help you in any way. But the stores are already decorating themselves in cotton cobwebs and the seasonal Halloween stores are springing up and opening their spooky doors. So, I figured… why not? This is but a sampling of the ways a costume can [...]
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Halloween for True Professionals
It’s no secret that Halloween is a favorite holiday for me and Andy. Just look at the top of our blog (header) today for Pumpkinsakes. Maybe it’s the magical air in a Halloween Night sky with a moon shrouded by ominous clouds. Maybe it’s the majesty of egging and toilet paper confetti. Or, perhaps, just [...]
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Twas the Night Before Something
It’s September in Los Angeles and that means one thing: the seasons will change from Summer to, well… more Summer. This year, I’m anxious to see the customary changing of the air filters and people starting to bundle up in t-shirts instead of tank-tops. Keeping track of which month we’re in, to be fair, isn’t [...]
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