Halloween was unusually stressful for me this year. My daughter kept telling everyone who went to hand her candy that she was allergic to peanuts, and this continued long after I told her multiple times that I would check her bag when we got home and exchange out what she couldn't eat. All the kids kept running ahead of us and wouldn't stop no ( Read more... )

I go off-line for a few days and lots of stuff happened. Typical. I think I'm all caught up on everyone now. I needed a little break because I was dealing with silly, stupid people, lots of Mite level hockey, and a grown-ups only Halloween party ( Read more... )

My son is singing the national anthem in the shower. Just thought I'd share ( Read more... )

The past couple of weeks have been a combination of Halloween and my daughter's birthday. Both events were stretched out to epic proportions, leaving me somewhat exhausted and slightly manic all at the same time. Ugh. But the kids got to wear their Halloween costumes more than once, which is great, and I got ideas for my daughter for Christmas ( Read more... )

This week has been just as horribly busy as I expected, with a broken toe (not mine) added in just for extra excitement. Read on in this issue of "Nellymom News":

Northeast experiences unbelievably warm temperatures on Halloween night Weather records indicate temps in the high 60's, but Nellymom felt her report was more accurate. "I wanted to ( Read more... )

I know I'm a day early for the "official" day of Halloween, but it's been a cornucopia of Halloween already around here. Our city was originally supposed to have trick-or-treat on Saturday night, but then we got a lovely storm. We were fortunate that we got no damage, just lots of rain, wind, and our lights flickering. Since we all knew the ( Read more... )

"Hello. I'm Nellymom, and I am running for governor of the great commonwealth of Massachusetts (unofficial state motto: We are so NOT a state). I have no financial backing, no potential supporters other than immediate family and friends who all may or may not be registered to vote, and my two young kids, who can't vote, period. However, I ( Read more... )

I just found this via Irishspongie. Now THIS would be a party:

nellymom's Halloween party:

barmaidblog dressed as the Governor of Pennsylvania.

danatheb dressed as a rat.

irishspongie dressed as a disturbing self-made character called "Dorkey Gizzardhonker".

lisa_e_is_me dressed as Optimus Prime.

vanprkr dressed as James Polk.

Throw your own party ( Read more... )