Fire dog (name courtesy of Cali)

Have you ever heard of this game? It is great fun. All you do is buy a pack of 15 glow sticks at Target ($1!), then you wait for dusk. After cracking the glow sticks you shove them under your dogs collar and then YELL "GO ENZO GO!!!!! and watch as your dog tears around the yard dropping the sticks one by one, then you say "On your mark, Get set...GO" and watch as your children run around and pick up the sticks. The person with the most sticks wins.
All this fun can be yours.... for only $1!!!!!

By a pricking of my thumbs....

October is here! that means that the long hot summer has gone (mostly) and it is time to start the holiday season!
I never realized how much I enjoyed Halloween until I had children. On September 30th I was told that it was time to decorate for Halloween . I dragged all the bins (6!) down and the kids and I spent the next 2 hours putting up the decorations. They had so much fun decorating. As a mother, I was so happy for their enthusiasm....as someone with a little bit of taste I was cringing as they decorated their way. There were place mats placed on the ground "Look, a perfect path!", and pumpkins spread willy nilly throughout the house. I bit my tongue and just told them how excellent it all looked. Then as they rested their weary bones I went and made it look a little more conventional....oh and I washed the place mats!