Daily Vegas ~ Squishy's first Trick Or Treat

So unless you live underneath a rock, you are probably aware yesterday was Halloween! We had a great time, but missed the Hubs. Of course had he been home, I would have made him be our Honey Pot!!

Auntie Kim had the smart idea of posing Squishy with all his little Squishy stuffed animals. I am glad she did, because look how cute this is!!

The Bear he is holding was the first stuffed animal bought for our Squishy. My mother actually bought it for him when I was 7 weeks pregnant. It is still too early to tell, but that bear seems to be a big favorite in our home.

Squishy and Baybah having fun - trying to get a picture of two active Toddlers isn't exactly easy.

Hey this Bear looks like ME!!

Mama Bee and Squishy HoneyBear!

Hey, can I see what is in there??

Squish loved going door to door and "knocking" (banging) on people's doors. The only thing he didn't understand is why he couldn't go into all the homes...

This cute family was all decked out for the holiday. The girl was scared Squish was afraid, but really he just wanted to know why these people had funny faces on... He didn't cry, or back up, or hide at even some of the more scary homes. (One house on our block goes ALL out!! - I tried to get pictures, but they didn't do it justice.)

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween! I know we sure did!! Time to hit the stores for discount costumes for next year!!

Daily Vegas ~ Squishy's first Pony ride!

Check out my little "HorsebackRiderMan!" Yes, I was so overwhelmed with my little man's first pony ride, I couldn't think of the word Cowboy... Seeing your child do something for the first time is truly like seeing all the possibilities in the world. And knowing that maybe, just maybe anything is possible.

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million." ~Walt Streightiff

Hope everyone is enjoying their Halloween!!

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Daily Vegas ~ When Halloween costumes go too far...

I am a newer parent. My son is only 16.5 months old, so I am not going to pretend to be an expert in the ways of parenting by any means, but in recent years I have noticed a trend in costumes. Children as young as my son, dressed up as what I can only assume is something their parents think is funny. It really makes me wonder, when did Halloween become a reason to flaunt bad parenting choices??

Recently we spent an evening at the Haunted Harvest. While walking in, my sister in law pointed out the costumes of the kids in front of us. The children were probably about 10, 6, and 3 years old. They had dressed like characters from the recent movie kick-ass. Now this film was rated R, so really these children were dressed as characters from movies they shouldn't have seen.

Okay, maybe the 10 year-old dressed as Kick-Ass (and that is a big maybe) would have seen this movie, but dressing your 3 year old as Red Mist, and 6 year old as Hit-Girl? These are not your typical superheros. They are vigilante wannabe superheros who use extreme violent measures to stop the "bad guys".
(Note - I have not seen this movie. I got my information from my sister in law who is a huge movie buff.)

Have you been on Photobucket lately. Take a look at the current number 1 voted costume. I know some may disagree with me here (which is fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinions), but really this child is not much older than my son. Why is it funny to dress him up as a serial killing doll complete with bloody knife?? I am choosing not to post a picture of this "Chucky" costume for the simple reason that he is an innocent party in this mess of a Halloween costume.

Finally this last costume isn't for children, it is for "adults." But really - when did Elmo become sexy? And I would imagine that the people buying this costume mostly have children who like Sesame Street, which really? Sexy Elmo? Do I need to get further into this?

I'm not even going to get into the teenage sexy costumes. The things I saw on some 12 year olds in the past few years, I wouldn't even wear as an adult. At least throw a pair of leggings underneath.

I fully understand Halloween is a holiday to have fun, let loose, be silly. But there are better ways to dress your children up than vigilante murders, Serial killing Dolls. And if you plan on being Sexy Elmo, do me a favor, please don't trick or treat in it.

Sorry, I will step off my soap box now. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while I get to a point where I just need to get something off my chest. Now should I have a teenage daughter one day, I am sure we will have many conversations on appropriate clothing. It just makes me sad when there are so many sweet and funny costumes for little children, that some costumes just go too far.

Daily Vegas ~ Want a sneak peak at Squishy's Halloween Costume?

Do you? Huh? Well do you?

Okay, twist my arm!!

Here is my little Honey Bear!

Mama Bee and Honey Bear

I got his costume last year on clearance and added the bow myself. ( I think it adds the perfect touch to the costume for sure!!)

Peekaboo
(This photo was taken by Lolo @ Crazy about My Baybah)

How cute is his little tail!!!!

But we still managed to have fun - even in the face of the "It never rains in Vegas - but tonight since we are out and having fun it is going to rain hard" storm!How scary is this pic - my flash didn't go off - this is what I got! :P

Huge Announcement ~ Halloween Blog Bash!!

Hi all!
So I was asked by The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom if I wanted to team up and host a Blog Bash for Halloween. Of course my answer was YES!! My favorite season is fall, my favorite fun holiday is Halloween, how could I not participate in this event??

Save the dates, Mark your Calender, Enter it into your Blackberry, Tweet away; Mommy's Lil Monster Bash is COMING!! September 26th - October 10th

This Monster Bash will include spooky guest posts, devilish decoration ideas, great ghoulish giveaways, creepy child-centered crafts, and haunted recipes your family will love.

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Do you have a product you think would be great for this event? Love to share your crafting ability? We are still accepting sponsors for giveaways (Halloween or Fall related) and Guest Posters for tutorials. Please email me at familyandlifeinlv(at)gmail(dot)com if you are interested in joining this huge Halloween event!!

Are you ready for Mommy's Lil Monster Bash??!!