My daughter’s birthday is a week after Halloween. And since she was four, I have used leftover Halloween candy to decorate her birthday cake. The idea didn’t come from something cute I saw on social media; it was purely out of desperation because I’m terrible at decorating cakes. I’m a pretty good cook, if I...
TikTok / @kriswylder Everything changes with kids, and the holidays are no exception. But one in particular might have a more dramatic shift than others. When Halloween comes around, parents leave tequila shots in plastic syringes in the past, and say hello to a month of moderating candy intake. Mom Kris Wylder shared her take...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Stocksy It’s spooky season, and there are so many absolutely delightful ways to celebrate the thinning of the veil between the spirit world and the land of the living: scary decorations, dressing up, eating your body weight in your kids’ Halloween candy (long live the Parent Tax) and, of course, reveling...
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Shutterstock, Getty Images My children know no fear, and love nothing more than casting spells and playing dead. I’ve made peace with "Janie" (my eldest’s ghost friend), regularly answer questions about mortality first thing in the morning, and prominently display a drawing of “Goth Barbie,” but we’ve also gotten into some pickles....