Last year, since the babies were still tiny, we opted not to take them trick-or-treating.  Instead, they had Halloween hats that they wore all season to celebrate baby style. This year, I wasn't really planning on taking them, either.  But, as it turns out, it was a matter of  Bregon  getting to trick-or-treat, so I gave in and decided to go ahead and try it.  In anticipation of Halloween, I began planning a few days ahead. I would take the babies Easter baskets and zip-tie them to the side of the stroller so that they didn't feel left out.  I made two jugs of juice (half juice/half water) and made sure that I had extra bags of Goldfish crackers and Teddy Grahams ready to go.  We made a test run on Monday by taking the babies along for the ride so we could check out the Pumpkin Shine that is only a few blocks away from our house.  Everyone did okay until Vivienne managed to get her lady-baby foot caught under her stroller seat when I hit one of th...

It’s Halloween time at my house, which means I have been a very busy lady! Bregon had to have a clown suit this year after having seen a few scary clowns in action at a haunted house in Terrell called Thrillvania.  We tried purchasing a clown suit locally, but alas, nobody seemed to have one in his size. In fact, only one place we went even came close to having a clown suit.  Most places had none, which I found sort of, well, odd, actually. I had always thought that clown costumes would be a staple every year for Halloween.  It wasn’t like last year, when he decided to be something more obscure like Ash from the “Evil Dead” movies. We searched Wal-mart, Target and even Party City to no avail. Finally, after running an Internet search, we made the decision to go ahead and just make one for him.  Lucky for Bregon, Mumsy can sew a little. After all, a clown costume should be nothing compared to throwing together a full-fledged court dress for a Renaissance Festival, or ...