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Halloween

We love Halloween, finding cute costumes, making costumes, and trying to photograph our kids looking all cute!

Activity #55: Feed your baby pumpkin

October 14, 2010

Simple, cheap, healthy baby food nominee of the month: pumpkin. The fall fruits and vegetables provide a ton of great choices for easy baby food. With all the whipping and mashing, we are pretty much all eating baby food this time of year. One of my favorite go-to, easy peasy options is pumpkin. Just open [...]

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My favorite pregnant costume: Quinn from Glee

October 12, 2010

Pregnant Chicken (a blogging, bacon-loving mom of two) compiled a fantastic list of 25 kick-ass costumes for pregnant chicks. My favorite is Quinn from Glee because I can totally picture hugely pregnant Whitney squeezing into her old cheerleading uniform. Bwah ha ha ha. So, if I had a big ol’ belly and a cheerleading uniform, [...]

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We love Halloween, finding cute costumes, making costumes, and trying to photograph our kids looking all cute!

Slings and carriers: Baby Halloween Costumes

October 6, 2010

For wee babies experiencing their first Halloween, I think the baby carrier costume is the most practical (that is, if you leave the house). Your baby is cozy and snug against you and you have your hands free. Here are a few adorable sling costumes to try: Spider: add white or silver (or glow-in-the-dark) web [...]

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How to: Turn any pajamas into a clown costume

October 4, 2010

I know clowns are a little out of fashion, but my son is passionate about them. He has an old school aesthetic when it comes to clowns, so the first piece of his costume I worked on was the collar. When it was done, I realized that the rest of the costume could be nearly [...]

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We love Halloween, finding cute costumes, making costumes, and trying to photograph our kids looking all cute!

Halloween: It’s the most! wonderful! time! of the year!

September 27, 2010

This photo, posted to our Facebook page by Stacie, is my current favorite homemade Halloween costume.  We are big into Halloween at RookieMoms.com because we love the creativity it inspires in parents. Those who are experiencing their first Halloween as a mom or dad have the opportunity to do whatever they like because as we [...]

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Building your costume box: Baby Dragon Halloween Costume

September 9, 2010

I saw some cute ideas for homemade Halloween costumes on Parents.com. The shtick for their costume story is using items you have around the house. I love the eco-geekery of that idea. This baby dragon is a pair of pajamas, a pilot-style baby cap, and SPONGES! Get out the hot glue gun, baby. The problem [...]

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We love Halloween, finding cute costumes, making costumes, and trying to photograph our kids looking all cute!

Halloween costumes to buy right now

September 7, 2010

We were getting ready for our favorite holiday and found these cute costumes on one of our affiliates (so if it looks like one massive ad banner, you’re right). DIY gals, see our clever Rookie Mom Halloween Costume Guide for Babies. Ten cute costumes for babies from buycostumes.com:

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