In the category of “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” a couple of years ago we finally admitted that we are a TV viewing family. Why was this such a revelation? Well, our TV died, and a new TV was needed. My husband — Coach Dad — had only a short time to find a replacement TV as we needed our TV — STAT!
Yes, that’s right…we are the type of family who watch TV at least an hour or two per day. Again, I’m not sure whay I need to feel guilty about this, but I do. There are times when I wish we were a more “get back to nature” type family, but we’re not. There I said it! I don’t like bugs, animals, or nature. Oh, I like seeing nature from afar, but a hike is not on my Top 10 list of family activities.
As a family we have limited family time with a kid in two sports, a preteen in two sports and playing one instrument, and a teen in two sports. Between driving hither, thither, and yon, I am tired by the time the week ends or we get home…whichever comes first. So, watching a TV show or a movie is a welcome break for all of us.
A fan favorite in our family — holiday themed DVDs. I spent part of my childhood in New Jersey. I recall watching one or two of the Christmas specials…Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
I was asked to review Mad Monster Party, a Rankin/Bass classic, newly released on DVD (I received two free copies: one to review and one to give to a lucky reader!). Mad Monster Party
I showed the DVD to my kid, preteen, and teen without going in to very much explanation about the age of the film or what it was about. My husband and I watched as well. I have to say that I think we were all pleasantly surprised by how funny the film was. My kids liked all of the classic Halloween characters — Dracula, Frankenstein, Invisible Man, Wolfman, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and many others. Basically think of a classic monster or person from scary movies and it will be in this film in a nonscary and nonthreatening way.
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This giveaway is super quick. It will end Wednesday, October 28 at noon. I will send out the DVD so that the winner will have it in time for Halloween! The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
My mother made me a cheetah costume when I was 6 years old and it was by far my favorite costume ever.
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I remember dressing up as a victorian woman and I tried on those long blue fake eyelashes and boy tring to even blink with those was almost painful
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I loved being a punk rocker, I think I was that for 3 yrs. I loved all the makeup and hair color 🙂
Holding a carrot and a hat with a wet shirt (melted snowman) LOL
a hobo outfit that didnt look right on me
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I was wild when I was younger. One year I had makeup done by Lena Kaleva (from the cult film LIquid Sky). It was stupid expensive but worth it – if only I could find those photos…..
my most “memorable” costume moment was when i colored my hair pink to be a punk rocker, only it wouldn’t come out, and i was forced to go to school like that for weeks!
My most”memorable”moment has to be when I was Raggedy Ann.
I dressed as a picnic table.
I once made a race car out of a cardboard box for my son. He wore a helmet and we had the race car around his waist.
Hah! Too creative! I haven’t had any costume special moments other than my 5 year old helping me this year make my 1 year old his Bam Bam costume
I put together a long orange wig, a shiny orange jacket, a gold crown and scepter and became the Queen of Halloween. It sounds goofy but I had so much fun that year!
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My favorite Halloween costume? When I was little, my mom made me an ET costume that was really cool. As an adult, my favorite would be when I was pregnant with my first child. We made a cardboard oven outfit and my belly had a pic of rising bread on it. My bun in the oven costume was so awesome!
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My most memorable costume was when I dressed as a witch. All I had was a mask and some old clothes.
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My most memorable was dressing up like a princess. I felt like one for the night.
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one year i was marge simpson with this awesome wig, it was a lot of fun!
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my favorite was probably when I was a punk rocker as a kid with colored hair
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I dressed up as a witch-scary!
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How about when I convinced everyone in the house to dress up as pirates and totally forgot to get a costume for myself in the excitement..so i went as ‘mom’
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I enjoy dressing up as Winnie the Pooh every year. Something about a 6 foot 260 pound guy dressed up as Winnie just gets the local kids laughing.
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My best moment was my son’s first Halloween costume as a baby cow
love to see my grandkids dressed up in their halloween costumes and alot of the times my daughter will dress the 2 mini dogs in the same or similar costumes…thanks for the great giveaway
My best Halloween moment was seeing my 15 year old daughter in a chicken costume riding her skateboard down our street
My best Halloween Costume moment was dressing as Miss Piggy.
My best Halloween costume moment was dressing up as a princess with a fancy dress and tiara.
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I was a beatnick one year but no one knew what I was. I even starting reciting poetry but still nothing. “The sky is blue. The ocean is blue. Praise to the color blue.”
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I loved my little bo peep costume. My brother was the sheep. Thanks for the chance.
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I got the biggest kick when we use to dress as Rocky Horror Show characters. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
My mother dressed me up as Michael Jackson when I was 5 years old. I had the WHOLE Thriller costume… And I’m white… So, when my mom took me to show my grandparents me in my costume, they didn’t even know who I was! They wanted to know why I wanted into their house? Then, my mother came around the corner and explained… =)
I was so jealous of my oldest sisters halloween costume one year. Our mother always sewed them for us. She was Wonderwoman. She had the gold lasso and everything. Mom painted stars on her red rubber rain boots. I thought she looked beautiful.
Power Rangers a long time ago
I have photos of me dressed up as a tube of toothpaste and my best friend who wet his pants (dressed as a cowboy)
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