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We always decorate for Halloween! The kids have been begging me to get our Halloween stuff out since school started. My son adores anything scary so we do a few "scary" things mixed in with the fun pumpkins and cutesy stuff that my daughter likes. We have a few houses around us that go all out (some even do full haunted houses to walk through on Halloween night) and my kids get SO excited when those decorations start to go up. "Scary" stuff is part of the fun!

So cute! Though I may be biased since my son is obsessed with all things Disneyland, the Matterhorn especially, so he and his sister's room plays off the same poster! He'd die for that gondola!

I'd love to come home from brunch to a spotless house!

So cute!

Oooooh, I'm sure the "leprachauns" who usually trash our place on St.Patricks day will totally do this too now...

I have to kind of agree I don't really understand how creating a playlist is that much different (or more or less creative) from making a mixtape. My son and I create playlists in iTunes then load them into an old shuffle and he listens to that on a small speaker in his room. He's just learning to read, but once he latches onto that I'm sure he'll be making his own playlists.
I think the only thing my kids are really missing out on when they listen to the iPod or iTunes is the album artwork. We too have started to recollect all the records my husband and I listened to as kids, so our beans can have that experience of listening to an album while poring over the album artwork and liner notes.

I was going to say Carnival of the Animals! I just tracked it down for my kids because I remember loving it when I was younger and they can't get enough of it.

Ummm and never knew David Bowie did a Peter and the Wolf album!!! Going to check it out right this second!! "Dave and Bowie" is my son's favorite! :) He loves him some Suffragette City

Burn the Witch by Queens of the Stone Age is one of my son's favorite songs!! Great playlists Lillie and LBH!!

LOVE! Simple, creative and looks like a blast. My littles would love a party like this. :)

After reading your clarification Sarahrae, I totally get what you are trying to say. I love taking on the challenge of creating a memorable, happy day for my kids on a strict budget. And that means I have to use a lot of creativity and elbow grease. Its allowed me to really personalize their birthdays, and create parties that truly reflect what my kids love at that exact moment in their lives. We've had Matterhorn birthdays where we "bobsledded" down hills, pteranodon birthdays with giant nests and eggs, a hot wheels party with drag races, and more, all well under $200 (food included). And I've thought about submitting some of these parties to Ohdeedoh, because I was proud of them and the kids had a blast, but then I hesitate, because I don't have the perfect food table, or matching water bottles and we're all too busy having fun to take beautiful art directed pictures. So I agree there is a bit of that "pressure to rise to this new type of party" that you talk about. But if you can pull it off, more power to you!

With that said, I need to get working on the Haunted House and mummy costume my son has requested for his sixth birthday! ;)