I Do Love Me A Theme! I used to hate the month of November. November 1st is the biggest downer after the most fantastic holiday. The weather is usually damp and cold, and the daylight fades so early in the evening. I used to sulk and hibernate, not knowing what to do with myself for …
All Those Halloweens Ago Halloween is two weeks behind us. Still, all of my Facebook memories lately come up as other people’s pictures of my wedding day. Vampire & Werewolf Unite! Photo by Phillip MacCallum Just a casual stroll through the local cemetery. Photo by Phillip MacCallum Eleven years ago, B and I got married …
Costumes Of Halloween Past Before I had kids, I joked that one of the best reasons to have kids is dressing them up in Halloween costumes. And I had this weird obsession about dressing up my babies as food, like a taco or sushi. But I never followed up on that! I regret not having …
Books About Learning And Adventure Halloween is approaching fast, so I thought I’d share a couple of fun books for a slightly older crowd. My soon to be six-year-old has noticed all the skeletons and skulls popping up around the neighbourhood, so a book about bones is perfect for this time of year. If you …
An Illusion Of Past Normalcies Approximately two weeks after our kiddos went back to school, when I was just getting used to having a quiet and clean house for six hours of the day, my older son came down with a cold. Sneezing and snotty, I dismissed it as allergies for a couple of days. …
A Frighteningly Funny Bedtime Book Plus An Inadvertent History Lesson About Children’s Literature It’s no accident that I launched my blog in October. Living up to the Goth Mom name means bringing you the spookiest content for the most wonderful time of the year! That jack-o-lantern candle is lighting a fire under my butt and …
In Which I Vaguely Answer The How, What, And Why Of My Blog Have you ever slammed your laptop closed on a nipple? Not recommended. IT HURTS. Maybe I should start my very first blog post with a bit more context – When my 2-year-old found a playful new game called “slam mommy’s laptop closed …