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Happy Halloween!!

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October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween 2008! 

The spooky decorations are out, jack-o-lanterns are lit, costumes are bought and the candy is ready!  If your children are like mine, they couldn’t get out of bed fast enough this morning for school.  They’re having their class Halloween parties today giving them a little taste of the fun to be had tonight. 

In our neighborhood trick-or-treating is from 6:00 – 8:00pm so by the time they get home from school and eat dinner it will be time to put on their costumes.  I’m so glad Halloween is on a Friday this year.  That way the kids can stay up a little later giving them time to come down from their sugar high. 

I hope some of my ideas on costumes, decorating and party’s came in handy this year!  I love being able to show you everything that HalloweenExpress.com has to offer.  Believe me you can’t beat their selection of costumes anywhere!  Don’t forget even though Halloween will be over tomorrow, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are still to come and we have some amazing costumes for all of them!  I’m sure there are a few people out there looking for that perfect Pilgram or Indian costume or maybe even a Christmas themed costume.  Look no further! HalloweenExpress.com has all your holiday costume needs!

Don’t forget all the Halloween safety tips I talked about in my blog Monday. I want everyone to have a great time trick-or-treating but be safe too! Happy Halloween everyone!

    

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It’s Halloween Madness – Welcome to My World!

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October 30, 2008

Yea, one more day until Halloween!  The yard is decorated, the pumpkins are carved and the costumes are ready.  This year was a little bit more trying when getting my children to decide on what they wanted to be.  Not so much for my son but what is it about girls that they have such a hard time deciding what costume they want.  Finally after weeks of looking on HalloweenExpress.com we have our winners! 

What do you get when you mix Indiana Jones, Hannah Montana and a kitty cat?  Well you get Indiana Jones trying to hack up Hannah Montana’s glitter microphone with his machete and a little girl in a cat suit chasing the dogs all over the house.  Welcome to my world!

For my 10 year old son Caden, he knew the minute the movie was released this summer that he was going to be Indiana Jones for Halloween.  He’s already seen the movie three times and can’t wait for it to come out on DVD (which will make it a perfect stocking stuffer at Christmas).  It was easy to find the Indiana Jones costume he wanted at HalloweenExpress.com.  Of course we had to get the complete package including the over-the-shoulder satchel bag, the leather whip and by all means he just couldn’t be seen as Indiana Jones without the machete!  Although I probably should have thought twice about the whip and machete, the costume fits him perfectly and he looks like a mini-me version of Harrison Ford’s character Dr. Henry Walton (aka Indiana Jones).

Now on to my 7 year old daughter, Sydney.  She had a little tougher time deciding, but after much consideration (and driving her mother crazy), she decided she wanted to be Hannah Montana.  Since she has brown hair we got her the blond wig so that she could be in complete character in her Hannah Montanna costume.  Add the glitter microphone and she’s set.  However, my son did say that if he has to listen to one more Hannah Montana song he was going to use his machete on her microphone.  I wouldn’t be surprised if Sydney’s costume goes missing after Halloween (don’t you just love little boys?)!

 

And last but certainly not least is my 5 year old kindergardener Olivia.  She absolutely loves animals and although we have three dogs she has always wanted a cat.  But with two Great Danes and a wild Chocolate Labrador puppy, a kitten would not be an ideal thing to add to our household at this time.  So she decided if she couldn’t have a kitty cat then she would just be one for Halloween.  I love that simple way of thinking that children have (little does she know that she will be the only kitty cat in this house for a long time to come)!  However, I do have to say she makes the sweetest kitty I’ve ever seen. 

You can find these and so many more great kids Halloween costumes here at HalloweenExpress.com.  Happy shopping and Happy Halloween!

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Is Your Baby a Tom Arma Baby?

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October 29, 2008

Monday, November 3rd is the deadline to send in your entry for the 2008 Tom Arma Baby & Toddler of the Year Photo Contest.  All entries must be postmarked by that date.  So if you haven’t taken a picture of your cute little boy or girl in an “animal themed costume” you better start clicking away now and get that picture in the mail. 

Tom Arma is known as ”the Armani of the kiddy costume world”.  He is also “the most published baby photographer in the world” according to The New York Times.  He now has 47 books published and his costumes have been featured on Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, CNN Headline News, The Today Show, MSN and ABC news.  Wow, how many other kiddy costumes can you say that about?

But the best part is that ONLY at HalloweenExpress.com is the entire line of Tom Arma Costumes exclusively available for you.  Furthermore, the Tom Arma “Signature Collection” of costumes cannot be purchased anywhere else!  Pretty cool, huh?  One look at your child in a Tom Arma costume and you’ll see why we’re so excited to have his entire line here.  They are simply adorable!   

There are two grand prize winners in the photo contest that win $500 each plus other great prizes!  Check out the “rules and regulations” to get all the information you’ll need to enter the contest.  But remember your entry must be postmarked no later than Monday, November 3rd.  Happy picture taking and good luck!

 

 

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Dracula Lives!

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October 28, 2008

Bram Stroker’s Dracula, Blade, Fright Night, The Forsaken and who could forget, the teenage cheerleader Buffy the Vampire Slayer!  These are just a few of the moives that portray the darker side of vampires and the crusaders that slay them.  I love most vampire movies because the “slayer” always wins in the end plunging a wood stake into the heart of the vampire (or something like that).  

How many times have you heard “I want to suck your blood” on Halloween night with all the black caped vampires running around trick-or-treating?  From ages 2 – 22 you’ll find these dark forbidden souls out for blood as darkness falls on Halloween night (or maybe it’s just the candy they’re after)…

The vampire has been a staple of Halloween costumes forever.  I remember running around in my little princess costume when I was about seven years old and my older brother Brian dressed as Dracula with his long black plastic cape, white make up on his face and the scariest set of fangs I had ever seen.  Actually they were only the white plastic fangs that came with the costume that were way too big for his mouth, but for a girl at seven it was pretty scary.  Today the vampire has transpired into Dracula, King of Darkness waiting for nightfall to quench his bloodlust by preying on the living.  Ok, so it might not be that grim but you get my point.  The vampire costume has come a long way from the plastic cape and big white fangs of yesterday.

Today on Halloween night, it’s not only the “king” of darkness that walks upon the earth at nightfall, but the queen and lots of little vampires running around as well.  With just the right touch of Halloween makeup and a perfect fitting set of fangs these vampires are amazingly frightening (and not only to seven year olds)!

HalloweenExpress.com has the largest selection of vampire costumes anywhere!  From the traditional evil vampire to a more sexy take on the vampiress.  With our great costumes, anyone at any age can become the next Dracula!

 

 

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Don’t Forget – Safety First!

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October 27, 2008

With Halloween this Friday everyone is excited and running around picking up last minute costumes and candy, but in all our rushing around let’s not forget one of the most important priority’s for children – safety!  All children can think about is getting out there Friday night and grabbing up all that sugary candy in the time frame they get for trick-or-treating.  The heck with the little orange plastic pumpkins to carry their candy, now a days kids want a pillowcase to use because they can get a lot more candy in one of those! 

So when the kids (especially younger children) are getting ready to run out your door Friday night to head out into the neighborhood for some good old trick-or-treating it’s going to be up to us as adults to make sure our children are safe.  You can tell them time and time again to look both ways before crossing the street or don’t go into anybody’s house they don’t know, but all that goes in one ear and out the other Halloween night.  So again, you have to be their eyes, ears and voice of reason while you follow them around the neighborhood. 

Here are a few ways that we as parents can do to protect our children and keep them safe this Halloween:

  • If you’re driving, you have to drive slowly and be aware of the children.  Watch for them to run out between cars or even the middle of the street.  When backing down your driveway be careful and look twice to make sure it’s clear.
  • Have your child wear clothing with reflective markings or tape.  If your child’s costume doesn’t have any, have them wear a glow stick around their neck or pin it to their costume. 
  • Check your child’s costume and make sure it’s not dragging the ground where they could trip and hurt themselves.  Halloween makeup is always a good substitution for a mask, however if they do wear one make sure they have nose and mouth openings and large enough eye holes so they can see clearly.
  • Have them bring their candy home first before eating anything.  Go throught it with them and throw out anything “homemade”, wrappers that are opened, or anything else you’re not sure about.

Just remember your kids can have a great time trick-or-treating AND be safe at the same time.  And because safety is not your child’s priority Halloween night, it has to be yours!  Happy Haunting!

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