Halloween – the MAD creative

HAPPY HA-MEOW-EEN!

Post author:Ashley
Post published:November 2, 2014
Post category:KIDS LOVE
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Ok, the title of this post might be a stretch. But our gal is obsessed with cats, so I’m sure she’d think it’s funny. And yes, you guessed it, Mya was a kitty for Halloween. It is more of an outfit than a costume, but it embodies two of her favorite things: kitties and tutus. (The ensemble is from Mudpie.) I had the lofty goal of making a costume, but when I saw this lil’ number, I couldn’t resist!

Mya has been wearing her “kitty makeup” everyday the past week. She has been asking me to wear it too, so I finally obliged on Halloween and wore it with her in public. I will say, it made grocery shopping pretty fun. Maybe us adults should jump on the superhero-cape-wearing bandwagon and make this a regular thing.

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ROAD TRIPPIN’ : SCHAAKE’S PUMPKIN PATCH

Post author:Derek
Post published:October 20, 2014
Post category:KIDS PLAY
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We’ve had Halloween fever ever since acquiring Mya’s costume (check out her sneak preview), so we’d been planning a family adventure to the pumpkin patch. With weekends quickly filling up with activities, we decided an impromptu Monday evening road trip was in order. We had heard about a few good area spots, but the ones we knew of were either closed during the week or too far for a weeknight trip. Luckily, we came across Schaake’s Pumpkin Patch, a splendid family farm outside of Lawrence, KS.

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