Of course kids love Halloween — it’s the most rule-breaking holiday of the year! Candy for dinner, staying up past bedtime and wearing dress-up clothes outside adds up to an epically spook-tacular night. But for parents responsible for all the planning and preparation, pulling off their kids’ dream Halloween is no easy feat. Maybe not everyone is as neurotic as I am, but here are the sorts of issues I obsess over every October.
1. I should have made a homemade costume. This store-bought crap makes it look like I don’t care.
2. I should have never attempted a homemade Halloween costume. This sewing machine is a death trap and my hand is going to wind up stitched into my kid’s outfit like a human centipede.
3. If I buy the pumpkin too early, it’s going to implode into a disgusting gelatinous mass that I’ll be scraping off our front stoop for months. If I buy the pumpkin too late, we’ll wind up with a butternut squash.
4. Could a candy apple lead to a cavity that causes root canal that necessitates dentures? I can’t have my kid being the only one in Kindergarten who has to put her teeth in at lunchtime.
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Oh I’ve already heard two other moms have the same problem as number 10! We’re still hoping the little girls will hold out their Frozen obsession until the Halloween parties. Their interest is definitely starting to wane!
I couldn’t believe how long the Frozen love lasted and should have guessed it would die down right before Halloween. My daughter actually said “Maybe I’ll be a Queen – just NOT Elsa.”