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1. And the Winner Is . . .

The winner in the recent photo contest for a free print from my husband's Galicia Gallery is:

JaNay Brown-Wood. Congratulations, JaNay!

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2. Halloween 2010 - pics, overview and general rambling...

How'd our favourite holiday come and go so fast?! We had an awesome Halloween this year, the kind that lasts from the moment you wake up until you fall into bed exhausted at the end of it. We covered the kids in spooky rub-on tattoos, gave scary books to friends, made tons of delicious food (and gorged on candy too), dressed up and trick-or-treated, hung out with various fun folks, and still made it home in time to watch The Walking Dead.

Here's our eldest, who decided after much indecision to be a vampire this year:


If you think THAT'S scary, you should have seen her when she wanted to be a zombie at age three. Terrifying stuff. From this year's costume we learned that even child-sized fangs are too big for little 6-year-olds...she lasted about five minutes before ditching them for being too uncomfortable.

Colum was our resident zombie this year:


That's the same expression on his face as when he has to get up early for work.

And here's our toddler, the bat to accompany his sister's vampire:


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3. A blast from KinderScares' ancient past!

For your amusement this Friday evening, we pulled out a few of our OWN Halloween photos from the distant past. Here's pirate Colum at 2 years old (so we're talking the distant, DISTANT past, heh heh).


(In case you're wondering, he still looks pretty much exactly like that, but taller and with a beard.)

And here is me (Shelagh) at age 7 or 8. I was a witch, in case you couldn't figure that out on your own:


Rest assured that I now have all my teeth and even brush my hair once in a while (whether I feel like it or not).

Feeling inspired? Go pull out the old Halloween photos - of you or your kids - and submit your favourites to our photo contest for a chance to win awesome prizes! We'll be accepting entries until November 1st.

Happy Halloween weekend!

S.

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4. Scary Stories Giveaway Winner!

Oops, I was supposed to announce the winner yesterday. Blog slacker! Real-life October craziness has really distracted us from online October madness, apparently. So much Halloween awesomeness...so little time...


In any case, the (day-late) winner of our Scary Stories giveaway is SimplyK8! Congratulations, and thanks to all entrants!


Remember we'll be accepting entries for the Halloween Kids photo contest until the end of November 1st! We've received some really fantastic and adorable entries already and can't wait to see the rest of what y'all come up with!

Now I'd better get back to slaving over Halloween costumes! Just a few more days!

S.

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5. Photo contest prize announcement!

It's that time again! Time to talk about our photo contest, that is. You may recall us mentioning it just as we were gearing up for October:


To recap, the rules are simple: Just send us your favourite picture of yourself as a kid on Halloween (or of your own kids!). Send it to our email at [email protected] with 'photo contest' in the subject line and include a few lines telling us the who/what/when. Easy! Plus you get all the fun nostalgic goodness of digging through your old pictures...

And if nostalgia's not enough to motivate you, there's also the matter of the awesome prizes you could win! Here they are:

The first prize package includes:

A piece of original artwork by the amazingly talented Chris Zenga
A year's subscription to the Crow Toes Quarterly ezine
And this incredibly adorable, fully reversible trick-or-treating bag from Baby's 1st Boo:

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6. Maniac Monday: Hate List Winner, Talking Germs, and a Fun Photo Contest

washing hands photo by edenpictures www.flickr.com

I am happy to announce that the winner of Hate List by Jennifer Brown is Sara L. Congratulations, Sara! :) Enjoy the book. It’s a great read!

So, on Maniac Monday today, we’re talking germs! This winter everyone has had germs on their mind with the H1N1 scare, and maybe some of us have started being more germ conscious. (I know I have–every time I use an ATM, shake hands at church, or open a public door, I’ve got the hand sanitizer out and I’m squirting some into my stepson’s hands, too.) You’ve probably noticed hand sanitizer stations at your school (or your child’s school); or if you home school, you’ve seen more hand sanitizer stations when you take your child on field trips to museums or other kid-friendly places. So, I’m writing about this germy subject today and sharing a good germs book with you because Similasan and JuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post. They asked me to talk about the things I’ve missed because of kid-illnesses and to mention a photo contest that anyone can enter to share our healthy and happy kids with one another!

First the cool book and a Magic School Bus germ book, too:

So, what is something I’ve missed due to a kid-illness? Well, the first thing that popped into my mind when I read this post idea was our pumpkin patch trip with grandparents this past October. Logan was sick–with a high fever and runny nose. I was worried it was H1N1–but his fever went down and he got better in a couple days, so who knows? The day we were supposed to go to the pumpkin patch was beautiful, sunny, and in the 60s–and we didn’t get to go. We all sat in the house and watched movies. :) Instead, we went to the pumpkin patch right before Halloween on a cold rainy day with no grandparents because they weren’t in town. We still got our pumpkins, right? This is about the same time that I started carrying hand sanitizer around with me and bought a can of Lysol to spray door handles and phones at our house. I became a germ fighter!

Logan knows about germs. Just now, he saw me looking at the Amazon page with the Germs! Germs! Germs! book and asked me if I was sick. Then he said, “You have to wash your hands.” So, we are teaching our kids now more than ever how to be healthy at home and school–and that’s a good thing since those nasty little buggers are EVERYWHERE!

To promote healthy and happy kids, Shutterfly and Similasan are sponsoring this photo contest. If you click on the link above for Similasan, that will take you to the page with official rules. Basically, you upload photos of your kids playing with big smile,s and then one winner will receive a $500 gift card. Photos have to be uploaded by March 28, 2010. Similasan is a company that makes products for ear aches, pink eye, and more. You’ve probably seen their products at drug stores.

Okay, so carry your hand sanitizer, teach your students and children how important it is to be aware of and fight germs, and enter your kids’ photos into this contest for a chance to win $500! Not a bad Maniac Monday. . .

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