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Halloween and birthday treats

Friday, October 28th, 2011

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Halloween is always an extra special time of year in our house. Yes the kids love to dress up and inflict heart attacks on our elderly neighbours but that isn’t the only fun they have!

Halloween is also middle sons birthday and we always have a fabulous Halloween party to celebrate.

This year, I was on the look out for different, unusual and above all, cheap decorations for the party when I was contacted by Poundland who asked me if I’d like to have a look at their range.

I have shopped at Poundland before but hadn’t considered it for Halloween, so I was quite surprised when I popped into town and saw that their window was crammed full of fantastic decorations, costumes, horror make-up and everything was…you guessed it… a whole pound! Brilliant!

Poundland in Coventry used to be Woolworths, so it’s a pretty big store with plenty of choice and I have to say I was really very impressed. The store stocked pretty much everything you could want from table decorations, plastic glasses and paper plates through to the whole costume and when you have three children to buy for, value for money is the key!

I filled my basket and the whole lot came to just £15 which I thought was amazing value for money.

I showed middle son when I got home and we started to plan the big bash for Halloween night. He was over the moon with all the goodies I came home with and I feel confident that all of his friends are going to love it too and have a fantastic time.

And if you’re stuck for party ideas, these websites give great tips and advice on how to host the perfect Halloween party:

www.halloweentips.com/

www.allfreecrafts.com/halloween/index.shtml

Halloween will always have a place in my heart!

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

1805678264_000912327bI know that probably sounds like a pretty weird thing to write but Halloween has a special meaning for me as 8 years ago on 31st October I gave birth to my middle son.

He had been due on 26th October and as my eldest had been early, I assumed that he would be the same. As the days went on I clearly remember making really stupid jokes about him being a Halloween baby as well as saying on at least more than one occasion that I would be absolutely horrified if I gave birth on Halloween. Well, you know what they say….’What you think about is what you get!’

I went into labour at around 3pm on 30th October confident that I would have a new baby way before the stroke of midnight.

I couldn’t have been more wrong! I was sent back home and that’s where I stayed until 3am the next morning at which point there was no going back. I was having a Halloween baby whether I liked it or not.

Back to hospital I went and 3 hours later  I found myself lying on a labour ward bed. As I tried my hardest to pull the midwife’s arm out of her socket, I looked out of the window to see a huge full moon.

Oh no!! As if having a Halloween baby wasn’t bad enough, there was a great big full moon…was he about to emerge howling!

A couple of pushes later and my little boy was born. It was a huge relief to see that he wasn’t a werewolf!

Every birthday since middle son has had a Halloween party and this year will be no different. Half a dozen 8 year olds will be descending on us this year dressed as skeletons, zombies or Dracula. I’ll drag out the decorations, fill up a huge bowl with sweets and three exhausting hours later the little monsters will leave happy if not a little hyper active!!

I love halloween!!