One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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I like to acknowledge holidays on this blog.  However, in the interest of true confessions, we probably had the lamest Halloween in history in my house. We got no trick or treaters. We didn't put the baby in her costume. And as of yet, we haven't even eaten one morsel of candy.

We had grand hopes, but none were realized.  It was cold and rainy out that it didn't seem appropriate to take a one year old outside in the elements, no matter how much her father might love Halloween.

We're fortunate that her daddy took her to a Halloween party on Friday at the Children's Museum though.  Based on the smile in the photo below that was all of the celebration she needed!

Let me know how your Halloween evening's went.  Living vicariously through my blog readers... :-)


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K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy said…
We went to a Halloween Festival at church. Stay about 15 mins then came home and got candy from the neighbors. It was too cold to spend hours rounding up candy. Plus, Moo has a peanut allergy and everybody seemed to giving out snickers and reeses.
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anthony stemke said…
That is the cutest picture, her on the sofa.
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Chaton T. Turner said…
YUMMommy, I give you credit for starting the holiday shopping early and in earnest. I half step it for a while and then panic. Maybe this year will be different? Last year I was on maternity leave so it was less frantic. Since I can't manage to swing that this year, I'll have to plan! Thanks for visiting Chaton's World. It sounds like the birthday parties will compensate for the Halloween!!! :-)http://chatonsworld.blogspot.com.
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Chaton T. Turner said…
Thanks Anthony!
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