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Baby's 1st Halloween

Baby girl had her first Halloween five years ago, and just two weeks ago, there we were again celebrating baby boy’s first Halloween! While big sister is a pro at trick-or-treating, baby boy had a fun time riding along in his stroller watching all the action. We went to a local shopping center this year, which has its pros and cons, but at least there was music for baby boy to dance along to as we went from store to store.

For baby boy’s first Halloween costume, we dressed him up as a little Yoda. Initially, we were all going to dress up as Star Wars characters, but we ran out of time to get our costumes together properly. However, his Yoda costume was super easy to get since I ordered it from Walmart.com. They carried it in stores too, but by the time I went to buy it most of the local stores were sold out. Luckily, I found it on the Walmart site and had it shipped for free to a store for store pickup.

Baby Yoda was a hit! Just about everyone pointed his way saying how cute he was. Something interesting that happened was that a few people – mostly kids and teenagers – mistakenly thought he was dressed as Shrek! Parents, really, you’ve got to educate your kids on the ways of Star Wars so that Yoda is not confused with Shrek! ;)

Zombie Prom Queen

Of course, baby girl looked awesome as well dressed as a Zombie Prom Queen. She had a great time sharing Halloween with her baby brother. I know that next year will be even more fun since he’ll be walking and talking. She’s already proclaimed she wants to dress as a ninja next year; we’ll have to see what costume we come up with for him!

If you celebrate Halloween, what costumes did your kids dress up as this year?

All photos by Melanie Edwards

Disclosure: As a member of the Walmart Moms program, I was compensated for this post. As always, all opinions are my own.

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Getting Ready for Summer

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This is a sponsored post. Each summer brings many many days of extreme heat for us. In addition to the heat, we also have lots of humidity and at times, daily thunderstorms. All of this makes it hard to be outside a lot during the summer. But, of course, with small children, you make an [...]

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Baby’s First Easter Basket

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This is a sponsored post. Our baby boy will be celebrating his first Easter this weekend! Big sister picked out a fun Easter-themed shirt for him to wear and is excited, as she normally is when it comes to her little brother. She’s been talking about how he, unfortunately, can’t go Easter egg hunting just [...]

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Does Saving Money Help You to Live Better?

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This is a sponsored post. Anyone who has had a baby knows they are expensive! After five years of being a family of three, a new baby in our house means an increase in expenses. Plus, less time to do, well, everything! Watch the video below to hear how saving money helps our family to [...]

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Our Baby Boy

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By now you may already know the news that our baby boy was born back in December! It’s been almost two months already and I’m just finally getting into a pseudo-routine that is allowing me to get back to work. So, forgive me for not posting the news until now. Our baby boy was born [...]

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Old Navy Shopping Fun! {Giveaway}

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This is a sponsored post. My baby girl is tall for her age. This is of no surprise, since her daddy is over 6 feet tall. Because of that, we are constantly buying jeans and pants for her; she tends to outgrow their length pretty fast. Since she goes to preschool every day, it’s important [...]

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Third Time Around on the Motherhood Merry-Go-Round

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I’m on maternity leave as of December 8: The following is a guest post by Aparna Vashisht. We are expecting our third child in a few days. I have gestational diabetes with my third (just like the second). One of the benefits of having Gestational Diabetes is the fact that you get to decide the [...]

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