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

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!

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: A trip down memory lane (#Halloween #TBT)

English: Friendly pumpkin Svenska: Vänlig pumpa
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In our family, my sister is the Halloween fanatic. She gets way into it. She's the kind of girl who starts planning her costume a year in advance. I am more mellow. However, I do like to have a good time.  Below are a list of some Halloween themed posts...

Enjoy!

Halloween Memories

Sep 26, 2014
One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to pick out pumpkins with my daughter. It's not a tradition we had growing up. However, Andre got us in the habit of doing it and now I'm hooked!

Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween - Chaton's World
Oct 23, 2012
Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween. I consider sunny days in Pittsburgh akin to holidays. Today was a sunny day in Pittsburgh and I was thrilled! I greeted the day by seeing our jack-o-lanterns. They made me smile ...
Nov 01, 2013
Thanks to Andre, now that I've become a mom, I no longer view Halloween as a day. I view it as a season. A a few weeks ago we ventured to the pumpkin farm as has become our tradition. We walked around in the mud, took ...
Nov 05, 2012
On Saturday night Halloween finally came to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Because of the rain and fear that accompanied Hurricane Sandy on October 31st , the City of Pittsburgh postponed trick-or-treating until Saturday, ...

October 30, 2007
Sometimes you need a reminder that things don't have to be serious all of the time...
http://chatonsworld.blogspot.com/2007/10/halloween-aint-just-for-kids.html

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