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Monday, 31 October 2022

The Halloween Basket 2022

As Halloween is here, I thought I would show you some things I've put together in what they call a ''Halloween basket''. After spending way too much time scrolling on Instagram, I've come across seasonal bookshelves and holiday baskets. and now I really feel I'm starting to get the hang of this whole ''mum thing''.

I love putting all these things together, I feel in my element because I can get creative. Maybe I do it more for me but the girls get treats out of it so nobody loses apart from my bank balance.

I mostly just pick up some bits that Bm, Home Bargains and Morrisons have to offer and then I get the girls a present each of what they would like because why not. I'm not a massive shopper at Morrisons but every year they do, do some good Halloween stuff.

Some ideas for these holiday event baskets can be things like face masks, bath bombs, sticker books/colouring books. Whatever your little one loves.

Happy Halloween.

Emmy. x

Halloween Bookshelf 2022

Funny Bones

Mother Ghost

Hey Duggee's Halloween

How To Make Friends With A Ghost

Gustavo, The Shy Ghost

Ollie's Lost Kitten

Gilbert The Ghost

Happy Halloween.

Emmy. x

I couldn't resist making these Rice Krispie square bars for Halloween, I just use the Aldi square bars LOL ngl. They are super easy to make and the kids loved it. I kept seeing them all over Instagram and I was like, I have to do these, I am so sad but I don't care.

What you will need

- Square bars

- Paper straws

- Icing sugar

- Food colouring

- Edible eyes

- Sprinkles

All you need to do is pop the paper straws into the squares bar, mix up some icing sugar with some food colouring of your choice, cover the square bars with a spoon with how you would like it, pop some edible eyes and sprinkles and away you go. Kids have a very short attention span but they will love it, trust me and don't blame me if your kid has a sugar rush after, ahem.

Emmy. x

Mum Guilt

Now, this probably sounds a bit silly but I'm not ashamed to admit that I am feeling the mum guilt for not taking my kids to a pumpkin-picking farm because my hometown is crap unless you have a car but I wanted them to experience it and I just wanted a nice photo to be honest. I guess social media plays a part in that, seeing all these happy families at these places and then you look at your kids and overthink they are missing out, you feel awful and enter into the mum guilt rabbit hole. Someone actually messaged me on Instagram and pretty much said to look back on the small things in my childhood, the simple things of carving a 99p pumpkin and playing in the garden, the FREE simple little things are what matter the most and its true isn't it but our brains like to scroll through social media and like to compare.

I feel guilty about absolutely everything as a mum, if I forget to buy my daughter apple juice I have a meltdown internally, how could I forget that, I'm meant to be the to-do list, I'm meant to be superwoman, Sharon never forgets the apple juice and the internal monologue goes on so its something I need to work on.

But I have booked a firework display, breakfast with Santa again and a Christmas event at a farm so I guess that makes up for it right.

The closest we got to a pumpkin farm this year was this display in Morrisons but we move and I cannot wait to celebrate Halloween and Christmas.

Emmy. x