#928 is apparently eating things you loved as a kid while #940 is terrible businesses run by children. I have to say that I agree with the first but not with the second. Why? Well, regarding the first my favourite foods as a child were pizza, spaghetti, fish and chips, jamaican patties and hamburgers… each of which maintained its awesomeness in my mind until the present day.
As for the child-run businesses… I have a hard time thinking of any horrible child run businesses I’ve encountered. Even when the product or the location sucked the cuteness factor pretty much guaranteed that the little guys would be successful. Hard to argue with that kind of fallback plan.
This post strays a bit from the baby / child focus of this blog… but what the heck. Variety is the spice of life, right? Anyway, you know those parents that let their kids wear Halloween costumes all year round? I dedicate this post to them.
Given Halloween is right around the corner I found this post over at Boing Boing particularly interesting and at the same time frightening. I suggest you keep the cow costume in the closet this year.
She wore the costume again when she appeared for sentencing.
If so it seems you get special rebates from Dodge in Germany… including 9 months deferred financing when you prove your pregnancy (please, please, please don’t ask how that is accomplished).
Time for the monthly review of the strange and wonderful keywords you used to find your way to KidletNation. My expectation this month is that these will be just as weird as last month’s terms.
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There are more… but that gives you a taste… and seriously “farting rhino stuffed?” What’s wrong with you guys?
For those of you partial to the homemade approach rather than the mass market productions, consider Etsy for something the other kids are less likely to have.
Etsy seller Madhelmeteer has some great crocheted animal hats to provide a costume while keeping your child’s head warm.
Personal favourites include the Dino Baby, Roar With Courage and the tusked Elephant. While appropriate for Halloween I can see these being super popular for everyday use.
Etsy seller Funnyfinn comes through with a few fleece animal hat options as well.
Here my personal favourites are the Giraffe Helmet and the Monkey Helmet.
Time for another set of Halloween costumes for the kids around your house. I’ve managed to remember to bookmark a few that I stumbled across over the weekend.
Mullins Square Lobster Costume This costume is pretty harmless… the standard “awwwwww so cute” baby costume. To take it a step further consider throwing some pillows in a large crock pot and using it as your baby’s cradle for the evening.
Princess Leia Baby Costume Calling all Star Wars nerds… this costume will let you honour your favourite Princess while also providing a great photo opp for your infant’s early Halloween scrapbook. Sure to embarrass them for years to come, how can you go wrong?
Whoopie Cushion Baby Costume This one seems all-too fitting. Frequently smelly baby and topical, flatulent whoopie cushion. Even without the requisite odour everyone will understand the humour here.
Terrifying Octobaby Costume This one’s a little creepy, and made even more troubling by the use of a plastic doll in the photo. I recommend this one for the sci-fi parents out there. Dress your kid as a little cthulhu and revel in the inside joke.
Thanksgiving Dinner Turkey Baby Costume Some may find it tasteless, but I proclaim this to be pure genius. Seriously. Whatever your family preference for meals around the holidays, consider dressing your children up to match the meal… I love this one!
So you’ve got a couple rooms in that new house whose walls are ‘lacking’ a little something. I’ve got an artist for you over at Etsy, and these pieces will be perfect whether its your room that needs decorating, or the kids’.
The seller is Yankeedoodled and they’ve been featured here before in one of the earlier cephalopod posts.
This time around we’ll give them an exclusive and provide a taste of some of my favourite pieces.
Of the currently available pieces my favourite is definitely BOT which shouldn’t surprise anyone given the previous robot paintings and sculptures that have been featured. I like, and so will your children… that I pretty much guarantee.
Along the robot vein are Blue Eye and Until Death Do I Part… the single eye in the first is sure to arouse the little ones’ curiosity while the gold tooth on UDDIP tugs at my old school heart strings.
The other pieces I’ll mention are the ones that got me thinking back to my days keeping tropical fish. If you have kids who love to visit the local aquarium you’ll want to have a look at Jellies, Jellies II, Jellies III and That’s Bull Kelp which, I’d consider as a set if space and budget allows.
Ok, enough of my swooning over these pieces. If you want to see more, get over to YankeeDoodled. I need to get back to work so I can afford to get a couple myself.
Don’t get me wrong, I do believe there is a fine line here. For example, I would never want my child to be so compliant that s/he would be an easy target for a predator of some sort, however there is a minimum threshold or compassion and respect that I think should be instilled in all children.
I generally eat pretty well, though like most others I indulge myself in the occasional treat. While personally McDonalds doesn’t factor into that list of indulgences, I know that many a child gets more than an occasional Happy Meal craving.
A recent post over at Boing Boing will likely change your mind about giving in. Some lady has apparently saved a McDonald’s hamburger for 12 years (I know what you’re thinking) and you can hardly tell its not fresh. Her 1996 hamburger has somehow preserved itself, meat, bun and all without any apparent ill effects.
I pity the children whose parents take advantage of dollar menus and such… kids who need to somehow extract nutrients from crap like this in order to grow up “big and strong.”
Sure, this may have been faked, but is it worth taking the chance with your children? I don’t know about you, but McDonald’s is going to stay off my treat list until I’m a little closer to being embalmed.
