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Happy Halloween!

Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Family Fun, Fun Stuff, Halloween, Holidays, Video Clips, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2007 | No Comments »

One of the all-time greatest classics! Enjoy!

 

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Got That Pumpkin Carved Yet?

Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Family Fun, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Music For Children, Vocal Play, tagged , , , , , on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »

Just received this Halloween song that was new to me.  It would be great to sing while carving your perfect Jack-o-Lantern!

(Sung to the tune of “Sing a Song of Sixpence” ;) First you take a pumpkin
Big and round and fat
Then you cut the top off
That will make the hat
Then you hollow out the
nose and mouth and eyes
Show [...]

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How Well Do You Remember Trick-or-Treating?

Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Funnies, Holidays, Just for Grownups, Video Clips, tagged , , , on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »

I love this book, but I especially love hearing Jerry Seinfeld read it himself.  Parents, this is for the child in you!  And also especially for my son, Matthew. 

Thanks, Christa!

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Pumpkins, Jack-O-Lanterns, Witches, Oh, My!

Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Family Fun, Fingerplays, Fun Stuff, Holidays, tagged , , on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »

Pumpkins on the Ground
(To the Tune of: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (crouch down)
How’d you get so big and round? (stretch arms out wide to sides and then
make a circle)

Once you were a seed so small, (pretend to hold a seed)
Now you are a great big ball! (make huge circle with [...]

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Got your costume yet?

Posted in Bargains, Family Fun, Holidays, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, tagged , , , , , , , on October 26, 2007 | No Comments »

Recently, my friend, Molly, posted on her blog about cute Halloween costumes that won’t cost you an arm and a leg, you can easily make them yourself, and they aren’t made of smelly vinyl possibly contaminated with dangerous lead levels.  I couldn’t resist sharing some of them here with you. 
Happy Clown

Do-It-Yourself
* Attach two plastic pot [...]

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Bumbo Baby Seat Recall

Posted in Child Safety, FYI, Health, Just for Grownups, Parenting, tagged , , , , , , on October 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Check this information out, just released by Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 1 million foam baby seats sold by Target Corp, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and other large retailers are being recalled because of reports of young children falling out of the seats, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
The safety agency said it received 28 reports [...]

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Do the Monster Mash!

Posted in Audio Clips, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Family Fun, Fun Stuff, Holidays, tagged , , , on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »

 
This Halloween song is a favorite of many, including myself, but, today, this one is especially for you, Molly!

Music Trivia Time:

Recorded originally in 1962 by Bobby Pickett, an amateur musician, it literally “paid the rent for 36 years with this one song.” (as told to the Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Pickett passed away in April of this year.  [...]

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H-A-double L-O-W-double E-N spells “Halloween”!

Posted in Audio Clips, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Funnies, Holidays, Music For Children, tagged , , , , on October 22, 2007 | 15 Comments »

 
For your listening pleasure, enjoy this blast from the past (1969):  

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The Music of Opportunity and the Sound of Potential

Posted in Artistry, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Parenting, People Making a Difference, Video Clips, tagged , , , , , , on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »

                   What a truly amazing young man with an amazing dad.  I’ll let the video speak for itself. 

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Fun Fingerplay for Halloween

Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Family Fun, Fingerplays, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Links for Cool, Interesting Websites, tagged , , , , , , on October 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins (Hold up all 5 fingers)
Sitting on a gate
The first one said,
“Oh, my, it’s getting late!” (Point to wrist like checking the time)
The second one said,
“There are witches in the air!” (Point up and across, like pointing to the witches flying)
The third one said,
“But we don’t care!” (Shake head like saying [...]

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