Sugar, nightmares, strangers, and cavities: all the things a parent fears most. Yet tonight, otherwise sound-minded guardians across the country will doll up our rug rats in costly personas and send them out to beg so they can (hopefully) return home trembling with a prescription for tooth rot and love handles.
Let’s hear it for Halloween: the best worst holiday of all!
1. Paparazzi — Have a middle schooler who’s begging to go out alone this year? No problemo! Strap three cameras around your neck and go hide in a bush with a gaggle of other parents. Not only will your tweens feel like celebrities when you blind them with your flashes, but there’s no better way to thwart their pumpkin smashing plans than to remind them you’re always right there, documenting their big moments for posterity.But who says moms are too old for alter egos? Why not have a little fun yourself with one of these great kids’ll-turn-testy, parent-approved costumes:
2. Pumpkin Super PAC -- Abandon your Facebook conversion attempts for one night in lieu of going front door politico. When you extract that red, white and blue bumper sticker from your candy cauldron and slap it on an unsuspecting toddling trick-or-treater, you can feel great that you just saved America.
3. The taste tester -- Throw on a lab coat and shower cap, and when they bring back the loot for the sorting party, sit in. One for them, three for you … And don’t you feel one bit bad— you have every right to swipe all the Twix and Kit Kats. If they give you lip, pop in that birth video and remind them who’s their Sugar Mama...READ THE REST:
Last-minute funny costume ideas for moms - Cracking Up - The Orange County Register
