And the Winner Is...

The Polar Express Boy!

All the costumes were great but my panel of non-biased judges (and some of the readers who voted) picked this one. It is really original and such a cute idea. You should see her and her hubby's costumes too!

Congrats Jenny! Email me your address and I'll send your moby wrap.

THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the carnival. I could tell that everyone put a lot of hard work into their costumes. I'm sorry about the mix-up about private blogs. I should have made it more clear that if you wanted to participate you needed to have a public blog so that everyone could see your post. Oh well, this was a fun experiment. Next year I'll just have to get all the kinks worked out. And if I get a REALLY good prize maybe I'll lure more of you into participating!

Another Reason to Play

I've decided to that in order to give you more incentive to join my Halloween carnival that I am going to make it a costume contest as well. So after you've posted your link, then add a comment at the bottom of the post to vote for your favorite costume (you may have to check back at the end of the day to see all entries). The winner will be announced on Wednesday and they will get something fantastic (it is still in the works). I promise you it will be worth it!

Hosting A Carnival

I've decided to host my first blog carnival (a collection of links from different authors about a similar topic)

This is daring

This is brave

This is an experiment

I love Halloween, but I every year I have the hardest time figuring out a costume. Now that I have kids the problem has been magnified by 2. Last year I floundered all the way until the day of Halloween and then threw this together a the last moment. Granted I thought our scientist ensemble turned out to be remarkably successful, but it kind of stressed me out. I realized that it takes A LOT of work to get kids, and yourself (if you are into it), dressed up for Halloween. It's kind of disappointing that after all that work only a handful of people get to see them all dressed up like a giant hamburger. So I thought that it would be fun to have a "What Were Your Kids For Halloween?" carnival. Not only do you get to share your adorable hamburger with others, but you can get ideas for what your kids can be next year. Brilliant? Yes, thank you.

So if you would like to play here is how:

1) Write a post, with pictures, about what your kid/kids were for Halloween. If you don't have kids you can still play along and post a picture of yourself, hubby, friends, dog, or other furry animal. Somewhere in the post mention that you are participating in this carnival and put a link to this post so that others can join in if they want to.

2) On the Tuesday after Halloween (Nov. 3) check back on my blog and use the magical linky (example below-- don't actually use it) to link to your post.



3) Instead of putting in your name though, put in what your kid was for Halloween (example.. spiderman and princess, mommy web and spider, the baby mop)

4) Have fun reading the other links

5) Vote for your favorite by leaving a comment at the bottom. The winner will be announced on Wednesday and will receive something fantastic... promise!

Like I said this is an experiment... one that I really would like to work.

So while I know it's not classy to beg

PLEASE play along with me!