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Tricks, Treats and
Win a $5,000 Suite of Appliances
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Eco-Friendly Halloween by Lisa Borden
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Some things are scary like ghosts, goblins, vampires and bats.
And some things are really scary like genetically modified foods, toxic face paint and insane piles of garbage.
Halloween produces more boos, eeks, screeches and ding dongs than we should tolerate but it's still possible to celebrate Halloween and be eco-friendly in the process. Here are some tips to help get you started...
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The Ultimate Guide for Making Halloween Scary Again by Tom Nardone
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Handling Halloween With Food Allergies by Delia Chiaramonte, M.D.
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Food is everywhere. Parents of kids with food allergies face school birthday parties, teachers who reward good behaviour with treats, and movie-goers eating Goobers in the next seat. For allergic children, especially those with nut allergies, milk allergies or gluten allergies, choosing safe candy is particularly difficult. Halloween is the ultimate challenge. Here are some tips to help keep your allergic kids safe and let them enjoy the ultimate kid-centred day, Halloween... Click for more... |
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Maureen Turner: We Are Family Blog
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 Clorox Makes Halloween Less ScaryLet's face it, Halloween is a fun but messy holiday. And after an afternoon of pumpkin carving with my three kids, I was left with three very cool pumpkins and one great big mess, a combination of pumpkin guts and face paint smeared on the floor, table, their clothes and costumes. Normally the prospect of cleaning up a mess like this would have been a bad thing but this time, I was thrilled. Why? Because I had been sent Clorox Green Works laundry detergent to test and this was the perfect opportunity. If Clorox wanted to see how their detergent stacked up, I wasn't about to make it easy for them.
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Consuelo Bernardi: The B-Sides Blog
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 All Things HalloweenWelcome to the darkness and all that lurks around you and get ready to be entranced by musical doom...( cue evil laugh sound effect here). It's time to turn up the voltage Halloween style. I've compiled a Yummy Mummy Halloween music mix for your swinging party...it's scary, creepy and retro kooky all rolled into one monster playlist... Click for more... |
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Here are the final results of our non-fattening Yummy Mummy Club Question of the Day: Do You Steal Treats From Your Kids Halloween Bags? 95% Yes 5% No An overwhelming 95% of mummies fessed up to feasting on their kids candies. And we say you deserve it after managing the costume making, candy buying, trick or treating mayhem. So go on...grab a treat and relax. Your kids will never know. Click here for our new non-scientific question of the day... |
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 It may not be the same as chatting with your best girlfriend over coffee, but blogging helps keep us connected. We've found some amazing mummy bloggers from around the world who've opened their lives and their blogs to the The Yummy Mummy Club. This month's Featured Blog is written by Beck who lives in northern Ontario with her three children and astonishingly patient husband. Her blog, Frog and Toad Are Still Friends (which is not about frogs OR toads but IS about whatever nonsense Beck feels like writing that day) has been inspired by the spookiness of the Halloween season of late. Visit it to read some of Beck's macabre twists on some of your fave kids' TV shows!
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Mummy Wins a Maytag Kitchen Suite
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 Chores are a challenge for multi-tasking moms - laundry is left lingering, dusting's a drag and grocery shopping with kids is an event that would tire triathletes. While we can't ease your workload, this month we're gonna give away a prize that'll help turn your kitchen chaos into the most stylishly, sexy room in the house. One lucky mummy is going to win a Maytag Kitchen Suite that includes a MaytagŪ 21.8 Cu. Ft. Ice2O™ Full-Depth French Door Bottom Refrigerator, a MaytagŪ 30" Self-Cleaning Freestanding Electric Range and a MaytagŪ JetClean Plus Dishwasher.A value of almost $5,000!Click to win... |
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Mummy Wins Illustrated Quick Cook
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 Survivor and The Amazing Race have nothing on multi-tasking moms. How about trying to cook a balanced meal from scratch with only 30 minutes to spare and four hungry mouths to feed? Or whipping up a quick but delish meal when unexpected guests arrive? From family suppers-in-a-flash to easy 3-course feasts for friends, the Illustrated Quick Cook is just what every time-pressed home chef needs to deliver fab food fast for every occasion. And this month five members are gonna win a copy of the Illustrated Quick Cook courtesy of DK Publishing valued at $40 so you'll be able to whip up your own super suppers on a moment's notice. Click to win... |
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Mummy Wins an Extreme Halloween
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From creepy millipedes and bloody brain shots to scary scorpions and coffins, be prepared to scare. Tom Nardone, author of Extreme Halloween: The Ultimate Guide to Making Halloween Scary Again has made it his mission to put the horror back in Halloween and three fiendishly lucky mummies will learn his scary secrets for frightening neighbours and freaking out friends when they win a copy of his book. From the sublime to the downright disgusting, Extreme Halloween is filled with an array of ways to transform your house, scare the bejeezus out of your neighbours and make Halloween terrifying again.... ...although probably not as terrifying as your kids after eating a bucket of candy. Click to win... |
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Yummy Event - Monster Concert Extravaganza
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At 3:00pm on Saturday, October 31st North Toronto Institute of Music's founder, Mary Kenedi along with NTIM faculty and students, present a Halloween-themed Monster Concert at Massey Hall in support of SickKids Foundation.
The NTIM Monster Concert promises an impressive evening of music featuring popular works by Gottschalk, Rossini, Liszt, Saint-Saens and Bizet along with a few surprises for music fans of every age.
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December - Shopping - Are you a shopaholic? Have tips and tricks to turn readers into a savvy shopper? What's your fave place to shop or the must have items for the holiday season. Think we shop too much? Now's your chance to write about it!
Deadline November 10
January - Giving Back - Do you volunteer your time to charities? Wanna get the word out about a charity we haven't heard of? Have a kid who has gone above and beyond by giving back? How do you teach your kids the importance of giving back to the community?
Deadline December 10
Mid-January - Money: Making It/Saving It - Who earns the money in your home? Do you and your partner fight about money? Are you a financial expert? Do you have tips to save? Insurance Tips? Do you consider Manolo Blahniks to be an investment? How do you instill value in your kids? We wanna read your money stories!!
Deadline December 15
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We love to hear from you. We wanna know if you have any questions or concerns. It's our job to make this the yummiest club for you!
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Did you know that The Yummy Mummy Club is owned by Erica Ehm Communications Ltd? Remember this. It may end up on a Trivial Pursuit card.
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Last Chance To Win a Jacob's Creek Prize Pack
