With Hurricane Sandy postponing Halloween for some and causing chaos for many, it seems everyone was in need of a laugh this week. Luckily, Jimmy Kimmel knows how to lighten even the darkest of moods.

Famous for challenging parents to humorously torture their children, the late-night talk show host brought back a fan favorite this week. “I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy (Again)” showcases the funniest (and somewhat sad) reactions of children who’ve been told their Halloween candy has disappeared. Want a laugh? Watch this.

What do you think of the video? Would you play a prank like this on your kids?

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My daughter is almost one-and-a-half and this week we enjoyed her first real Halloween. She wore her Cinderella dress and we even had the dog dressed up as her four-legged pumpkin stagecoach. The night started innocently enough: pictures, meeting up with neighbors, checking out the other little kids’ costumes…. In fact, the hour or so of trick-or-treating in daylight was near perfect.

It was only when the sun went down, and the teenagers came out, that my thoughts turned from jubilation to hesitation as the ratio of little girls dressed as Tinker Bell or Snow White slowly gave way to teen girls dressed as Miami Heat dancers, Rihanna, and a costume I like to call “just-something-skimpy-and-tight-that-allows-me-to-show-my-newfound-cleavage-to-drooling-9th-grade-boys”.

Don’t get me wrong. When I was 14, this was exactly why I loved Halloween. Candy was great, but to my raging hormones, girls dressed in minimal clothing was even better. If I’m being honest, this was also the reason I loved Halloween in high school, college, through my twenties and right up until I had my daughter. These days, I’d prefer that all teenage girls go as sleeping bags; just a nice, big, bulky bag with one hole for their head and two for their feet. This way, I don’t have to think about the inevitable: that my cute, adorable daughter, who likes dresses and flowers, will one day leave the house on Halloween wearing a costume that has the express purpose of making some freshman dude in high school want to make out with her — or worse.

Am I jumping the gun about a dozen years? Absolutely. Is there anything I can do to stop it? Nope.

But it doesn’t mean that I have to like it. And it doesn’t mean that when a group of 16-year-old girls dressed in super tight tank tops and five-inch shorts (a “volleyball team”, evidently) knock on my door, call me “sir”, and tell me that that my daughter is “sooooo cuuuute”, while a group of their male classmates, wearing their football jerseys going as, you guessed it, football players, slink behind them, staring at their young bodies and thinking every dirty thought in the book, that my mind doesn’t flash forward a decade-and-a-half to what I’ll eventually be dealing with. The worst part? I know what’s going on in these guy’s minds because I was one of these guys. And now the tables are turned, and as this thought creeps into my my mind, I look down and realize that my daughter hasn’t noticed their costumes at all.

In fact, she hasn’t even noticed the girls. Instead, she’s putting a fully wrapped Three Musketeers bar in her mouth and smiling, which makes me smile, because even though the thought of my daughter wanting to dress as a Playmate for Halloween is a moment I’m not looking forward to, that moment is still a long way away…and for now, I’ll just enjoy her being, to borrow a phrase from the mini-Misty May, “sooooo cuuuute”.

Do you ever dread your baby’s teenage years?

Hollywood’s hottest parents are known for dressing their children in designer duds. But on Halloween, they switch it up a bit — and some of them go over the top. See how these celebrity kids dressed for Halloween!

Which celebrity kid’s costume is your favorite?

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Check out what’s buzzing around the Internet this week:

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Tamera Mowry Savoring “Peace and Quiet” Before Giving Birth to Son – Us Weekly

iPhone Apps to Keep Kids Safe While Trick-or-Treating – Lil Sugar

Celebrity Parents Reveal Halloween Plans – Celebrity Baby Scoop

6 Facebook Fails of Pregnant Women – Huffington Post

Mammograms: For 1 Life Saved, 3 Overdiagnosed – NBC News

The Spelling-McDermotts: Hattie Turns One! – People

Due to Hurricane Sandy, several states along the East Coast have rescheduled Halloween. While this will keep your kids safe, it could also make them a bit upset (no kid wants to miss out on free candy). But just because they can’t go out doesn’t mean they can’t celebrate! Throw on those costumes , call up the neighbors and follow these tips for throwing a happy home-a-ween.

Create Some Festive Art
Crafts are a great form of entertainment, and a great way to decorate the house (especially if you had to take the exterior ones down). Using items that you have at home, you and your kids can finger paint Halloween figures or (if they’re old enough) create construction paper Jack O’ Lanterns. If you’re able to drive to a local store, pick up the supplies to make these amazing mummy cards.

Trick-or-Treat Indoors
What’s Halloween without trick-or-treating?! Designate each grown-up to a room in the house, and have the kids go room-to-room to collect their treats.  This way the kids can safely get their candy and you can snap some pictures of them in their costumes (and send them to The Bump!).

Dance to Spooky Music
If you still have power (and we hope you do), then turn on some tunes! Using music resources like Pandora or Spotify, create a playlist of spooktacular songs. Include classics like “Monster Mash”, “Werewolves of London” and “Thriller,” but get a little creative and add songs from your favorite Halloween movies, like The Addam’s Family, Ghostbusters and Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Play Some Halloween Games
Some added activities will help kids down from their sugar high. A simple and super fun one is Mummy Wrap. Divide the kids into pairs and give each team a roll of toilet paper. Instruct one member of each team to wrap his partner like a mummy (avoiding the head and wrapping arms separately).  Once wrapped, the mummy must hop to the finish line. Award the winning team and then reverse the partners.

Share Some Scary(ish) Stories
When your child begs for their bedtime story, try telling a spooky one. Make up a tale about a witch who wants to be nice or a ghost who can’t seem to scare anyone. Not that creative? Sites like Scary For Kids have a lot of age-appropriate tales. Just make sure to skip over the ones with blood or gore.

How will you celebrate Halloween from home?

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Last year Lori, head of Creative Services at The Bump, dressed one of her sons as comedy icon, Charlie Chaplin.  Learn how to turn your little man into a classy and comical act.

What You Need:

• Kid’s size bowler hat
• Kid’s size black jacket and pants
• White button-down shirt
• Black shoes
• Faux daisy
• Bamboo walking cane
• Soft eyeliner pencil in black

How to Make It:

• Cut off the stem of the daisy and sew or glue it onto the lapel of the suit jacket.
• Bring the bamboo cane to a hardware store and have it cut to the appropriate height (or, if you have the tools at home, cut it yourself!)
• Dress up your son in the shirt, suit and hat.
• Draw a narrow mustache right under his nose with the black eyeliner.

Add Something Extra:

• Encourage your little man to waddle walk!

What’s your child going to be for Halloween this year?

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For our latest Instagram Challenge, we want to see your Halloween pictures — whether you’re dressing up baby or decorating your bump!

The best part? One lucky Bumpie will win four tickets to her local Bring Your Baby Matinees! This month, we’re showing the movie Fun Size on Tuesday, November 6th at AMC Theatres across the country. If you’re not familiar with our matinees, they’re a great way to spend a fun day out with other parents in a breastfeeding-friendly atmosphere, a theater with brighter lights and lower volume, stroller parking and crying babies allowed! (Find out if there is a participating theater near you here.) We’ll select a random winner from all of the entries and contact them on Instagram.

How it works:

From today until midnight EST on Thursday, November 1, upload your favorite Halloween photos on Instagram with the hashtag #TheBumpHalloween. Make sure you include both the hashtag and @thebump so we can see it. (Need some inspiration? Check out these adorable pictures of Bumpies’ best-ever Halloween costumes!)

We can’t wait to see your photos!

For the official rules, click here.

Here are the pictures that have been submitted so far!

Wondering why your photo isn’t appearing here? Your Instagram profile might be private. Instead, you can upload a photo directly from your computer with the green “Add Photos” button on the top of the page (and you don’t have to change your privacy settings). 

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Still haven’t decided on the perfect Halloween costume for baby? This DIY Peacock Baby costume from message board user EmpireMomof3 is beautiful, creative and budget-friendly (total cost is about $15!).

“I decided to make this costume because I wanted something unique that would stand out from the crowd,” she says. “Something that would make people ‘Ohh’ and ‘Ahh’!”

Before you get started, you will need:

• Black, brown, teal and sparkly royal blue tulle (we found lots of options at Michael’s)
• 3/4 inch elastic band
• 3/4 inch elastic headband
• Feathers (EmpireMomof3 used real feathers that were gifted to her from a zoo, but we found some at Amazon and Save-On-Crafts.com)
• Royal blue ribbon
• The costume goes well with a royal blue shirt, black leggings and black shoes

 How to make the costume:

1. EmpireMomof3 used the “no-sew tutu” technique to create the skirt with black, brown, teal and sparkly royal blue tulle tied onto a 3/4 inch elastic. Measure the elastic around the waist for sizing, then tie or sew the ends together. To make things easier and faster, the tulle can be wrapped around a book and cut on one end to make even strips.
2. Tie the tulle strips to the elastic. Once finished, taper the sides with scissors so they are long in the back and short in the front.
3. Using hot glue, attach the peacock feathers to the royal blue ribbon, then tie the ribbon around the elastic. This is the trickiest part of the costume: Make sure the feathers are spread evenly along the tail area (you might try to lay them out before gluing).
4. Finally, hot glue more peacock feathers to the headband.

Will you make this peacock costume for baby? 

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Check out what’s buzzing around the Internet this week:

Meet Melissa Joan Hart’s Son Tucker! - Us Weekly

Puberty Starting Too Early For Boys – NBC News

Lost Elmo Doll Goes for “Vacation” At Ritz Carlton - Huffington Post

Shakira Reveals Baby Name - Made for Mums

Special Daddy Diaper Bag Has Room for Laptop and Beer! – Racked

Alicia Keys Talks Motherhood – Celebrity Baby Scoop

The Trouble with My Daughter’s DNA – Time Healthland

Celebrity Kids Love Pumpkin Picking – LilSugar

Last year Lindsey, a Kentucky Bumpie, dressed her son as the Peanuts character Charlie Brown. Learn how to make this super easy costume (and teach your little man to say “good grief”)!

What You Need:

• Yellow shirt
• Black pants
• Black fabric paint
• Paint brush

How to Make It:

• Paint black zig-zags onto the yellow shirt. (Do this at least a day in advance so the paint dries overnight.)
• Dress your little guy in the pants and shirt.

Add Something Extra:

• Find a Snoopy stuffed animal and have your little guy carry it around.

Which cartoon character would you dress your child as?

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