Happy Halloween friends!!! And HELLO if you are new and we met at Pacific City tonight and/or you were offended by my booth at Pacific City tonight. Let’s get the Halloween party started —→

What’s going on here:

  • 📌 the fridge

  • 🌧 IF NO ONE WANTS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE

  • 📅 Events this weekend

📌 the fridge

  • REMINDER: Clocks fall back this Sunday.

    • Daylight saving ends at 2am Sunday, Nov 1, so you get an extra hour. Depending on how old your kids are, it may do nothing for you. Sorry.

  • Don’t toss the jack-o’-lantern yet. Bring it to Pumpkins With Purpose. Hit up Discovery Cube with that pumpkin on Sunday - They compost it, and your kid gets in free.

  • If it rains on trick-or-treat (it’s looking like 70-80%) and you’re not tryna umbrella it, here are some indoor trick-or-treat events:

🌧 IF NO ONE WANTS TO LEAVE THE HOUSE

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📅 Stuff to do: Oct 31 - Nov 1

North-ish OC

Saturday

Sunday

Central-ish OC

Saturday

Sunday

South-ish OC

Saturday

Sunday

Happening All Month

💀 Community Ofrendas & Altars

Día de los Muertos ofrendas you can visit and add a loved one's photo to. These are displays, not timed events, so pop in during open hours.

⏰ Last call, these end this weekend

🎨 Festivals still running

🌴 Always on

What does it mean?
📚 = library event
🍊 = recurring event
🍻/🍷 = get your drink on
🎵 = live music (for adults)

👯Meet Other Exhausted Parents

Best Friends Bff GIF by reactionseditor

🤝 Mother Runners OC | Anaheim | Saturday morning
The tired-moms run/coffee club is meeting at the Día de los Muertos 5K at Angel Stadium this Saturday (group gathers ~7:30am; Kids 1K 7:45, 5K 8:15). Walk, run, or just come for the post-race coffee energy.
@motherrunners_oc | Group calendar

📌 the events in this section are ones that fall on the weekend, but a lot of these groups have events during the week as well in case you’re looking for more!

🍷 DATE NIGHT

Jimmy Fallon Flirt GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Idk how you got someone else to watch your kids on Halloween weekend, but more power to you. Here's a few options:

Saturday

Sunday

✌🏻 See you next week!

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