It’s picture-day season, and if you’re anything like me, it’s going to sneak up on you and you’re gonna end up sending your kids to school a mess and then kicking yourself when you realize it. But today, Ashley Ziegler is suggesting an alternative: let them dress themselves and embrace the chaos.

— Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor

Is your kid fixated on Halloween decorations like mine is? She says we need more stuff for the yard. But I’m not trying to spend hundreds of bucks on skeletons, either. And so I’m loving this roundup by Katie McPherson of affordable pieces to make your home a little more spooky. I’m absolutely buying that giant spider web.