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I’m always on the hunt for interesting suit jackets. Here’s a luxe one from Reiss that will add some dimension to your winter whites.
This classic double-breasted jacket is made from a warm wool blend. It’s partially lined and has a single back vent. The single button on the cuffs is actually functional so you can roll up your sleeves.
I’d match it with some winter whites as pictured for a polished office look. You can even take it to the weekend with a turtleneck and your favorite jeans.
The Amber Double Breasted Wool Blend Jacket is $545 at Nordstrom and available in sizes 0 U.S./4 UK to 14 U.S./18 UK.
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Anon says
Cheers to the moms who can wear a $500 white wool jacket. I am sincerely deeply impressed by you.
anon says
When I was in Biglaw and had an office, I used to keep my light colored blazers in my office closet. They never went anywhere near my kids.
Anokha says
Seriously. Kids or not, I have never been able to keep my whites white! Coffee stains FTL.
Anonymous says
This. I once wore a pair of white pants to work and a colleague spilled an entire tumbler of coffee all over me.
Anonymous says
I wore a white T shirt under a colored blazer the other day at a workshop. Sat down as the first presentation started and realized that my coffee cup’s lid had not been sealed all the way around and it had dripped coffee all down my chest. *sigh* cold water in the bathroom and blazer buttoned until it dried and I was presentable again a couple hours later, but still
I do love the look o this pick, even if I would never trust myself to wear it.
Anne-on says
Seriously. On days I have to wear nice/non washable clothing to work I wear a bathrobe downstairs until the minute I need to leave. If it’s not my son it’s the dog/cats trying to climb me, stick a wet nose up my tush, rub all over me, reach for me with sticky fingers/etc.
Pogo says
I bought a camel color Ted Baker coat and I am low key terrified every time I wear it, mainly due to my inability to manage a coffee mug, not so much the kids. It makes me feel like a million bucks tho.
FVNC says
I bet you look like a million bucks!
My husband bought me a gorgeous Brooks Brothers camel / cashmere coat for Christmas 2019, for — I don’t know, all the fancy dinners we were expecting? (I am permanent WFH) — but given the shutdown and athleisure life I now lead, I never wear it. BUT, we dressed up last weekend to see the Nutcracker and I got to wear my coat and I did indeed feel awesome and so put together for once. No sticky finger or coffee disasters!
Anon says
The only white thing in my closet are 2 Breton tees from Boden. Otherwise I can’t wear white/cream.
Cb says
Thank goodness the school polos can be in white or navy. We could never have dealt with the white washing as we don’t even own white socks.
anonM says
Our daycare preschool requires WHITE tops. AGH. Thankfully my son will usually let me put him the navy sweater vest on him during the winter, but even the director jokes about buying bulk bleach for pasta lunch day. We just lower our stain standards tbh.
Anonymous says
Omg seriously? My kid has many red shirts for daycare to make laundry easier after all of their pasta or tomato soup lunch days.
anon says
WHITE. That is a sure path to insanity. Glad you have lowered your standards!
EDAnon says
Hello from the Midwest where we got an unexpected snow day. I live in the Great Lakes region so snow is NBD. I am honestly quite surprised. My husband and I both have to work (from home), so it’ll be one of those days. Of course, I and my kids have been sick recently so it’s just more missed work time.
This has been an awful year for normalcy. We had so many Covid closures, illnesses, deaths. I am excited about the end of 2022!
Anonymous says
My families schools in SD are closed and this never happens in a state where everyone owns a personal snowblower and a block heater.
Anonymous says
Solidarity from Wisconsin. DH can handle kid duty today, but I have to give a presentation right at the pre-lunch toddler meltdown time. Should be fantastic.
Clementine says
I took today off to have a day to wrap and bake and clean. Well, it’s 10:30 where I am and I’ve clocked 4 hours of work and 2 big meetings.
What Christmas movie do I put on in the background that will motivate me to step away from my work laptop and just have a nice wrapping session?
Anon says
Single All the Way on Netflix is super cute!
Anonymous says
Die Hard :D
Anon says
Not technically a Christmas movie, but Little Women. The newest one.
Anonymous says
Also the Winona Ryder one!
anon says
The new Lindsay Lohan Xmas movie on Netflix. Total cheese, but you better believe I’m watching it again!
Lizard says
+1, the production values were really high which made it super enjoyable to watch
Anon says
Oh geez. I love some good cheese and will watch incredibly bad movies, but I had to turn it off halfway through. The male lead (I think maybe he was on Glee?) had zero personality and they had zero chemistry together. Everyone acted like they didn’t want to be there, which was so annoying to watch. I love camp and I love knowing you’re making a bad movie, but at least pretend you care. Otherwise it feels like I’m watching a middle school production where none of the students ever want to perform again.
SC says
A Castle for Christmas on Netflix is so bad it’s good.
anon says
There’s a new Lindsey Lohan holiday rom com on Netflix. Reviews vary, but it’s fun to discuss at holiday gatherings.
Anne-on says
Something from Tiffany’s on Amazon was much cuter than I thought it’d be, and the Lindsay Lohan movie was total cheese but in a very winky in on the joke way. It’s an oldie but ‘The Spirit of Christmas’ is very sexy and fun as is ‘The 12 dates of Christmas’ with Mark Paul Gossleaar.
DLC says
Okay, my favorite Holiday rom com so far this year is Christmas Spark on Lifetime, the main draw of which is that the two leads are played by Jane Seymour and Joe Lando and this movie made my inner twelve year old Dr. Quinn fanatic sooooo happy. I mean plotwise it’s pretty standard, but the chemistry between the two of them made this so much fun to watch.
EP-er says
Love Actually is my annual wrapping movie. I’ve seen it enough that if I have to step away, I don’t care. And I can’t really watch it with the kids around…
Vicky Austin says
Alright, one of the things I intend to do with my week off between Christmas and New Year’s (besides lots of sleep) is make a few freezer meals for post-delivery. I’ve got Pinch of Yum and Molly Yeh’s lists to plan with. Any favorites I’m missing? Any things you were unexpectedly glad to have? Due in April, so appreciate any suggestions for light, fresh, unheavy stuff!
Tea/Coffee says
Probably can’t prep this just yet – but identifying/making preferred trail mix or snack mix! The best for middle of the night rocking. Add chocolate. And lots of nuts. I was always starving in the middle of the night and having a stash of something decently healthy, already within reach in the baby’s room, was a lifesaver.
Congrats!
Aon says
+1 to trail mix, but I also found I craved savory snacks, so I’d stock up on your favorite beef/turkey sticks/jerky too. I kept a big basket of all my snacks on the table next to the glider.
SC says
+1. It took me an embarrassing amount of time (weeks, maybe) to realize that if I was awake and nursing throughout the night, I also needed snacks between dinner and breakfast. A handful of trail mix was perfect.
Pogo says
yes stash snacks everywhere!
Anon says
As an alternative perspective, I kept up my normal eating window 10am-6pm most of my pregnancy and 12 months of nursing for 2 kids (gained 35 lbs each pregnancy – lost weight over 6-9 months pp) and didn’t feel the need to snack constantly through the night. Occasionally I’d have an after dinner snack if I was still hungry.
So, you do you but don’t feel obligated to load up on snacks until you see how you feel.
For meals, chicken cacciatore is a good freezer meal (serve over freshly made pasta). I also like to cook a big pork shoulder in instant pot for carnita tacos and free extra portions.
Anon says
YMMV, but for me, freezer meals are not for light, fresh, unheavy stuff. Freezer meals are for the more stick to your ribs filling meals (and then you eat a smaller portion and add on sides of veggies/salad if that’s the mood you’re in).
I’m due in January and will make a few lasagnas and several different soups frozen in Souper Cubes and then ziploc bags. I did a bunch of crockpot freezer prep for my previous post-partum period and honestly it wasn’t that much of a time saver.
If you plan on breastfeeding (or if you just like cookies – my husband inhaled them), I made a ton of lactation cookies and froze them. They defrost quickly.
Isabella says
If by “lactation cookies” you mean ALL the cookies ;). I never did get meals prepped, but I ate several hundred cookies in the first month pp. White chocolate macadamia and oatmeal scotchies were the best.
Vicky Austin says
Oatmeal scotchies are an excellent idea! Oats are good for lactation, right? ;)
Anon says
Hahahaha! I mean, they were basically oatmeal cookies souped up with brewer’s yeast and flaxseed (and chocolate chips because why not?), but I’m a fan of “all the cookies” too :)
Anonymous says
This one is so easy it might not even be worth prepping ahead, but the hit from my latest batch of freezer prepped crock pot meals:
jar of salsa + 2-3 chicken breasts + can of black beans + some frozen corn = delicious taco filling. Just put it in the crock pot on low for 6 hours and shred the chicken before serving.
DLC says
I like having a bunch of empanadas frozen in the freezer. Also our favorite Chinese restaurant lets you buy frozen bag of their dumplings so we always have lots of those.
Also- I’m not a huge casserole fan so I like to have things in the freezer that would make for easy meals later- like a batch of beans (for burrito bowls or taco night) or pie dough (good for a quick galette or quiche). (All of which i realize you could just buy from the store…)
Also- not a now thing, but you may have to leave room in the freezer for breast milk. I think our freezer was 25% breastmilk for the first year postpartum. So we got a chest freezer.
Vicky Austin says
We have a chest freezer that I’ll probably move most of the frozen stuff to eventually. Thank you for the tips! I like the idea of meal components like you describe; seems like it’d be easier to assemble a lighter springy dinner with things like that when it’s not Brick of Lasagna Weather.
Vicky Austin says
*most of the EXISTING frozen stuff, to leave room in the inside freezer
Anonymous says
+1 to empanadas. We were able to purchase bags of frozen empanadas from a local food cart.
Pogo says
I would also look up some smoothie recipes you like and get your partner to learn how to make it. Then every day of maternity leave, they should bring that smoothie to your bedside first thing. That was critical to starting my day off on a good note! A smoothie can be enjoyed one-handed if feeding or otherwise holding the baby and it always set me up for stable blood sugar going into who knows what the day held for me.
Anon says
Hahaha, this only works if your partner is a morning person. I’m awake a solid 1-3 hours before my husband most days (including postpartum). But he carries the load in other ways.
Anonymous says
Try NYT Cooking’s curried shepherd’s pie, it’s really yummy.
Anon says
This recipe freezes beautifully, and I prepped freezer meals with it prior to my last baby: https://www.tasteslovely.com/paleo-whole30-pumpkin-turkey-chili/. While it’s not super light, it is very healthy. I’m not typically a chili fan because I don’t like beans, and this recipe does not include beans! I typically make a double portion. :)
octagon says
I made a giant stash of burritos (chicken/rice/bean/cheese/salsa) and wrapped individually in foil. They were great when I needed something hearty but not a full meal for the whole family. Also, you can pre-cook meats (chicken, ground beef/turkey) and beans and they freeze well, and then you can pull them out when you need them. I would freeze ground beef and then pull it out to make stuffed peppers for example. Definitely get freezer paper for the meats.
Bette says
Oh hi, due date twin! Due in mid-April with my second. The freezer stars from my first post-partum haze were any sort of tasty, pre-portioned protein options (shredded chicken from the crockpot, Mississippi pot roast, these fish cakes: https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-southeast-asian-canned-salmon-rice-cakes-with-sriracha-mayo-recipes-from-the-kitchn-186433). I will remake a lot of these and freeze them in 1-2 portion sizes to easily thaw/heat and put on top of a salad for a quick filling relatively healthy meal. Stock up on appealing salad dressings and then you just need to get some salad green mix in your weekly grocery order. One of my top tips is to get set up and familiar with some sort of grocery delivery service (I use Shipt, mostly at Target) well before you deliver so that you can easily manage grocery shopping without a lot of brainpower or physical effort.
I will also be making multiple batches of these oatcakes: https://www.oatmama.com/blogs/oat-mama-news-lactation-recipes/66789571-lactation-recipes-oatcakes. I really appreciated having easy warm breakfast options, my usual yogurt + honey + washed & cut berries was suddenly just waaaay too much prep work. Will probably freeze a bunch of these pumpkin pancakes too: https://thrivinghomeblog.com/whole-wheat-pumpkin-pancakes-recipe/
Vicky Austin says
Bette, this is AMAZING! Thank you so much! Taking lots of notes.
Marie says
I’m having trouble deciding on a crib mattress. I would like something organic/geeenguard certified but the price varies from $150 to $600+. The baby will be using this for a while so I want something solid. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks
on says
We got the Newton for our first child and repurchased for our second.
Anotheranon says
+1
Anon says
Maybe a different take, you might want to look up reviews of your crib and see if anyone has left notes in their reviews of what mattress fits well. Ex. I have the Babyletto Gelato crib, and some reviewers noted having troubles with certain brands of mattress. So I bought the mattress people said fit snug in the corners of the crib.
Anonymous says
The one from West Elm is great because it’s waterproof and has two different sides (one stiff for babies, the second softer for toddlers). It’s greenguard certified, I think. We also have an Avocado crib mattress but it’s kind of a pain because it requires a separate waterproof mattress cover and it doesn’t sit very well in the crib. I like Avocado’s other products, but wouldn’t buy this one again.
Picture Sharing says
How do you store and share digital pictures of your kids with your spouse? DH and I text pictures to each other, but there must be a better way. Is there an app we can use to store pictures? A cloud that we both have access to?
Anonymous says
Honestly, we both just have access to each other’s Google photos. But we generally share passwords for most things / leave our email open on a joint laptop. You might have a different dynamic.
SC says
We also have access to each other’s Google photos. We also upload kid pictures into a shared Google Photos album that’s shared with extended family members, so that would be a more limited way of doing it.
Pic Anon says
We use an app called Family Album to share pics not just with each other, but with our extended families. We didn’t want to overwhelm our social media, or send the same pics to 6 different text chains.
Vicky Austin says
My BFF is using this for her baby and I fully intend to copy her. It’s accessible on desktop for the relatives who only use email, and only the “parents” can add or remove users or their privileges.
Anon says
I take 99% of the photos and will email especially cute ones to dh. But he’s not really a photo guy.
Grandparents love photos but get an annual printed album and digital copies of our professional photos.
River bird says
iPhone shared album.
Anonymous says
Google Photos
Lil says
Whew! 2 hour weather delay is not the fun it was pre kids. Love the holiday season with the littles but I am so ready to be done with work!
Anon says
Apparently other parents at my kids (private) school give gifts to specialist teachers and not just the main classroom teacher. Oops. Haven’t been doing that. What’s a good dollar amount in your experience? Would be music, art, technology, library, science, so five different teachers (who teach two of my kids). TIA!
Anon says
We are at public school and I do a $10 gift card (Amazon, or a coffee shop, etc) for specials teachers.
Mary Moo Cow says
I’m a private school, and I give $10 gift card and a fancy greeting card with a one line note about what Kiddos love about their class to each specials teacher. From talking with grade level teachers, specials teachers are often overlooked, but, none of the teachers expect anything and notes are what’s most appreciated.
Anonymous says
Reminiscent of some other conversations here this week, my very Jewish 4 year old came home from his very Jewish preschool yesterday and announced to me that Santa is definitely a real person according to friend X who is not Jewish and “his full name is Santa Claud but lost people call him Santa.” Without thinking I immediately said “no, he’s not,” and then quickly shifted to a more non committal “Ok, nice of friend to share that with you.” Tell me I didn’t just ruin Christmas for other preschoolers! Also, never occurred to me that I’d have to figure out how to explain the reality of Santa to my non Christmas celebrating kid! Somehow I think this didn’t come up with the older one ?!?
Anon says
You didn’t ruin it. My Jewish 4 year old knows Santa isn’t real but knows other kids do and it’s nice to let them believe. She thinks it’s fun to have a secret and whenever we talk about Santa being not real she likes to whisper in my ear like we’re the only two people in the world who know the truth, lol.
Mary Moo Cow says
If it makes you feel better, a Christmas celebrating 6 year old recently told my 7 year old that Santa Claus wasn’t real and it was just your parents putting presents under the tree after you went to bed. So don’t lay it at the feet of your religion, is all. :)
I know a Jewish family who started having conversations with their kids at the first Christmas in school after the JCC something like “we don’t believe but others do, that’s nice for them” that escalated, in an age appropriate manner, to “don’t you ever tell another child Santa isn’t real!”
Anon says
We never did Santa, so now our kiddo is in school and has decided that Santa (the person) is real but he isn’t magic. It’s really interesting. It’s similar to how we talk about our beliefs about Jesus so I assume that’s where is he drawing from.
DLC says
Hilariously, my good friend’s who was Jewish grew up thinking Santa was real because her parents didn’t want her ruining it for other kids.
Anon says
there is a great meme i’ve seen floating around the internet that the real heroes of christmas are the jewish kids who don’t spoil santa for all the others…lol. you did nothing wrong!
Lizard says
I doubt your kid will remember one slip or that the other kids will take it very seriously if your kid repeats, “My mom says Santa isn’t real.” An alternative if it comes up again could be: “We don’t believe/celebrate that in our family, but that’s nice your friend wanted to share that with you!”
Anonymous says
Do any of you have experience with boarding schools? Would you be willing to share your thoughts?
Pogo says
I have close family who teach at one and a close friend who was a former teacher. What do you want to know? Like most things, it’s not for every family or every child. It can be great and it can be awful. Some are better than others. Etc.
Anonymous says
I’m not exactly sure what I want to know: mostly who is parenting these kids I guess? I am fostering some brothers who seem like they might benefit. Rather, an experienced, trauma-informed husband and wife duo do not seem equipped to handle these siblings. I don’t want to “reject” them but I’m struggling to know how to move forward parenting them. Boarding school is probably not the answer but I’m not sure what the answer is.
anon says
So the type of boarding school you’d be looking at for kids with emotional issues is not the type of boarding school most people here will have experience with. The Andovers and Exeters of the world are going to be best suited for kids who don’t have significant trauma/emotional issues/mental health problems. The children you’re fostering would need a different type of school environment, and honestly, some of the “therapeutic” boarding schools out there are horrific. Others are probably good, but I’m not sure how you tell.
“Normal” boarding schools vary from quite permissive to fairly strict, but not the kind of fairly strict that is designed to support children with significant support needs.
Anon says
Look into the Milton Hershey school in Hershey, PA.
Anonymous says
If you as a foster parent can’t handle the kids the answer is reaching out to their case worker not boarding school.
Anon says
I think you’re good foster parents for considering the options for your kiddos. The foster care system isn’t just and social workers don’t have time to do everything you could for the kids. I am glad you’re doing some due diligence before taking a next step.
Anon says
I went to a selective college and there were some boarding school kids there. Anecdotally, they had way more experience with sex and dr*gs than most of the other kids. Personally the idea of sending a kid away from home at age 12 or so is not appealing at all to me. I would only consider it if my kid was begging for it and even then it would take a lot of convincing me.
Pogo says
Yes, high school boarding school kids seem to have access to coke in a way that at least in my hometown we did not. But plenty of kids at my small-ish public high school were very into binge drinking, which is statistically also very dangerous.
They do have a lot of systems in place to prevent kids from engaging in these activities but it definitely happens. And they get caught.
Anon says
same. some friends went to some of the best boarding schools in the country; they certainly had a leg up academically but were way more into drugs than my other classmates. Granted, they were also very wealthy, and the very wealthy kids I know who did not go to boarding school were also more into drugs (though less so than the boarding school kids).
Anonymous says
Great way to guarantee your kid tries cocaine before college.
Anonymous says
So…my family looked for my brother as he would’ve gone on a hockey scholarship. Eventually decided against and I’m not sure why, but I could see my brother not wanting to move away from home. I don’t really understand it either. It seems like a holdover from when there weren’t as many local prestigious private schools so you had to send your kids away for education? Or maybe parents who are too busy/aren’t home enough to parent their kids?
Anonymous says
I went to a high school in the West that was primarily a day school but also had a boarding program. Boarding program kids were either from small towns in the West whose families had the means and interest for prep school but lived hours from any such school, or international students, with a small smattering of other situations such as parents were out of the country for work but wanted kid to remain in the US.
Anon says
It really, really depends. There are lots of great boarding schools that offer specialized experiences you simply can’t get at public schools (like some of the ski-racing academies back east) and then there are others that are total pressure cookers for questionable benefit. Drugs and alcohol are an issue, but IMO, the problem can be just as bad at public schools (it’s hard to imagine it being any worse than it was at my poor, rural public school). My family members who have gone to boarding school (mother and all her siblings) had overall wonderful experiences and made lifelong friends, but they also said it’s not for everyone. I would consider boarding school only for a highly motivated kid with specialized interests who really wanted to go.
Anon says
A friend sends her non-verbal son with autism to a boarding school in upstate new york, and he’s thriving.
Before, he really struggled in a public school setting, even with 1:1 support all day long. He’s a big kid – strong – and his behaviors were disruptive enough that many schools weren’t able to support him. It was a very difficult decision for them (financially and otherwise – tuition is $125k /year, but they get some scholarship money) but he’s really doing well in a highly-structured environment with teachers and staff who are all well versed in working with kids with similar issues. He has friends, hobbies, participates in activities … none of those things were true before.
Anonymous says
Is respite care an option for you? Like could you get an after school nanny to take them to different activities? Maybe art therapy or regular therapy appointments? You might find a social work student who is interested as a resume booster?
CrowTRobot says
Can’t seem to find the answer on the internet or even on the frosting container… When using Funfetti frosting, do you mix in the mix-ins before stirring or do you add to the top after frosting? Seems like the answer is the latter because the mix-ins will muddy the frosting.
Anon says
I do the former.
AwayEmily says
I do the latter.
Anonymous says
The “muddiness” of the mix ins was the best part of funfetti frosting for me. I’ve only ever seen it mixed in, but I’m sure it’s just as fun either way.
Add later says
I’ve done it both ways, but if you care about how it looks I say add later.
CrowTRobot says
The follow up that nobody asked for… It was an Oreo Funfetti icing, and I went with sprinkling on top. It was a mess. I regret not mixing it in first. Good thing is… it’s for a 4-year old.
Anon says
so potentially outing myself, but i just got a text from a mom in my daughter’s preK class that the school just notified her that her daughter cut my daughter’s dress today and she wants me to send her a link so she can replace it. i’m a bit surprised i haven’t heard from the school yet, but idk how to respond to this mother’s text. i mean we can afford to buy my daughter a new dress. and in fact we have two of the dress bc she is a twin and we have two of all clothes (though this dress is a favorite so i will probably want to purchase a new one to avoid WWIII in my home). do i let this mom purchase a new one? i will also probably see this mom at a school holiday celebration tomorrow… how do i respond?
Anon says
I would say you appreciate the offer but it’s not necessary. I don’t think the text is that weird. I sent a similar text when my same age daughter took a bracelet from a friend’s house (she wasn’t trying to steal it but I had to carry her out mid-meltdown and didn’t realize it was there and then we apparently lost it).
Anonymous says
I agree with this. I sent a similar text in a similar situation but with a toy and the mom basically responded “no need, thank goodness you got that toy I hate out of my house”
If buying a new dress is unnecessary or not a hardship for you, I would err on the side of being gracious.
NYCer says
This is what I would do too.
Anonymous says
+1 – she’s just trying to make it right.
Anon says
If it is not a strain on you, I’d just tell her it was nice to reach out but not necessary to buy another dress. Tables turned, I’d be appreciative of a parent that gives some grace that kids do weird (sometimes destructive) things all the time.
Anonymous says
If I’m the mom with the daughter who cut the dress, this is the first thought I have about how I can essentially repent for my child’s misdeed. This mom is likely super embarrassed and this seems like a reasonable (albeit generous) way to make it up to you. I don’t think it’s weird to send it, but you can decline the offer and I don’t think declining would be rude.
Anonymous says
My three year old is officially cooler than me. He just got invited to a New Year’s Eve party by a classmate. Granted, the party consists of lunch and a ballon animal artist starting at 11:30, but getting the email threw me for a loop. No, it is not this child’s birthday.
Anon says
Cooler than me too! I don’t think I’ve ever been invited to a proper NYE party, lol.