Family Friday: Mid-Top Sneakers
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My oldest loves her Chucks so much that when she outgrew her old ones, she got another pair.
These mid top sneakers are a little shorter than her old hightops so they’re easier to get on and off. This version has the classic canvas upper, soft foam cushioned, and a padded tongue and collar for comfort. The daisy details sealed the deal for her.
Converse Kids’ Mid Top Sneakers are $50 at Target and come in sizes 1 to 6; they also come in a toddler version and a grown up version.
Sales of note for 9/5/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – Everyday styles from $34.50
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off fall faves + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started, up to 60% off top brands
- Talbots – 25-40% off select fall styles + extra 30% all markdowns
Do you purposefully expose your kids under 5 to music/language/whatever? (I have a 4 year old who went to a child’s concert recently and now I’m down the Suzuki method rabbit hole)
for those of you who do a lot of solo parenting/either you have the travel heavy job or your partner does, how do you split things so the one at home doesn’t burn out? i realize the traveling spouse is not like galavanting around europe and often spends all day in meetings, depositions, or the like, and might come home just as tired as the spouse who has been at home with the kid.
On the subject of adventure in motherhood, we just got a hiking backpack for the baby and he loved it on his first day out! I’ve had people tell me that it’s not worth it and that we won’t use it much, but I know myself and buying the expensive gear usually gets me out the door so much more. I’m excited to do more outside with him and to do some of the things that I always pictured as a mom.
Do you ever withhold otc tylenol/ibuprofen (from your kids or yourself) because you don’t think the pain is bad enough? DH and I are in chronic disagreement because he grabs them at the first sign of discomfort and I’m much more hesitant. I know they are mostly safe, but they do have side effects.
I realize this makes me sound like some kind of cruel witch, but I’m really not. Kid threw a tantrum demanding tylenol this morning and I was like, dude, it’s a hangnail. You can have a kiss and a bandaid.
Sometimes DH’s behavior baffles me to the point that I feel super irritated/angry and I’m trying to figure out what to do about it. Is this something I need to manage my emotions about? It’s hard to put my finger on the exact issue though other than he does things that strike me as incredibly stupid, not dangerous or unsafe though. Yesterday for example, he took time off in the middle of the day to go to the doctor. When he got home, I asked how did it go and he explained that it was a pointless follow up for an injury that had healed. Like the doctor said come back if it doesn’t get better, but it was better and he went in anyway??? He told me he forgot about the appointment but it was “too late” to cancel.
I think it is maybe an extreme lack of common sense??
When he does a lot of household tasks he asks weird or basic questions about things and it drives me crazy because it ends up being a lot questions. After 5+ years of answering each time, I have flat out told him that I will no longer resond to any questions about how long to microwave something. And I know the questions are weird because he will occasionally do it in front of my family or other people and they will laugh out loud at the question, like he’s joking, but he’s really not… We’ve been together for a long time, have little kids, and tbh, he’s an incredibly successful C-suite exec. He’s very kind, expectionally patient, and a great father, and I feel like I should let these things go, but each time, I kind of look at him and think, who is this idiot I married? Which I obviously never want to say out loud to anyone.