Family Friday: Balloon Animal Kit
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My oldest just completed a week of circus camp, complete with juggling, pogo sticks, and balloon twisting.
This balloon twisting kit has everything you need to get started — it includes an air pump, 100 balloons, and an instruction manual and additional online videos. Before you know it, your kid will be able to make animals, flowers, hats, and more! It’s a great activity for parties, indoors and out.
This balloon twisting kit is available at Amazon for under $20.
Sales of note for 11.25.24 (Great Black Friday Sales!!)
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday, up to 60% off — great deals on Natori, Vince, Theory, Boss, Cole Haan, Tory Burch, Rothy’s, and Weitzman, as well as gift ideas like Barefoot Dreams and Parachute — Dyson isn’t marked down at all but you do get 3x points on beauty purchases.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, plus extra 15% off full price styles
- Anine Bing – Shop more, save more (spend $200-$300, get an extra 15-25% off)
- A.P.C. – Shop 40% off
- ba&sh – Up to 40% off Fall/Winter styles, including select colors of reader favorite Gaspard & Guspa cardigans (also included in Tuckernuck’s sale)
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything + extra 20% off (or extra 30% off with your Gap Inc credit card) ends 11/26
- Bloomingdales – Take $25 off every $100 you spend on items labeled BLACK FRIDAY; ends 11/24
- Boden – 30% off on 1000s of styles, including reader favorites like this blazer and these dresses
- Cuyana – Free shipping over $95 (and 10% off your first order over $150)
- Demellier – 20% off with code, free worldwide shipping & returns
- Design Within Reach – 25% off sitewide (including reader-favorite office chairs Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – Black Friday, up to 30% off everything
- Eloquii – 50% off everything + extra 10% off $125 or more
- Everlane – Up to 50% off everything
- Furla – Up to 50% off select styles
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything – LOTS of winter coats 40% off, down to $204-$230
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders $125+
- Kule – 30% off sitewide
- Kohl’s – Earn $10 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 Spent – includes Travelpro luggage!
- LaLigne – 30% off in their ONLY sale of the year
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off – reader favorite laptop tote is under $200
- Macy’s – 20-50% off beauty brands like Clinique and Armani, 50% off designer handbags, 50-75% off sparkly jewelry, and 40-50% off women’s boots
- Mansur Gavriel – Winter sale, up to 60% off
- M.M.LaFleur – “20% off everything” (but exclusions apply)
- Ministry of Supply – 30% off sitewide
- Mulberry – Up to 40% off, including Bayswater, Islington, and more
- Neiman Marcus – Earn a $50-$1250 gift card, including on beauty and fragrance purchases
- Rothy’s – Everything up to 30% off (some also on sale at Nordstrom)
- Shopbop – 25% off storewide with code, including great blazers from Rag & Bone, IRO, Smythe, and select L’Agence (also lots of nice Black Halo dresses)
- Soma – Early Black Friday $29 bra event (up to 50% off)
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Sue Sartor – Week of Joy sale, 30% off sitewide
- Steelcase – 25% off sitewide, including reader-favorite office chairs Leap and Gesture
- Strathberry – Pre-black Friday, enjoy up to 30% off select styles!
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + daily deals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + up to 40% off select outerwear
- Tory Burch – 30% off $250+
- Tuckernuck – 20% off sitewide
- Universal Standard – At least 30% off sitewide, up to 70% off all styles
- Victoria’s Secret – 30% off everything, and 7/$35 panties
- White House Black Market – 60% off clearance, 30% off sitewide for WHBM members
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- BabyJogger – 30% off sitewide
- BestBuy – Lots of deals on gaming consoles, including PS5, XBox Series X, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site and store
- ErgoBaby – 25% off bouncers
- Graco – Up to 30% off sitewide
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off sitewide
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off almost everything, prices marked
- Nordstrom – Lots of deals on Stokke, Maxi-Cosi, BabyJoger, Posh Baby, Silver Cross, and more
- Old Navy – Everything on sale
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 30% off Snoo, up to 50% off sitewide
Just need a little reassurance. My toddler started daycare this week after being home with a nanny. She was super fun and kept him busy with classes, activities and outdoor time. I heard a lot of laughing on days I was wfh. He is not loving daycare (which is expected during the transition) but I realized his new routine might be a downgrade from before. He’s stuck in the same room most of the day and has to follow a lot of rules now. I still think it’s the right decision for us but his sadness every morning is starting to get to me and I feel bad for him. He’ll be ok, right?
Any advice? Now that we are done having kids, I’m starting the process of getting a hysterectomy and bladder sling for my rather severe prolapse that began with my first (rather traumatic) birth. I’ve done some pelvic floor PT and saw some improvement but by no means did it fix it. And, the PT told me she wasn’t sure I’d ever get to a point she’d recommend running again, at least without surgery. I meet with the urologist soon. She and my OB would likely do a joint surgery. FWIW I’m 35. Any questions you’d ask? Any one have this done? What should I consider?
Hi mom,
I have a soon to be 7 year old that I’d love to keep pushing towards independence. She makes her bed every morning and now does her own laundry after a standoff where she wanted to only wear a handful of items from her clothes.
Now that school is back I’d like her to start assisting with managing her calendar. Her school events, sports events etc.
Any thoughts on how to start this? Her reading is so so (just stated 1st grade) and she writes quite slowly.
Not sure what I’m looking for other than how to to navigate training her up on this.
We do have a skylight calendar in the kitchen she can (slowly) read.
Inspired by the booster question above…when did you make the move from forward-facing carseat to the high back booster?
My daughter is 4.5, tall (I don’t have the exact measurements right now) and clocks in at 39 lbs. We have the Graco SlimFit 3-in-1 and the forward-facing harness range is 22-65 lb and up to 49″. High back booster is 40-100 lb, 43-57″, at least 4 years old.
Not in any rush to move her, just curious. Would the safest be to wait until she maxes out the forward-facing harness range?
Poll of the day: how much storage space do you have for digital photos?
I’m finally biting the bullet and consolidating all my pics into Google Photos. (Shoutout to the BOBW episode on digital decluttering). Mine turned out to be like 9 GB, just from the past 6 months or so, not including what’s on DH’s phone. I know I could do better at filtering them, but it was still more than I expected!
We are traveling to Seattle and Vancouver Island later this summer with two kids, 10 and 7. Any recommendations? We have been to Seattle before with them so have already done Pike Place Market, the Science Center, the airplane museum and an orca-watching cruise (though open to repeats).
Kid headphone recs? My first grader needs some for school. And the ones we use for travel just broke
My 6-week-old daughter has a swollen nipple area. No redness, fever, discharge, etc. I know this can be common directly after birth, but since it’s just appeared now I’m unsure whether to be concerned. Has this happened to anyone else here?
Kat, I am getting loud autoplay ads on Safari. The most recent was “IF JUST ONE PERSON IN YOUR FAMILY HAS TYPE 1 DIABETES…” The ads never seem to play immediately when I open the page, but after I’ve been on it reading for a little while.
Another “what am I forgetting?” question. My husband and I are taking a couples trip next week. We’ve done this before, but this time is different because my parents are staying in our house and taking care of our dog as well as taking our kid to school and activities (previously kiddo stayed at their house, only went to daycare and the dog went to a dog sitter so there was a lot less to keep track of). I’m preparing a document for them with all the info they need: I have info about the kid’s school routines and activities, the pediatrician info, the number of a local mom friend who can help in an emergency, the dog’s info including the name and number of the vet, info about house things like when our trash goes out and our travel itinerary. Anything else you would add? I feel like I’m forgetting something but not sure what.
For those of you with elementary ages kids who travel on planes a lot – what do you typically do about boosters? Rent from the rental car places? Bring along your boosters on the plane? Anyone tried those inflatable ones that pack down? It’s easier than big carseats for sure, but still a pain to have to carry one more thing.
We’re having an outdoor party on Saturday — about 30 adults and 15 kids. We’re renting a bounce house and extra tables/chairs, doing sausages/hot dogs/veggie burgers, chips, and Costco sides/dessert.
My question is…what am I likely forgetting? We are NOT party-hosting people — I think the last time we’ve had a party was our wedding ten years ago. I know many of you are hosting experts — please, advise me!