Weekend & Family Friday: Kiddie Play Supermarket Playhouse
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I bought my son an indoor tent at the beginning of quarantine, hoping that he would go inside and entertain himself quietly. Optimism — ha! It didn’t give me as much quiet time as I wanted, of course, but he does love it. All kids love a little space of their own to put their favorite toys in or engage in some imaginative play.
While it’s not the one I bought, I like this tent that’s printed like a supermarket. I think it would make a cute companion to a play kitchen, and you could even put some shelves inside to store all of the play food that comes with the kitchen.
It is $33.41 at Sears and available at Amazon for $24.89. Kiddie Play Supermarket Playhouse
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- 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
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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Happy Friday everyone!
Tonight, we have ‘cocktail hour’/’happy hour’ planned. I know I’ve talked about this on here before, but it’s one of my favorite things – 4-5PM is the worst hour of the day over here and turning it into ‘appetizers and seltzer or chocolate milk in a fancy glass while we listen to music and chat about our day’ a couple days a week makes it so much better.
I’m literally planning presentation of appetizers for my kids. Cookie cutters are involved. WHO AM I?
Any advice on cat and baby interaction? Now that my 10-month old is crawling he often excitedly crawls over to the cat. Our cat is very curious about him (won’t immediately run away) but will hiss if he comes over quickly and will scratch if he tries to touch her. So far we’ve just been keeping them separated, but is there any recommended method of getting them comfortable together?
Husband: have you seen Pinkey Pie?
Me: (hands over pink My Little Pony)
Husband and daughter in unison: No! That’s Princess Twilight Sparkle!
(Husband and I gaze at each other realizing that there is no denying it: DH is now Girl Dad).
FWIW we have 3 girls ;)
While I’m loving the extra time with my kids, is anyone else getting burned out from being their kids’ playmate during this time? I feel sort of sh!tty for admitting that, but it’s not like they’re getting social interaction anywhere else right now. There is a big age gap between my kids, which doesn’t help matters. Older kid gets FED UP with his little sister, who admittedly is a high-energy handful right now. If they play together for even an hour, that’s a success. Family bike rides and walks help, but you can only do that so many times a day. I just needed to vent because we’re headed into the weekend and I’m already dreading it.
Me again. Tell me your stories of moving from a city to a suburb, especially if you didn’t know anyone there already. How did you make friends? How long did it take for you to feel like it was your home?
Helmet recs for a toddler on a scooter? I ordered a micro mini thanks to the recommendation of this community, but they are out of helmets in size small.
What age were your kids when they could reliably put their clothes on themselves? My 4 year old (just turned 4 last month) knows how to dress and undress, and we do strongly encourage him to put on his PJs at night now, which he does although with a lotttt of dawdling before. In the morning, we just dress him ourselves while he watches TV because it’s faster and during daycare times, we need to get out the door. Should we be expecting him to dress himself all the time though?
The comments about going back to daycare the other day were very helpful. For those of you who are choosing not to send your kids back right away, will you pay tuition or unenroll?
We are trying to decide what to do for our 5 month old when our planned-on daycare reopens June 1. This would be her first time going, which adds to the weirdness of things like masked teachers and potential limits on cuddles. I have been able to handle WFH with her so far, especially since I don’t have to bill hours. I also dread the idea of pumping. So, overall, leaning towards not sending her quite yet. But then the question becomes, do we pay tuition to hold her spot until we feel more comfortable sending her, or just sacrifice the spot and figure it out down the line?
Has pandemic made anyone want to have MORE kids? We have three and have always been open to four (would be happy with family as is but hadn’t declared it complete). Home and working we’ve gotten to see them in action and they get along great but the older two especially are such a unit. I’m sure relationships will ebb and flow but I like the idea of a fourth so there’s not one being left out from whatever combinations emerge. Also we’ve gotten so tight as a family unit, it’s made me realize having a big family could be great? We are pretty happy staying in and hanging out with our kids most nights and more limited travel has been okay? DH it turns out has always been down for four. I’m nervous we are making crazy decisions during SIP. And about messing up a great dynamic. But yeah, might go for it anyways!
We’re putting down a beloved pet today. 6 YO son was always close with pet but even more so since lock-down since he can’t see any of his friends. Any words of wisdom on this? We explained last night that fido was in the hospital, and was very sick. Today we want to try and go say goodbye (assuming they let us in because of Covid).
1. Is taking son to say goodbye the right thing to do?
2. Do you explain “putting down” to a 6 year old, or just leave it as, ‘fido got really sick and died?’
We live in a fourplex where we pay $200/month in HOA dues that covers insurance and landscaping and exterior common repairs. The HOA manager owns 2 of the 4 units and never provides financials or bank statements or invoices. She came back a few days ago asking for $3000 for the last three years because she personally paid all this money and just now started to account for it. She had an excel document showing the costs but no invoices or bank statements for that time or before. The other owner is very wealthy and immediately responded that he would pay it. I said we would pay too but we need quarterly reporting going forward and that I’d be happy to do the books. I just feel so weird asking for this given that the second owner doesn’t care.
If any of you have been in a similar position, can you tell me if I’m crazy to request quarterly report on income and expenses, bank statements, and invoices over $250?
Maybe her other needs were so high because you refused to play with her? I don’t mean to be snarky… but it just seems harsh to flat out refuse to play with your kid.
Does anyone have a recipe recommendation for an easy birthday dessert/cake I can make my 2 year old? We’re having a small celebration next weekend with the grandparents,for which I’ll order a store cake. But I’m looking to make something simple for his actual birthday on Monday. Not sure I’ll have time to order groceries by Monday so need something that uses pantry ingredients (my pantry is pretty well stocked). Thanks.
I know it’s impossible to predict the future, but our schools are starting to kind of sort of talk about plans for this coming school year. My daughter will be entering kindergarten. The school is still deciding whether kids will be required to wear masks.
I personally don’t think masks are appropriate for such a young age, especially where I live: it will be HOT in August, and the AC at school isn’t totally reliable.
Am genuinely curious: what are yours thoughts on masks at school? Masks for all? Masks for none? Is there an age you believe it would be appropriate?
Those of you who have hired a daycare teacher during the pandemic – how is that working out w/r/t the unemployment they are collecting? Do you pay them under the table and they’re just not going to report it? Are you paying them little enough that they can continue to collect?
Am considering doing this but don’t want to screw up anyone’s unemployment or break any laws ideally….Other option is to just hire a college kid who wasn’t previously employed, but it seems so silly when this woman that my kid knows and loves is just sitting around doing nothing bc daycare is closed.