Family Friday: Kids’ Drizlita Rain Boot
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While April showers bring May flowers, there’s also a lot of rain in the fall where I live.
This fall, these bright rain boots from Ugg will keep your little one’s feet snug and dry. There’s a genuine sheepskin insole and built-in handles for easy on and off (or carrying). They’re also made from recycled materials (some from Ugg’s Classic boot) and come in four rainy day colors (black, “canary,” “samba red,” and “taffy pink”).
Ugg Kids’ Drizlita rain boots are $49.95 at Zappos. They’re available in kids whole sizes 6–12.
Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
This may be late in the day, but any tips for getting over work mess ups? Lately, I’ve made some very minor-in-the-grand-scheme errors, but ones that either annoyed my boss or ended up creating confusion. Lawyer, very small office, sophisticated clients/opposing counsel. One was a typo to a meeting time that ended up meaning the meeting didn’t happen and had to be rescheduled. (We had agreed on a specific time and date, but in a later follow up I wrote an obviously wrong time, so the opposing counsel secretary set it for the entirely wrong time, ack!). The client wasn’t upset at me, but it was frustrating and makes me doubt myself even more.
How can I make my yard more usable for playing outside? First LO is still barely crawling, so we still have all the phases in our future. We bought a big property partly for kids, but I’m regretfully realizing I’ve forgotten how to play outside. We were bad at yardwork before, and it’s only gotten so much worse now that time and money are tighter!
Currently, we have a goofy dogpen outside door 1, a raised patio outside door 2, some grass under dying trees and a bunch of abandoned farm fields. I used to have a small veggie patch in a raised bed, which never actually grew anything. Desert climate and we can’t water very much. WWYD?
Some close friends (but closer to my husband) just lost a much awaited first pregnancy at around 15 weeks. We live near them so can drop something off or have it delivered, but would like to send something ASAP. Thoughts on what is best to send? My inclination is to send something more for the wife (can’t imagine what she’s going through physically, ugh), but I know her husband also lost a baby and is very sad. Maybe something specific for her, and something for both of them? Please help! Willing to spend up to $150 total.
How many extracurriculars do your kids do? I have a very energetic kids who wants to do it all. She’s on gymnastics team, swim team (requires no driving because of aftercare), choir (before school so NBD), jazz. She’s telling me she wants me to sign her up for karate, tennis, and art! What’s the balance between supporting her interests and also everyone being super-overscheduled? She’s in 4th grade if it matters. All her friends seem to do a ton to do, but they are mostly with SAHM who also have nannies to help with driving. Thankfully my other one is 4 so he only does soccer and swim, and husband helps a lot with driving.
Best way to gracefully exit a job after maternity leave? I will be out for 4-6 months and plan on returning for a few months before giving notice. I am not unhappy with the job/workplace but feeling that this job is no longer a good fit for this stage of life because it requires a lot of my emotional energy (public defender) and I have a long commute. This was fine pre-kid but I am finding it unsustainable while raising small kids (big job spouse who tries his best to be present but can’t really take on much of the load other than making money to throw at the problem).
I also have no idea what I will do next but it will not be PD work—so open to suggestions.
Update on the reluctant medicine taker. While mixing with apple sauce was a decided fail, mixing with choclate pudding last night worked! The key was also that I only mixed with half a cup so I only had to make sure she got that much in her.
This morning I mixed it with honey vanilla greek yogurt which was then mixed with granola. she was mad I’d already made her breakfast (while sneaking her medicine in) so I got out sprinkles for her to add to the top. And she ate it!
Um, can you tell this is also my picky eater? But so glad she got the medicine in her and we’ll just have to do a dessert detox in ten days.
Best gifts for 2-year-olds? I have two nieces turning 2 soon and for some reason am having a hard time thinking of gifts. Their older brothers are easy to shop for because they have very definite interests, but these two are not that way yet. I’m looking for toys or books that are cool and current but a little off the beaten path so they won’t already have them, or useful things that also feel “fancy” so the moms will like them. I usually spend about $35 but am flexible.
Paging the anon who shared a baby shopping list with Deedee yesterday – can I get in on that train? [email protected] :)
Anyone have recommendations for less than expensive toddler rain boots? Mine basically refused to wear boots all of last spring and fall and we’re still moving through shoe sizes rapidly, so I don’t want to spend $50. But I do still want boots that actually keep my child’s feet dry (which in my experience is not true of all “rain” boots).
After yesterday’s thread (which I missed but was reading late at night), I wanted to share an awesome thing about each one of my kids.
6 year old son is going to be going to the public school for the first time and is in class with the little girl next door. When asked ‘what are you excited about for this fall?’ both of them said being in class with each other.
2 year old has blossomed after some speech delays and now can be understood by everyone and is SO THRILLED.
Baby maintains their status as best behaved kid and has started to smile and they’re fabulous.
Spouse finished Big Project on the house AND also just let me know that the kids’ wardrobes are all set for Fall/winter with the exception of one pair of snow pants.