Family Friday: Kids’ Newport Shoe
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I have the most darling photo of my oldest wearing hikers similar to these on her first National Park trip.
If you’re looking to spend some family time in nature, these all-around hikers from Keen are perfect for your little ones. They work in wet and dry conditions, are comfortable year-round, and feature an easy-on, easy-off bungee closure.
Having seen my kids trash their sneakers on muddy or rocky trails, I consider these a sound investment. That pair from my oldest is ready and waiting for my youngest.
Keen Kids’ Newport Shoe is $54.95–$69.95 at Zappos. They’re available in toddler, little kid, and big kid sizes. They come in bison/black, black/original tie-dye, and steel grey/brilliant blue.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- 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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I highly recommend low-top waterproof hiking shoes as everyday shoes for little kids. No more soaked sneakers from dewy grass on the playground.
Our third second grade teacher quit this week. That’s three out of four. Is this happening at your schools? Our admin has been pretty quiet about why teachers are leaving. The three teachers that have left have given less than a week of notice. One teacher just gave a day of notice. The abruptness is really scary and makes my mind wander. What the eff is going on?
I’m so happy to see these featured! We do keen shoes for winter and keen sandals for summer. I freaking love them and they’ve held up well for both kids. Team no flip flops for kids!
Ha ha, jokes on me. I know this is a big issue in the DC area and I still managed to mess it up. My kid’s preschool sent out the summer camp registration email yesterday afternoon and I missed it (they didn’t announce beforehand that it was coming). By this morning all the sessions are full. Its fine and we’ll be able to figure something else out. My husband who didn’t grow up here is experiencing utter disbelief that this is the way it is.
Has anyone self-referred their infant to early intervention and can speak to how that works and what to expect? DS hasn’t really missed milestones to the point where the pediatrician is concerned. However, we and daycare have noticed some core weakness that seems like it is going to prevent him from crawling, etc. on time. DS was 4 weeks early and had really bad reflux as a younger infant- -both of which we think are contributing to his core weakness.
I’ve been meaning to thank those posters that recommended some great stocking stuffers last month. Kanoodle, scotch tape and bandaids have been such big hits! Honestly, the tape is probably the best — now, they don’t have to ask me for it (we keep ours out of reach because they use so much!) and I don’t have to be annoyed that they’re “wasting” it! Love this community for the big and little things :)
Childcare wordle is too depressing to attempt; it’s January 74th and I would love to hear some hilarious things your kids are saying, or some classics. I’ve got a good one — upon seeing a picture of Raffi holding a guitar on the back of a book, 2yo goes “Who’s that naked guy?”
how bad of an idea is it to get fabric chairs in our kitchen with two kids? our decorator keeps insisting that the fabric will just wipe off, but it makes me kind of nervous…
Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent – not looking for top of the line – laptop that will be used for school and gaming for a tween? He is adamantly anti-apple because it is incompatible with Minecraft java edition. I have no idea what I’m looking for, and little dude’s birthday is around the corner. (I’m fine if it takes some time to come in.)
I’m not sure what exactly I’m asking, but I’m really struggling with the emotional aspects of parenting and am not sure what to do. My son just turned five, and has lived with me (sans dad) for three years. He’s generally a pretty well-adjusted kid, I think, no known developmental or emotional issues. Dad is not a monster, but is a selfish incompetent mess and hasn’t ever had son for even an overnight. Most of the time he sees him for a few hours a couple times a week, but there have been 1-3 week periods he hasn’t, or has forgotten him at school, etc. I have, say, 90-95% custody.
In the last six months or so, my son has started saying really hurtful things to me about how he loves daddy more, I’m no fun, he wishes it was Thursday so he could see dad, etc. I’m trying not to be reactive, but it’s hard and wearing on me. I spent a year keeping him home full-time and working full-time during COVID and I think it’s maybe permanently damaged our relationship. I’m the distracted boring parent who does all the doctors’ appointments and haircuts and makes him wipe his butt and wash his hair and brush his teeth, and dad is the treat who has no concept of any of that and is just “fun”. I’m tired and hurt and it’s starting to affect my parenting more, which is a bit of a vicious cycle. I think I do fun things with my son… we built an e-bike seat together so I could bike him to school, we go camping 5 or 8 times a year, we go out to restaurants occasionally, I plan birthday parties, etc. But it feels like it’s never enough.
Are there parent therapists? Is there a way for me to reframe this? Will he stop soon?!
Screaming into the void today. Haven’t had childcare all this week. Took the toddler to the grocery store right when it opened this morning to waste some time. Got a call for work on the drive home. Trying to unload groceries, kid, and do a work call. Dropped a bottle of wine that smashed all over the garage. RIP wine
Back to daycare on monday at least!
I have a video interview today for a virtual butt in seat job that a former colleague recommended me for. I have an easy four year old and 11 month twins who were premature and have had health challenges for the last five months. I’m working hard to manage their issues: in February one of the twins has eight doctor appointments. Last night I was lying in bed and one of them was crying and I thought, there’s no way I can work and care for these kids. FWIW, I have a nanny, but she can’t take them to doctor appointments (they’re fosters so I have to do it). Am I crazy to not consider the job? The income would be nice. Mostly, I’m afraid if I’m out of the work force for multiple years I won’t be able to get a job once the twins start school…which feels like it will be 400 years from now. I need to at least give the job a shot, right?
I have a summer child-care dilemma. Younger kid is going to a program for school-age kids at her old daycare. She’s super excited about it, has lots of friends there, they do field trips, etc. So that’s easy. The dilemma is what to do with my sixth grader. While he doesn’t need to be watched in the same way, having him home alone for hours and weeks on end is not going to be a good scenario, either. Please trust that I know my kid when I say that he can stay alone some of the time, but definitely not the whole time. We can cover about three weeks with camps. I have no idea what to do for the rest of the summer, though. The YMCA offers full coverage, but it’s not a viable option (e.g., kids that have a history of being terrible to him, plus young, undertrained staff members are a toxic combination). What’s relevant is that he has ADHD and needs structure to his days.
Option 1: Try to find more week-long camps. Which is getting challenging because he’s aging out of quite a few of them. The downside is that we tried this last summer, and it was such chaos and disruptive to our work schedules to have a new camp every week. DS also didn’t deal well with a routine that was constantly changing.
Option 2: Find a college-age student to basically be a nanny. Seems dumb to have a nanny for one kid, and I don’t know what they’d do all day, but it’s something. Also, how does someone find a unicorn like this? It’s possible that I could split this with another family, but not totally sure who, yet.
Option 3: Occasionally send him over to my MIL’s. While he loves his grandma a lot, she has mobility issues and can’t easily take him places. He will be bored and in front of a screen a lot, but at least he’d have company.
What do you do about the photo waivers for things like dance class or gymnastics class? We don’t post any photos of our kids on social media or online. I don’t want money for go to of my kids, I just don’t want the program posting photos of them online. I feel like I can’t find a single program that will enroll them without requiring a photo waiver. Is this just standard and I should get over it?