Family Friday: Kids’ Penguins Organic PJ Set
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I always get my kids pajamas for the holidays. Instead of traditional holiday motifs, I usually get something like this penguin pattern so they can wear them all winter long.
Primary’s 100% organic cotton pajamas are naturally soft and stretchy. They’re also prewashed to minimize shrinkage. As a repeat Primary customer, I can also attest to their clothes’ durability and hand-me-down quality.
This PJ set is on sale for $24.75 (down from $45) and is available in sizes 2-14. There are several other patterns available, including bears and reindeer.
Sales of note for 11/16/25
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- Ann Taylor – 50% off your purchase with code
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off 250+ styles + extra 60% off all sale
- J.Crew – Extra 60% off sale styles + up to 40% off cold-weather styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything + extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Extra 20% off sale with code + try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance up to 40% off
- Talbots – 30% off your purchase + 50% off T by Talbots + extra 50% off all markdowns
Good news and bad news.
Good news: A month ago, I started a weekly book club with my kids (7 and 9). Every Monday at 4pm we sit by the fire, drink hot chocolate, and talk about the book we are reading. We all love it.
Bad news: The book we chose is the first Land of Stories book and HOLY GUACAMOLE the writing is so abysmal. It makes Magic Treehouse seem like Great Expectations. The characters are completely inconsistent, everything is told and not shown. Anyway, it’s actually a good book club pick because the kids love the fairy tale references and I spend half the time ranting to them about how bad the writing is. But wow I sort of can’t believe it got published.
We moved and now have a big empty finished basement. Thoughts on games, etc, to get for the kids for Christmas to keep them busy during the cold winter months?
After being sick with an upper respiratory infection earlier this week, I have had what appears to he a cold sore pop up. *cries* I am making an appointment with my doctor.
For those of you who sometimes get cold sores, what precautions do you take with a child 2.5 years old? Obviously no kissing her or snuggling our faces (sad!) or utensil sharing, etc., but is there anything else I need to know?
Also, if anyone has any practical advice on handling a cold sore at work, I would appreciate it. I am currently hiding in my office. Thank you!
Anyone have bilingual kids in middle or high school in the US? How have you handled language courses? Does your school offer advanced language courses for bilingual kids, or, a test-out option, or college level courses? Or, do you let them take the easy-A? Or, make them take a totally different language?
For those of you who roomshared up to age 1, did you notice a difference in your baby’s sleep quality when you stopped? It’s very hard to know what to do when he wakes up super early and seems to want someone to grab him out of the crib but then won’t settle for a contact nap like he used to, despite being obviously very tired still.
I need advice on what to do, and a gut check on what is normal. For background, DH and I never physically punish our kids (ages 6 and 8) but do enforce rules/natural consequences and will raise our voices to break up a sibling fight or if something egregious occurs. DH and I are 80s babies and spanked/slapped as kids so it’s something we will not do to our own. Our kids are neurotypical and generally well behaved in public. Our kids aren’t perfect and definitely get crazy at home! And we’re not perfect parents. But we’re also financially stable, not facing the same pressures others may be etc…We are in the DMV and in our circle spanking kids is pretty uncommon.
So earlier this week I was with a group we belong to, think a scouting group, with moms/kids. We did an activity and all the kids were great. My kids were still inside the building while I ran out to the car, and one of the moms was screaming at her 5 year old “pick that up or I will slap the F******* Sh** out of you”. The little girl was crying. The mom was slamming the car doors. My impression is if you say that then you’ve probably done it. Everything had been fine inside the building about 60 seconds earlier. I do not know this mom well at ALL, but it was so verbally abusive and awful it shook me. I haven’t told anyone but DH. I don’t know if I should tell the leaders of the group, because this adult theoretically is around my children (this is not a drop off thing so my kids aren’t away from me and adults are always 2 adults in a room with kids). I don’t even know if this warrants a call to CPS but everyone always says they’d be worse off in the system. I was the only one who witnessed this – I am not a mandated reporter, but this was just so uncomfortable for me.
My 2nd grader has off next week from school. My husband and I both WFH, so she’ll be able to hang out just fine by herself on Monday and Tuesday. However, I got a college aged girl from the neighborhood to come and play with her in the afternoon. Do I ask her her rate or just give $20/hour? We hardly use babysitters, so interested in the norm. I’ll do whatever.
I just need to vent and some good vibes going into Thanksgiving week. DH is grumpy that we are traveling for the holiday bc he travels soo much for work (we travel every year for Thanksgiving so this is not new) and I am grumpy from all of the solo parenting I’ve been doing and have zero patience left for my children. We finally have a plan in place with psychiatrist to start one of our 7.5 year olds on meds but as we just came up with this plan yesterday, we all agreed it would be better to start after we return, but I’m just hoping this week isn’t a disaster as I’m low on patience and don’t love parenting with an ‘audience.’ We are visiting my family and my sister will be there with her 3.5 and 1 year olds, who are adorable, and while my kids are very accustomed to taking turns and having to accommodate preferences, they are not used to spending a lot of time with littles and the last times we’ve been in this situation with SIL’s family, my kiddo has really struggled with this. I hate that I’m doing this but I’m almost wishing away the next week so we can be back in our own home. Done venting.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! (Our schools are closed all of next week which makes me feel like the holiday starts now)