Family Friday: Kids’ Wren Platform Lace-Up Sneakers
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There’s nothing like a fresh pair of sneakers for back-to-school. Here’s a fun pair from Target’s Cat & Jack line that won’t break the bank.
These lace-up platform sneakers have a cotton-polyurethane upper with a comfortable lining and insole for all-day wear. They’re available in three colors, and each one has a slightly different pattern — my tween especially likes the shimmery rainbow-colored ones.
These sneakers are on sale for $21 (marked down from $30) and come in whole sizes 13 to 5.
Sales of note for 7/11
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance, up to 60% off!
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it’s a great separate)
- Banana Republic Factory – Extra 50% off sale
- Brooks Brothers – Up to 40% off sitewide + 40% off 3+ items
- Express – Up to 75% off all markdowns; sale on sale, up to 70% off
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts
Frivolous Friday question… are the girls sports teams at your kids’ schools the Lady ___s? I think it’s a Southern thing? I live in the Midwest, but a more culturally southern part and they do this at our school. I hate it!
Do any of you have dogs with storm anxiety and if so, how are you managing it? We’ve had our shelter dog for almost 3 years and her storm anxiety is only getting worse. I’m not sure what to do. She’s a large mixed breed if that matters.
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In responding below, it occurred to me that I have different standards for what I permit my kids to do, vs. what doesn’t bother me at all if other kids are permitted to do. I guess – good for you, not for me parenting…But I don’t let my kids spend the night at other people’s houses unless we know the family really, really well, but I’m happy to host any kid overnight (with some reasonable restrictions – so strange that we were busy each time the kid who lied to my face has asked my kid for a sleepover). It wouldn’t bother me if I have a kid over who’s parents I don’t know well or haven’t met before, even if I wouldn’t be comfortable with my kid spending the night at their house. I do a phone check for new kids, but otherwise, I just sort of hover around with newer kids until they’ve gone to bed. Kids are 13 and 11. How do you approach this in your house?
Just for fun, could folks report back if their kids actually liked a book from a recommendation here?
I just found Shh Shh We Have a Plan and the kids were literally ROFL last night, so thanks for that!
Two book recommendation requests for this Friday…
1) Finding books (e.g. I Spy and Waldo). My 8yo loves these (he and my husband have a tradition of snuggling together and doing them in the morning) and I’m always on the hunt for new ones. Niche/weird/old ones I can get used are fine!
2) Kids nonfiction/reference. I like having a few books at the breakfast table that my kids can dip in and out of. They’ve been into Hamilton recently liked a Nat Geo book about the Revolution — what have your elementary kids enjoyed? Science, geography, history, I’m open to whatever.
I’m way too lazy to ever consider shoes with laces for little kids. My kids wore the stretch laces or velcro shoes until they were into middle school.
I absolutely hate kids walking around with untied droopy laces. And I absolutely hate having to remind them to tie their shoes constantly.
My daughter (11) has this friend she often wants to have for a sleepover, but she has constant food issues, which I think might just be BS.
First time she was over, we told them we were getting pizza, then as we were literally walking out the door, she goes “Is the pizza gluten-free?” Um, no. So I’m scrounging about and find some leftover chicken to offer, but turns out, she’s also a vegetarian. (Parents never mentioned anything.)
Except I find out later that the vegetarianism doesn’t count for bacon and pepperoni. And another time she was over my daughter had made cookies the day before, and it turned out that actually some gluten is OK. Then another time I made blueberry pancakes (which I’m sure I told them I was making), only to be told as we’re serving that she’s allergic to blueberries. But my daughter has since said she’s seen her eating blueberries.
So, she’s just messing with us, right? Her parents seem kind of kooky and distracted, so I’m thinking this is some attention thing. I’ve never actually spoken to them; we usually let the kids make plans and my husband just texts the mom to confirm, and he doesn’t want to raise it (and we figure they’re old enough to know their rules -other kids that age we know seem to). So, we get her a cauliflower frozen pizza (which seems awkward, since we’re usually cooking something), since my gut is to not make a big deal if she does have some food issues, but this is just annoying.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
Does anyone else have a kid who hates getting new shoes? My 9 yr old is insisting her holey sneakers are just fine. Zero interest in fresh shoes for back to school.