Family Friday: Kinetic Sand
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My youngest loves the beach — he can build sandcastles all day.
Kinetic Sand brings sandcastle fun indoors. Kinetic Sand isn’t new — it’s been around for a while and for good reason. This moldable, squeezable sand never dries out so you can use it over and over.
If your kid likes modeling clay or slime, this is another sensory toy right up their alley. It also comes in lots of bright colors, so the creative options are endless.
A 2 lb. bag of Kinetic Sand is $10.99 at Target and available at Amazon in a 2.5 lb. size.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
Any other rising kindergartners finishing up daycare/pre-K today? It’s my 5 year old’s last day of daycare. In just the last couple of weeks she’s lost the last of her baby words (“lello”), started taking showers instead of baths and riding her bike without training wheels. Where did my little kid go!?
It’s me. Looking for a nanny. Gosh it’s so hard. We’ve trialed a few and the one who did best with the kids also gossiped the most about her previous families—she disclosed way too much personal information. I know we will find one eventually but yesterday I felt defeated.
I would love some baby name suggestions. It’s our first and a girl. We were originally leaning towards Sophia or Isabella, but recently learned that my husband has cousins with those names. They are clearly not close – it’s like a 20 year age gap and the cousins live across the country. But it’s an uncommon last name, and those are the only people who come up if you google the names. So, we are still trying to figure out if we won’t use the names and trying to come up with other ideas. I also really like Penelope, but the last name starts with a P and I refuse to give a kid the initials PP. Any suggestions for other similar names?
I posted the other day about a 5 year old not liking camp….turns out she likes the camp just fine but misses mommy. She’s gone to preschool and another camp, but usually our nanny drops her but for this camp it’s been me and DH. It’s so hard both in the morning and evening to stay patient and help her through this, while also taking about camp in a different way with her twin sister (who says she loves it, yet misses mommy if i go out for an evening…kids are strange). Any tips? Also how do you not take on your kid’s feelings? Like if you drop off a crying kid how do you not let it impact you all day
Do you like to spend more time as a family or one on one? I am an introvert and love spending time with DH and each of the kids separately. I feel the same way with friends – I much prefer one on one friendships than hanging out in big groups. Was curious how others felt.
Parenting win – we don’t have camp today and I’ve convinced my son that “working” with mumma at the library is a nice way to spend the afternoon. Our library has a Lego table and now he’s drawing. I’ve written and submitted an abstract, started working on handover docs, and gotten to inbox zero.