Accessory Tuesday: Mini Slouchy Vida Suede Bag

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Suede isn’t the most practical material, but it’s everywhere this fall and I’m having a hard time resisting. 

This slouchy suede bag would look great with all my fall outerwear — the simple, uncluttered design works with everything from cozy wool shackets to sleek trenches. It’s the perfect size for daily use and features an adjustable strap, clasp closure, and interior pocket.

Since the bag doesn’t zip shut, I would definitely use a purse organizer to keep things secure.

This bag is $220 at Banana Republic. It also comes in black and ivory leather (ivory is on sale for $169.99). It’s also available in a larger tote version

Sales of note for 9.10.24

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

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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Help be brainstorm- I need activities for ~10 girls ages 10-12 for an evening (~6-8) Halloween party/birthday party combo. We’ve done backyard movie night before. I’m thinking come in costume, make your own slime in the garage/basement, maybe a singing/dancing competition of some kind (what??), paint or decorate pumpkins? too messy? I am thinking about doing big prizes in lieu of goody bags– in the $10-$15 range of popular skincare type stuff.

I’m looking for things that will work when it’s dark outside while the kids are in costume. No eating donuts off string but am otherwise open!

How much supervision is normal for parents to provide their young children? At a big family event my husband and I hosted this weekend, two of our slightly younger relatives and their husbands did basically nothing to supervise their children, all aged 4-6. This pack of kids whacked each other with furniture cushions, left the room and roamed the facility unsupervised, spit on the fire alarm panel (???), put their faces on other people’s dishes, deliberately released helium balloons into the ceiling fans, and ran around the room yelling during the toasts so no one could hear. Their parents did virtually nothing to curb their misbehavior or remove them from the room when they were disruptive. When other familiar adults asked the kids to stop doing dangerous or disruptive things they just laughed and doubled down on their behavior. My kids are older and were horrified that their cousins would even think of behaving in this way, and said they would be completely mortified to have their behavior corrected by aunts and uncles and grandparents. The rest of the kids at the event, all at least 8 years old, behaved like perfect ladies and gentlemen. I am pretty miffed because the balloon incident may end up costing us money, and because the rowdiness during the toasts detracted from a special moment for the guest of honor and the rest of the family. Am I unreasonable in expecting parents to keep their kids in check, or am I just old and out of touch with modern parenting?

Hi, ladies. What would you do in this situation? Our 16 month old goes to a well-regarded and “fancy” daycare. We pay a lot of money for them to provide us with attentive childcare.

On Friday, when we picked her up from daycare, she had a bite on her arm that they say she received when they were playing outside, but nobody saw what bit her. It looked like a bad bite with two puncture wounds (!). Long story short, the daycare director was unhelpful and defensive and just did not know what bit our daughter.

We took her to children’s urgent care that night and to her pediatrician’s on Saturday morning, and both doctors said how they think it was some kind of insect but cannot be sure. I insisted that we vaccinate our daughter for a possible rabies exposure because no one saw the bite happen and I am not taking the smallest of chances it was a bat bite (two puncture wounds, dubious-looking bite). We still have two more vaccines to get, but no vaccine side effects so far.

How would you handle this with the daycare? I feel really upset that no one saw what bit my baby, and also that the director was so dismissive when we talked to her about it. Do we let it go? What would you say to the daycare?

How do you manage your own feelings and responses when you’re good at something your kiddo just . . isn’t? My four year old is easily deterred from physical activity if he feels like he isn’t good at it. For example, he refuses to alternate feet going up the steps; preschool has asked us to practice so that he isn’t going on hands and knees up the stairs at school. We’ve slowly progressed to going up but only leading with one foot, so the other foot never gets stronger and reinforces his feeling that he isn’t good at it. And his pediatrician recommended we do swim lessons to help with his core strength, but we face similar challenges that he just won’t try. The fact that he won’t try drives me bonkers and I find myself getting mad and wanting to yell. I never want to be that parent yelling at my kid from the sidelines, but I also want to encourage him to develop some resilience for hard things. I want to ask for tips to help him, but I think the problem is me here. I was a college athlete and take pride in my physical ability, and I can see that I’m struggling to parent a kid who doesn’t have that pride or confidence (yet?) Any tips? Anecdotes?

My almost 5 year old is really boy crazy for one particular boy in her preschool class.
She often says they are going to get married, have 3 babies when they group up, etc.
I’m also a parent to a little boy, so I can easily picture how this could be really disruptive to the boy on the receiving end.
Her teacher(s) have not said anything to us yet.
A good example of what this looks like is, when everyone in her class was asked what their “dream car” would be, 99% of the kids in her class gave pretty age appropriate answers.
My child responded with “an elegant coach for me and XYZ Boy to ride in”.
Do I just ignore it? Do I try to re-direct her? Any anecdotal takes on if this is something a lot of 4/5 year olds do?
She has a birthday party coming up that’ll have a smaller head count. Do I let her invite this boy to the party?

I usually forcibly hold my 2yo on my lap to discipline him. But now he’s learning about consent, and these time-outs go absolutely against that. He screams, “stop, it’s MY body.”

Not to mention it broke my heart to hear him shouting “I need to get bigger and stronger”… To physically fight me???

Can anyone recommend another way to stop him when he’s acting out? Specifically, hitting and peeing on the floor, for example?

Posting here as well as the main page- I know some of recommended Spain for family trips! I have just booked 7 days in Spain (flying in and out of Madrid) in April for my family, including a 6 year old and an 8 year old. Would love tips and ideas for places to stay and things to do! I’m tentatively thinking 2 nights in Madrid, train to Seville, 4 nights there, then train back to Madrid for the night before we leave. We live in a city so are comfortable with public transportation and would prefer not to rent a car, but I’m also very open to an agritourism stay or something along those lines if anyone has recommendations for things off the beaten path, or other places we should go. Thanks for your thoughts!

For parents with kids on the ASD spectrum, if you have done ABA therapy, how did the intake process go? We have a daughter who was diagnosed after school age. She was on a waitlist at the recommended ABA therapy center for a year. When we got to the top of the waitlist, they wanted her to come in 40 hours a week, even though that meant pulling her out of school. She has been in regular school since K (in 6th grade now), largely in part because we didn’t know she was autistic until later. She did all of the usual things at the right time or earlier. She is doing above grade level work in school and only struggles social / with regulation. I can’t see that the loss of learning at this point is worth it. And the recommendation for 40 hours/week is *without having actually met her*. Is that usual? Or just a money grab? I can’t see her needing or doing well with 40 hours of anything and pulling her out of school would mean far fewer socialization / interaction opportunities with peers (not to mention learning loss). I feel like no one will give me a straight answer here. I know that the austistic community hates ABA, but I also see how learning to work with the non-ASD world is a valuable life skill (but maybe just being in the world is better than an ABA center). I can see 40 hours being helpful for a kid with more severe challenges who isn’t yet school aged. Also, I work (and would like not to lose my job). WWYD?