Family Friday: Outfoxed! Game
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My oldest hates most board games — every round of Chutes and Ladders inevitably ends in tears. Then, someone told me about cooperative games where, instead of working against each other, players work together.
One of her favorite cooperative games is Outfoxed! Two to four players gather clues and rule out suspects to find the missing pot pie. The game only takes about 20–30 minutes, perfect for little ones with short attention spans. It’s a great way to introduce younger kids to board games — Outfoxed! today may become Codenames tomorrow!
Gamewright’s Outfoxed! Is $19.99 at Amazon.
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+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
What sunscreens do you like for little kids? 6 month old is ageing into sunscreen maybe being appropriate (?) and I have no idea what to get.
I’m helping coordinate an egg hunt for kids ages 1-6(ish). What candy can I stuff in these things? Has to be individually wrapped, no nuts, fits in a small easter egg. So far I have candy bracelets, trial size jelly belly (just barely fit), tootsie rolls and indivudlaly wrapped sour patch kids. I have about 5000 eggs to fill (and won’t be doing it myself).
Totally unimportant question: My son’s 5th grade class is collecting postcards from all 50 states, and they’re down to 7! If anyone lives (or is traveling to!) in Iowa, Connecticut, West Virginia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Vermont and would be willing to send them a postcard, please email me! Burner account is [email protected]. I am happy to reciprocate with California, Kansas or Missouri! Thanks in advance!
Total shot in the dark, but does anyone have any experience with the following daycares/preschools in South Jersey (or suggestions for other daycares in Moorestown/Mt. Laurel area)?
Goddard (Moorestown)
Creme de la Creme (ugh at the name but seems nice) (Mt. Laurel)
Chesterbrook Academy (Moorestown)
TIA!
Easter basket ideas that are not plastic junk? So far, I have Easter Mad Libs, bath b0mbs, and stickers. What have you all found – both for the basket itself and to put inside refillable eggs?
Do your elementary age kids play with the other neighborhood kids, walk to the park, or play on the street? I did this when I was little, but we live in an apt with no green space within walking distance so I never see kids around and can’t get a sense of what kids do these days. We are looking to buy a home and the houses are either:
A) smaller house but walking distance to park and school, and it seems like there are young families in the neighborhood with similarly aged kids. We would outgrow this house in the next 5-10 years.
B) larger house in nicer neighborhood, but nothing is within walking distance and the neighbors are older families. Bigger yards though (and higher price point).
How important is it to you that you have neighborhood kids and a park close by? I realize this is a “know your kid” kind of question, but curious how other families value proximity to parks and other families in similar life stages.
Does anyone else have a toddler who wakes up screaming and generally very unpleasant in the mornings? Kiddo is 18 months and has woken up screaming/crying and very upset ever since he was born. I’m shocked that kids actually wake up cooing or smiling or happy. He’s generally happy the rest of the day.
Will he grow out of it…?
I’m having a couple second graders over from after school-8ish for play/dinner/movie. I had been planning to order pizza, but one of the girls doesn’t like pizza and my daughter will eat it but isn’t wild about it.
Ideas for an alternative? Either take-out or easy to make and consume (eg not a taco bar, not cleaning that mess). Maybe baked ziti & garlic bread? My kid voted for pad Thai but I’m pretty sure that won’t be a winner for everyone.
Our whole family enjoys Outfoxed. It’s cute!