Washable Workwear Wednesday: Oxford Boxy Cropped Shirt
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After living in sweats and chunky sweaters for a few weeks, this crisp shirt feels like a refreshing reset.
This shorter, boxy shirt is a modern take on your typical buttoned blouse. Made from a soft and easy-care cotton/rayon blend, it also features double buttons on the cuffs so you can adjust them, and drop shoulders for a relaxed silhouette.
Uniqlo’s Oxford Boxy Cropped Shirt is $39.90 and comes in sizes XXS-XXL. It’s available in two striped patterns.
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Sales of note for 1/13:
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- Nordstrom – 11,000+ new women’s markdowns!
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase, including new arrivals + extra 50% off sale
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- Brooks Brothers – End-of-Season Sale: clearance up to 60% off
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- J.Crew – 25% off full-price styles, and up to 70% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 70% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons– Winter sale, up to 50% off — reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
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- Neiman Marcus – Up to 75% off when you take an extra 40% off sale
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale! $24.99+ markdown tops + extra 50% all other markdowns
Do you put any weight on elementary report cards? I’m talking less about grades in academic subjects and more about the teacher’s comments and ratings for behaviors, fwiw.
I feel like at least for my kid the comments at the beginning of the year are always rather negative and worrying and then the comments at the middle and end of the year are always much more positive, almost glowing. I used to get really stressed out by the negative comments at the beginning of the year, but this is the third year in a row that the negative comments have just disappeared without any real changes to my kid’s behavior, and now I sort of wonder if the teachers are just doing this so it looks like the kid made a lot of progress in their class. Do other people have this experience?
I’ve been having my kindergartner read a Bob book to me each night and it’s going pretty well. (These are simple books with mostly CVC words). What I’m not sure is what the next step is. Are there slightly more advanced books we should move into or should I try to jump into that Teach Your Child to Read book in the middle somewhere? Any been there done that?
My very childlike third grader is totally freaked out by the idea of puberty and periods and shuts down any attempt to discuss it, even in a casual way. She’s young for her grade (only just turned 8.5) and based on family history, periods are likely a long way off for her, but I assume she has friends who will start in the next year or so, and I want her to be respectful and somewhat knowledgeable so she doesn’t freak out if other girls are discussing it. Should I get her a book? Any suggestions?
Does anyone have a (portable) badminton set they like? My 7yo wants one for his upcoming birthday and there are ten gazillion online and I’m not sure what to get…
Heya! Folks were asking yesterday where to send mutual aid to Minneapolis families who can’t leave the house for work or school. Some vetted links:
DHH Food Drive — https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/despensas-food-drive — Local church has volunteers packing and delivering food.
DHH Rental Assistance — https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/rent-2 — They’re also providing rental assistance if people have lost income because they can’t go to work.
Colectiva Rental Assistance — https://colectivabilingue.org/en/donate/ — organized by a nonprofit that was started several years ago by area Spanish-immersion school parents
MN Together — https://givebutter.com/mntogether — organized by another local church in the Uptown neighborhood of South Minneapolis
Thank you for thinking of our community!
My children’s daycare, which we really love, has been using screens in my four year old’s class daily since getting back from winter break. It seems to be just small videos here and there.
Worth mentioning at all? We are not TOTALLY anti-screens but I just don’t find them beneficial in a preschool class .
Looking for some solidarity. Second pregnancy is kicking my ass. My first is 2 and in a major daddy preference phase and it is breaking my heart. That plus pregnancy hormones and all day morning sickness and a busy work month is really dragging me down. I’m only 7 weeks and trying to hang on for the next month or so till it gets better (or I hope it gets better). Someone please remind me how much better second trimester is than the first?!
Any suggested neighborhoods to stay in Barcelona? Going around Easter.
Related – a friend used to tell me to look for lululemons and Whole Foods to pick neighborhoods to stay in and it works really well… is there a Spanish version of lululemon?
Guys, my 10 year old daughter appears to have started her period yesterday. I’d seen a few indications things were starting to change in the past few months, but I thought this was just the beginning of a pretty long process and we still had plenty of time, so this is a huge shock. We’d discussed it generally, but always as something to worry about later, so I feel wildly behind on telling her what she really needs to know.
I was 12 when I started mine, and she’s tiny. (I read that most girls only grow an inch or two after that -if that’s the case, she’s going to be extremely short, which is not really the norm in the family). I had thought she’d be likely to be late among her friends.
She was feeling kind of bad cramps yesterday, but after a warm shower felt better and was in a great mood (though frequently said it was just so much to process!). I would have died over my dad or brothers knowing about such things but she looked at me like I was crazy when I suggested she might want privacy from her brother knowing. I showed her the different products and ordered a book to go over (I thought she might want to read it more privately, but she said she wants to read it together.)
I guess I don’t really have a question, just still in a bit of a shock over it. Seems just so early!
I have no musical knowledge so forgive me if this is silly. But does anyone have a book of “fun” piano music which uses finger numbers? My son has his book for lessons, and is picking up on reading music, but he wants to play “fun” music, by which I think he means The Beatles or something. Is this a thing?
WWYD? My husband and I alternate who manages bedtime and who does dishes each night, which I enjoy because it gives a little variety to the nightly routine. However, he gets the kids to bed late every single time he does bedtime. Sometimes just 30 minutes, sometimes an hour+. The kids really aren’t getting enough sleep and while I can micromanage and help move the process along, I’m resentful about it. He is constantly surprised when I tell him what time it is. I vascillate between taking a step back and knowing they’ll go to bed at 9pm instead of 8pm, or I help and then do the dishes after the kids are asleep.
The reasons are always myriad but to me, it just seems like he lacks the ability to be firm when needed. He loves chatting with them and reading to them and answering their wacky questions – and I’m so incredibly thankful that he just truly enjoys our kids and is an absolutely wonderful father. But 8:45pm is not the time to explain dark matter. FWIW, he 100% agrees that it is a problem but every hint and tip I give him, he pushes back and says DH took forever in the bath, or DH took forever to finish going to the bathroom, etc. He apologizes and says he will try to do better, but this has been going on a long time and I am not optimistic at this point. Are there any easy solutions I’m missing? Any levers to pull on my end? It really makes me feel like the “un-fun” parent because at least one of my kids prefers bedtime with him because he makes it fun, but you know, 60 minutes longer than it should.