Family Friday: Pocket Art Dress
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How is it already Fourth of July weekend? For the Fourth, my daughter loves to sport something celebrating the Red, White, and Blue, and this Pocket Art Dress from Hanna Andersson is perfect for her.
This fun, twirly dress features patched pockets, a gathered waist, and ribbed neck and armholes. It’s also prewashed for minimal shrinkage so no surprises when it comes out of the dryer. The festive star pattern is perfect for the Fourth and beyond.
This dress is on sale for $15 (down from $36) and is still available in most sizes 18-24 mos. to 10. It also comes in a fun watermelon or pineapple print. There’s also a version with stripes that’s on sale for $19. Note that a few comments mention that the dress runs small, so consider sizing up.
Sales of note for 12/30:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started — up to 60% off! See our roundup here.
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase; extra 40% off + additional 30% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – The Winter Sale: 50% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- Boden – Sale, up to 60% — 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 – Semi-annual clearance, up to 85% off; extra 60% off clearance
- 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!
- Hannah Andersson – The Twice-a-Year Big Hanna Sale: Up to 60% off (even new arrivals on sale!)
- J.Crew – 25% off full-price styles; up to 50% off cashmere; 70% off 3+ sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off winter faves; extra 25% off $100+
- L.K. Bennett – All sale half price or less
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash sale, extra 30% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale, extra 40% off markdowns, and daily Red Door Deals starting at $19.50
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?
Is anyone else as angry as Tracy LeRoy is that the ABA published a piece about how women lawyers who are mothers are terrible managers, overly perfectionist, and don’t support other team members?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tracy-leroy-32211421_are-women-lawyers-paying-enough-attention-activity-6816732865020137472-b5Cf
https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/are-women-lawyers-paying-enough-attention-to-upward-mobility
Way to go, ABA.
We’re going away for three weeks and staying in three different family homes. I have an almost 11 month old who gets into EVERYTHING. What can I buy to create a safe place in these homes that are obviously not child proofed at all?
This morning he climbed on the bottom handle of the oven and accidentally pulled the oven open. He’ll be climbing bookshelves any day now. And of course with my first we didn’t have to childproof anything.
Suggestions of where to buy a party dress for a fashion-y tween girl? My future stepdaughter is going to be my sole bridesmaid in our wedding. We’d like to get her something that she could wear as a party/special occasion dress, not just something for the wedding and I don’t know where to look. (It’s usually her mom who shops for clothes with her, but obviously not in this case, and I don’t know anything about tween fashion retailers.). She’s 11.
Y’all my 6 year old has just started an “I hate you” phase and gotten way more aggressive when mad (hitting again – what?!!) and three year old has just started hitting. (Now that I say that maybe that’s why 6 year old started hitting again.) As we try to keep ourselves sane over the next few weeks – any tips for getting past the “I hate you, you’re the worst mommy ever, also I hate daddy and hate little brother he’s the worst brother on earth” stage ??? We are not offended by this but … it’s getting a little old. Big kid has just ended the school year that was only in person for a short while and is home for the summer with just a few camps, so I totally get he’s going through a lot of transition right now…
Help me plan my 5 y/o’s b’day party? Normally I’m 100% team “pick a place and we’ll do it there” but with COVID, the options are a lot more limited as we want to do an outside party. Her b’day is the first week of August when it will be super hot. None of the usual pool places are offering pool parties due to COVID. The local movie theater, which is one of the only spaces I’d consider doing inside, has shuttered for good due to the pandemic. There is blueberry picking near us but the chances that it will be 90 degrees and humid are high, and she will complain the whole time.
So far, her ideas have been a splash park [this is not going to be possible for a party- we can certainly go, but not to one where there is a designated space for her and her friends], and a limo ride [I told her we need to save this until her friends are out of carseats].
We are toying with the idea of renting a water slide/bounce house combo and doing it outside in our yard with a make-your-own ice cream sundae bar or similar fun dessert. Is that enough to keep kids busy for a couple hours? If not, what else should we plan to do?
Alternatively, does anyone have ideas for parties *not* at my house but still outdoors and not too miserable in the dead of summer heat?
I’m at 16 weeks of a very very wanted pregnancy that turned into (surprise!) twins, and, despite my joy at the babies, I’m completely miserable being pregnant. I’m not sure what I need, but something like the chance to vent anonymously, and receive hope and comfort and words of wisdom from people who have been there sounds good.
I have/had hyperemesis, so weeks 7-14 just plain sucked. A blur of misery, sick leave, and lying on the sofa. Now I’m down to vomiting only about every other day, but still nauseous a lot, sleeping a ton, and eating is still a difficult chore with no joy. I was hoping the morning sickness would ease and I would have a few weeks of calm, but now I have a weird throbbing pain that my OB says is related to my womb growing. Growing is good, but it still hurts and just plain freaks me out. I’m starting to be scared this whole pregnancy is going to be one misery after another. I want to see my friends, I want to be able to go on a walk, I want to just…not feel sick for 15 minutes. The twins are mono twins, so, very high risk, and I can anticipate some bed rest and an early scheduled c-section at the end. Which of course probably means NICU time. It’s hard to complain because we wanted these babies SO MUCH, but, the last weeks have absolutely sucked, and I feel I’ve no stamina left to handle what comes next. My husband is a saint, he’s done so much to take care of me, and he’s still the person who can make me laugh even on a bad day, so I’m really grateful for that. I just…didn’t expect pregnancy to be this hard.
AITA? Family camping/canoe trip coming up. We are staying nearby at a condo (aka we don’t feel like camping with a 3.5 and 1.5 yr old). DH is taking 3.5 yo canoeing (trip is about 11am-4pm) and I’m staying back at the condo so she can nap and I can maybe even work out and nap (!!!). I’m not-so-secretly excited for the quiet time. Now, the family member organizing asked me if I can watch another family friend’s kid who is like 11 who doesn’t want to canoe “since I’m staying back anyways.” I should just say no right? Or AITA and should just pitch in? She’s a really nice and pretty easy kid and all, that’s not the issue. It’s more hot-campground-with-toddler-and-kid instead of nap in a cool condo.
Daycare cold strikes again. This is like the third one is as many months. I know it’s not uncommon for babies to get a lot of colds in their first year of daycare, but it sure is annoying as a parent.