Weekend & Family Friday: Puzzle Huddle Puzzles
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Given our stay-at-home lives, puzzles have soared in popularity. As an Asian American mom, I’ve always sought out toys that reflect my family and other diverse families — our families are too often overlooked by many toy manufacturers.
The founders of Puzzle Huddle faced the same dilemma and did something about it. According to their website, “Puzzle Huddle was created by Matthew and Marnel, a young couple with three young children. The family believes that all children should be reflected in a variety of products. As a result, they decided to create puzzles that affirm and inspire diverse children.”
Their puzzles come in four different sizes to suit little kids of all ages. They center on the dreams of Black children — future doctors, vets, engineers, chemists, entrepreneurs, ballerinas, and other aspirations.
I really love the chef puzzle — the two children cooking together remind me of my little gourmands.
Puzzle Huddle’s puzzles are $11.95–$19.95 depending on the size.
Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + 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?
I’m newly pregnant with #3 and recently relocated, so I’m trying to find a provider. I’ve found that Covid has made it really hard to “interview” OBs unless you become their patient – the catch 22 is that many OBs only take patients at the very beginning of their pregnancy. I have an appt at 10.5 weeks with one of these (highly sought-after) providers, but I’m also considering another option, who would see me at 8 weeks and schedule an ultrasound. I’m thinking of keeping both appointments for now and going to the 8 week appt and scan and then make a decision from there. Does that make sense? I feel like it should be easier to interview the person who will be caring for you as you grow a baby! And I guess I was very spoiled in my last 2 pregnancies, as I had known and trusted my OB for years. I would appreciate any thoughts!
i live in Houston and while there are a number of families here who’ve been impacted in crazy ways over the past week, some of the stories are just ripping my heart to shreds. there is one family where the grandmother and 3 kids all died in a fire, while somehow the parents got out. how do you even move on in life after losing all of your kids in a fire, which is probably one of the most painful ways to go. i know bad things happen in the world every day, but my toddler woke up in the middle of the night crying because she was cold and freaked out because we didn’t have milk for her to drink. fortunately we can provide our kids with food and heat on a regular basis, but hearing that was heartbreaking. i donated to Kids Meals Houston this morning and sent items from an Amazon wishlist to another nonprofit. no real point to my post other than just venting some feelings.
also- i saw yesterday that on here that someone’s employer in Dallas ‘let them’ use vacation days for Monday and Tuesday when you didn’t have power…I don’t know what kind of company you work for, but someone should leak that to the media bc that is absurd.
Resources for ADHD?
We’re adopting an 8 year old with ADHD. We’ve read the child’s file, but still, we won’t really know what we’re dealing with until we’ve had a chance to settle in as a family. His file says he’s done poorly on standardized tests normally used to assess intelligence, aptitude, etc, and doesn’t get great grades, but the notes also say that he presents as a standard kid and the test results/grades may be because he just can’t focus/sit still.
I posted the other day about having really bad insomnia. I’ve been sleeping a bit better but I still want to take some time off work to focus on getting my sleep back on track (in fact, I think deciding to take the time off work may have been what enabled me to finally sleep, since it felt like a big weight off my chest). My doctor confirmed she will certify it is as an FMLA serious condition if necessary. Any suggestions for wording the email to my boss? I’m going to ask for 2 weeks off to start.
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions earlier this week about parenting an extremely gifted kid — they were really helpful. Does anyone have experience with the Nysmith school or the Hopkins CTY program, and can you share your thoughts?
Paging Patty Mayonnaise — congrats on your early pregnancy and fingers crossed for you :) I gave a late partial answer to your question about diclegis on the thread last night. Hope it helps!
I posted a couple of weeks ago about changing my name a few years after marriage. I didn’t change my name when I got married, but now that my daughter has my husband’s name, I want us to all have the same name. I’m a lawyer and because I’m doing this after marriage, I will have to practice under my new name. (If I had changed my name as part of a marriage but been admitted to the bar under my maiden name, I would still be able to use my maiden name. But because it’s not a “marriage” name change, I can’t.) So this will be a bigger deal than I thought. I still want to do it but am looking for a pep talk that people my think it’s weird but F them and they’ll get over it pretty quickly. FWIW, I think I my signature block will use the RBG style of First Maiden Last.
I’m not sure what I’m looking for – commiseration? A kick in the butt? But I’m mid-thirties and my body honestly hurts. My back hurts, my shoulders hurt, my neck hurts. I’m assuming it’s from lack of normal movement and being trapped on hours long video calls every day, but is this the rest of my life? Is this just getting old? Similarly, I’m also struggling with the aesthetics of my body in addition to the function. Bearing three kids has left its mark and exercise and diet tweaks don’t seem to make the radical changes it did ten years ago. Likely I need to figure out what outcome I want, but if anyone has been in the same place and moved past it, I’d love to hear!
Just a vent that I know others here will relate to. My childless sister-in-law has sent a toy that has lights, songs and loud noises for every gift-giving occasion since my preschooler was born. I cannot wait until she has kids and I can return the “favor”…!
My husband shouted at me and my one year old son this morning. Before, He has never so much as raised his voice at me. I got so scared, I locked my son and me in the bedroom until he left. but I don’t know if there is real danger or if I overreacted.
What do I do now?