Family Friday: Travel Play Dress
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When I was growing up, my best friend’s mom worked for an airline. As a result, my friend got to travel around the world. Before high school, she had been to China, Dubai, South Africa, Australia, and Israel. Hearing about her trips inspired my own travel dreams.
We’ve been fortunate to travel with our own kids. In the Before Times, we traveled with our oldest across oceans and to domestic destinations coast to coast. However, in the After Times, the farthest my youngest has gone is Baltimore.
Until we can travel freely again, this Travel Play Dress from Annie the Brave will keep those travel dreams going. This dress for exploring is made from 100% soft cotton and has a fun, travel-themed print. Annie the Brave features STEM-inspired clothing (other prints include space, scientists, dinosaurs, etc.) for girls who dream big.
The dress is $35 and available in sizes 2T to 11/12.
P.S. Happy Mother’s Day!
Sales of note for 5/19/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Lots of markdowns on AGL (50%!), Weitzman, Tumi, Frank & Eileen, Zella, Natori, Cole Haan, Boss, Theory, Reiss (coats), Vince, Eileen Fisher, Spanx, and Frame (denim and silk blouses)
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer-ready styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50-60% off select styles
- J.Crew – 60% off sale, and 40% off packing picks (prices as marked)
- J.Crew Factory – New arrivals, plus up to 60% off everything plus extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Daily flash sales, and lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off. 5/19’s flash sale: Jardigans down to $175-$209, dresses down to $150, blazers down to $250
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes, and accessories
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?
Light topic for this morning: how do you store kids’ drawing paper?? We have a mix of loose paper (re-using things printed on one side and also just printer paper), pads of paper, and a roll of paper, and it never seems to work. The loose paper is the easiest for the kids to use (preschool/early elementary) but if it’s in a box it just gets filled up with other junk or wrinkled or the drawings end up back in there… this should be easy, right??? But six years in I still can’t figure out how to have self-serve drawing paper available ?
My 23 month old son LOVES pulling my daughters hair. It’s gotten worse recently. We are consistent with removing him to a different spot everytime he does it, but clearly I’m doing something wrong. He also occasionally bites and hits. i don’t recall any of this with my daughter around other kids. i do recall it happening with her sub 18 months but not one month away from turning 2. Is this normal? When does this end?
Help please! My 5 year old has always been hard to get to bed. She always fights it. We’ve had the same bedtime routine since she was 6 months old, pjs, teeth, potty, books, bed. Most of the time she would protest but still accept her fate and go to sleep. Lately, she has been getting out of bed after we tuck her in for a variety of reasons–she forgot to tell us something, she has a question, etc. She’s done this occasionally in the past but lately it’s gotten worse. She’s getting out of bed 3-4 times, and of course, the more she does this, the less patient we are about it and the more worked up she gets. By the last time, she is having a meltdown and we are all stressed, making for a very unpleasant evening. We’ve tried giving her a flashlight and telling her she can stay up and look at books or whatever she wants, as long as she stays in her room, but that seems to have made it worse. She wakes up between 6:15-6:45am, doesn’t nap at school, and bedtime is 8pm (which we are very consistent about). What can we do to keep this kid in bed and prevent all of us from having nightly meltdowns?!
Re the travel play dress — any good clothing brands/sites for boys with traditionally “girly” things? My son wanted a butterfly shirt and I can’t believe there are not many options for boys like there are now for girls with trucks etc. (did find a “unisex” gap tshirt for him, but that was only one that wasn’t all pink/floral).
My 7-year-old son is climbing everything! He is typically the kind of kid who behaves well in school but sometimes pushes boundaries at home. We have been talking to him about impulse control and trying to stop and think about whether he is making a good choice, but it’s like his brain short-circuits when he has an opportunity to climb something: huge trees, door frames, our garage roof somehow! This morning he tried to scale our refrigerator which naturally just broke the handles on the fridge! My standard talking about choices + applying consequences is going nowhere. Any advice?
Any good websites or resources you use to research used cars? After 16 years I think I’ve convinced my husband it’s time to replace our Acura SUV, but it’s been so long since we’ve car shopped I almost don’t know where to start these days. Would like something comparable – SUV, smallish, probably “higher end” but we aren’t luxury brand people.
Following up on yesterday’s discussion on adults and vaccines and kids without – for those planning playdates in the near future: are you asking all the parents about their vaccine status? Is this a fair game question now? I’m in a state with a high vaccination rate so I’m sort of assuming most of the daycare parents have gotten it/will get it, but am I supposed to ask now? Of course I feel awkward.
People with basements – would you recommend building a home gym there? We are moving soon to a house with a large basement and I am torn putting my peloton/yoga mat/weights there vs. in our bedroom (which is failry large). If it matters, kids playroom will also be in the basement (but the basement has sort of two separate rooms – with no door between them). I typically do peloton/SWEAT/peloton barre/peloton yoga for workouts so nothing crazy.
Is it normal to invite a parent at my child’s school over for a distanced outside drink post-kid bedtime (around 8)?
“A drink” is understood as “come hang with me” and can be herbal tea, wine, whatever, right? Or do I need to specify that?
I’m in Silicon Valley and my sense of social norma is gone—I was just emerging from having young children (oldest in kinder) when the pandemic hit.
Can we end Mother’s Day? I really don’t need another fake holiday that creates work for moms and unrealistic expectations everyone else. Pay me for my work, give me better child care options, and put pockets in all clothes made for women. Take this fake holiday and shove it. Sorry, not sorry for the rant.