Family Friday: Wooden La Patisserie Bakery
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Future baker in the family? This play patisserie would make an indulgent gift!
Get ready for hours of make-believe with this wooden bakery. It has 39 pieces, including a range of baked goods to prepare and assemble, a mixer, and a pay terminal (guess no one uses a cash register anymore). In addition to storytelling, kids will count, sort, and work on fine motor skills. Make sure they save you a cupcake or two!
Melissa & Doug’s La Patisserie Bakery is available at Amazon for under $75.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
I am looking for book recommendations for a 6yo absolute beginner at reading – any favourites? Thanks!
Can we do a gift thread? Kid ages and what they want/what you are getting them. I’d like to read through for inspiration :)
Here’s what we have so far as ideas – they won’t get all of it and certainly not all from me & DH!. We have a lot of extended family that is asking.
10 year old girl [what she really wants is an iphone but that’s not happening]: ski boot bag (she now needs an adult size), calendar for the sports team she’s obsessed with, pj pants with her fave sports team on them (she already has a jersey), dazzle dry nail system, the game “what do you meme?” incoherent family edition, swiftie themed necklace, the mp3 player we talked about here yesterday, a pair of ugg classic boots, a new winter puffer [not ski] jacket (she might get this early), headbands for sports, a pair of lululemon shorts, new suitcase, kindle paperwhite, bluetooth headphones, new water bottle.
7 year old: possibly a goPro, a custom jacket from her dance studio, taylor swift calendar, ugg boots, possibly a kodak printer camera (her big sis already has the INstax). She really loves taking and editing picutres so I’m not sure what she’ll end up with. Also getting a seat attachment for her hoverboard. Fuzzy sheets. A stuffed animal, american girl doll school setup, new suitcase, matching doll and girl pajama set, possibly new ski mittens, new water bottle, any “i survived” graphic novels that she hasn’t read if I can find them.
5 year old: american girl doll (her first/only!), rainbow unicorn earmuffs, unicorn headphones, play doh (her request), lego kits, matching doll and girl pajama set, not sure what else- this kiddo is both easy and hard since she loves everything but also as a 3rd girl we have a LOT already!
Stocking stuffers so far: face masks, nail polish, bath bombs with gems inside, taylor swift coloring book,
All 3: considering a zipline, a second LL bean snow tube (they fight like mad over the one we have), possibly a nintendo switch.
Good morning! I didn’t get to comment again yesterday but just wanted to say thank you for all the suggestions and support to my cranky children question/gripe yesterday. You all raised some good points. It was honestly also nice to just know that I’m not alone in this. This is something I really value about this community.
I think ignoring is definitely a good idea and maybe it will help me to think of it as a strategy as opposed to just “giving up.” I also didn’t think about separating them (admittedly hard in a city apartment) but that probably plays a big role in at least some of our chaos. I’m an only child so I think sibling dynamics don’t come naturally to me, but this is definitely an issue that is aggravated by them fighting with each other and they are both easier when it’s one on one, kid to adult.
I think for me personally just making the decision that I am not going to yell is surprisingly helpful. Not that I won’t slip but I think a lot of this – for both me and them – is just habit.
Gut check –
My 6-year-old LOVES his ukulele class but HATES practicing at home! Ideally, he’d do 10 minutes or so 3 times a week, but we struggle to get 1 practice in (full-time wraparound care so evenings are admittedly tricky). He is slow to do it and sometimes forgets the chord progressions he’s learned in class, resisting my husband’s efforts to show him.
We’ve threatened to call it quits, as the class is expensive and he’s been a pill about practicing, but this does seem mean given how much he enjoys it when he’s there?
I know there was some discussion yesterday on this, but asking for more detail. What’s everyone’s plan for teacher gifts – daycare main teacher v floaters? Elementary school – main teacher v “specials”? What about aftercare/ycare? Dollar amounts that are standard? (I’m midwest, LCOL). This is the first time I’ve had elementary school with all the specials, ycare, etc. I also already bought from the elementary teacher’s class wish list, so I’m just looking for something for her.
Looking for active toys to use indoors/on the porch this winter. Kids are 8 and 5, all right around 4 feet. We currently have a small trampoline and a 4-5 feet slide. The internet is giving me ads for Avenlur – has anyone tried those sets? I’m willing to give up some space for something the kids will use. The backyard has a small swingset and a climbing dome, just looking for ways to help them move their bodies inside more. Or is this where I need to buy DDR for our switch?
I have noticed a fair number of questions lately about active indoor play. Am I the only one who discourages this? I find that if they are running around and yelling indoors it’s impossible to calm them down. I prefer to keep a strict division between calm indoor spaces and wild outdoor spaces. If we had a basement I might allow rambunctiousness down there, but I can’t abide it in the main spaces of our small house. Is this just me?
We just had our first parent teacher conference of kindergarten. It wasn’t great. She said our daughter is doing “fine” academically and socially (although she didn’t have anything positive to say) but she said she’s very emotional and gets upset easily and sometimes cries at school. We knew our daughter was spirited/sensitive/emotionally intense but we have seen a lot of progress in the last few months in terms of her ability to control her emotions. I actually thought we were doing well because she no longer has true meltdowns at home, although she still gets tearful about something very trivial maybe once or twice a week. I feel like we should be doing something about the teacher’s comments, but I’m not sure what since things are generally going well at home. The whole conference just kind of gave me the feeling that the teacher doesn’t like my kid, which I know isn’t the end of the world but it wasn’t a great feeling.
Waffles, how are things with your daughter?