Category: kids

Fashion Friday; My Stylin’ Little Boys

I’ve said so many times before that finding clothes I like for my little boys is not easy. The vast majority of boys I see their age wear cartoon character graphic t-shirts every day. Those are not for me. I am here to show you how stylin’ you can dress your boys, assuming they are like mine and don’t mind…too much. 
Cute, right? Yeah, yeah I know, I’m biased. Ok so anyway, this is about as cold weather clothing as we get here in Texas. I picked the coldest Sunday of the year to put them in these lovely chocolate textured duds. 
Let’s start with the shoes. I found this awesome Kenneth Cole Reaction boys shoes at Nordstrom Rack for less than $20 each. They are similar to these, available at Piperlime. 
Alex’s sweater was bought at a kids consignment sale, but still had the brand new tags on it from Gymboree. So I paid $3 for a thirty-something buck sweater. You can find a similar one on sale at Gymboree now. His corduroy cargo pants are from Old Navy. I always look for brands with adjustable waist pants since my boys are super long and lean. 
Nathan’s dark jeans are from The Children’s Place, just like these that are now only $14 each! His shirt and blazer are Gymboree as well and not available anymore, but this chocolate velveteen jacket is pretty awesome. 
Ok so tell me where else BESIDES Gymboree and The Children’s Place you have found cute clothes for boys, because I’m always on the hunt. 

Flying with Kids on Continental Airlines is Great

So we flew Continental airline into Philly on Friday to begin our big summer adventure.  I would like to mention here that I’m very sad that United will be taking over Continental.  I’m familiar with United and their level of service and timeliness is not good.  Even though I still prefer to fly Southwest when I can, sometimes I have to take Continental and on this flight they were fabulous.  Our flight attendant, Darius, had possibly the best personality of any flight attendant I’ve met, and I’ve met  A LOT.   He welcomed my children, asking their names and ages, and then addressed them by name many more times during the three and a half hour trip.  He addressed me (and every woman) as “young lady”, which at my current age wins bonus points with me.  At one point he said to a girl about my age behind me, loud enough for everyone to hear, “I don’t know which is more beautiful, this day we are  having or the way the sunlight is coming through that window and hitting your eyes.”  In a completely charming, non-sleazy way. 

Also on the flight everyone had screens at their seats and the option to purchase Direct TV.  This is like pure gold for kids on a 3.5 hour flight.  I paid $6 for the screen in front of Alex, and I had a two sets of headphones with a splitter so both kids could watch and listen the same screen.  Also they fed us a tasty hot pocket type thing with Doritos, carrots and M&Ms.  We loved that. We took off on time and arrived a few minutes early, despite the plane being overbooked. 

The difference in my overall stress level between last year’s flight north and this year’s is night and day, all because Alex is now three.  We no longer need a stroller or carseat, and he can verbalize his needs.  He didn’t cry, yell, whine or even kick the seat in front once during the whole flight. He managed just fine without his usual three hour nap.  If flying weren’t so expensive, I would now feel brave enough to take my kids on airplanes more often.