Mommy and Me: Rust and Meerkat Colors for Fall
On me: skirt / shoes / bag / top On Olivia : dress / shoes / hair tie
Benefits of Playing Dress Up For Kids + Disney On Ice ( Detroit ) Giveaway !
As a kid playing dress-up means serious business. Both of my kids love to play dress-up since the age of two. My son was a super-hero, a train, a dinosaur etc. There were times he doesn’t have a real costume , he would figure out a way to make something out of it using boxes, papers, old clothes, whatever. Then he would come out and say “Tadaa, I’m a monster!” My daughter is the same way. When she was two years old, she would change at least 3 times a day. Why do some kids do this ? Why do they play dress-up like it’s their job? Benefits of playing dress-up for kids Expand their imagination – playing role model is a great way to expand their imagination and get creative. Kids love to mimic their surroundings and they do that through role playing. Gender identity – able to understand and explore gender identity. They would mimic behavior of such gender. Like, boys would want to wear dinosaur costumes, astronaut , cop, firemen etc. While girls would want princesses, fairies , mermaids etc. Regardless encourage your child with whoever they would want to be either a boy or girl role playing. Have them express their ideas ,feelings and explore different gender roles. Socialization – children develop interaction, it makes them show interest on others and learn how to give-and-take. Motor skills – through their imaginations, it would make them develop to create what interest them. Like creating a craft to accomplish what’s in their imagination or just by simply running, jumping , dancing etc. it helps develop their motor skills. Empathy – through role playing, it gives them an idea and an understanding of what roles play in other peoples lives. Like for example, my daughter loves to play mama to her dolls, she’s pretending her dolls are her babies. She knows that as a mom, she should feed them, bath them. change their clothes and play with them. It’s so amazing to watch how our kids develop traits and behaviors on stages of their life. Playing dress-up is one of them, it gives them freedom of who, when and where they want to be. It’s so fun to watch my kids when they are engaged in a dramatic play because you know their well being is progressing and developing on it’s own. GIVEAWAY TIME ! This is available around Metro Detroit area only. Disney On Ice Presents Frozen at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 18-21 . Tickets (starting at $15 ) it’s on sale already and can be purchased at 313Presents.com , Little Caesars Arena Xfinity box offices and Ticketmaster.com . To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. Group discounts are available by calling (313) 471-3099. Read our last year’s Disney On Ice experience HERE To join the giveaway : Follow me on Facebook and Instagram. Leave a comment below or on my Instagram post so i know you joined. Additional entries if you tag someone. So simple, that’s it ! This giveaway runs from 8/28/18 – 9/4/18. I will mention the winner on 9/5/18. Good luck and Thank you so much! Thank you 313 presents . All thoughts and ideas are mine
One Fine Day with Blu and Blue New York
Outfit details dress: c/o Blu and Blue / jacket : Gap kids ( sold out ) similar here and cute option here / shoes: Old Navy / bag : c/o Janie and Jack (sold out) cute option here and here .
Junior Varsity Outfit
Black and Grey Outfits
On April : Turtleneck top: Forever 21 / sweater : c/o Design History / leggings: c/o Svelte / boots: Steven Madden / hat: Forever 21 / bag: Prada On Olivia: dress: c/o Design History / jacket: c/o Design History / boots: Target / Headset : Target
Girl’s Adorable Easter Outfits That They Can Wear All Spring Long
This post is sponsored by Janie and Jack. All thoughts and opinions are mine. top / pants / jacket / shoes / straw bag / headband / sunglasses Can you believe it, spring is just around the corner ! I am so over with winter weather already and i can’t wait for spring. Most of all, i am so excited with spring fashion. The brights, pastels, bold prints and florals, they are popular around this season.
Empathy Starts At Home
Olivia’s outfit : coat : Gap Kids / top : Janie and Jack / shoes : c/o Janie and Jack other option here / jeans: Target / sunglasses : Janie and Jack other option here JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. It was Valentine’s day when i was taking pictures of my daughter after we did our errands , then we went to her pre-school’s Valentine’s day party. After the party, i picked up my son from his classroom. It was a great day, even though it was cold. It was nice and sunny. When we went home, my husband told me about the shooting that happened in Parkland Florida High School. As a mom with school aged kids , i got really affected with the devastating and horrible news. I mean anybody would be, it doesn’t matter if you’re a parent or not. It’s such a heartless and inhumane act. I’m sure my post is nothing new to you, everything is being said all over social media platforms. But since the incident, it’s whats all in my mind the whole weekend . It makes me weak reading and listening to all the news. I was grieving too but most of all, i am afraid. Now, i’m thinking of homeschooling my kids. But that is something that me and my husband will have to think through more about it. My kids go to a school with small class sizes, where everybody knows everybody and pretty much everybody’s family. As far as i know they have cameras and security systems but it still bothers me somehow because i’m a parent. We will do anything for our kids. So I signed up this petition for Gun control and i encourage you to do the same too. Owning firearms shouldn’t be easy and have to go through an extensive mental and background check. They should increase the age limit as well. Most of all we should watch over our kids and raise them as good and compassionate human beings. I believe that everything starts at home. That empathy for that matter should start at home. It’s not just we say, “Be kind to everyone and don’t bully.” but we need to show our children what it means to accept others. We also need to teach our children on how to act or deal on disagreements instead of rushing to insult or physically hurt people. It starts by setting an example of the way we act and the way we say things on certain situations, of how we speak our minds without being disrespectful. All these is easier said than done because we are not perfect but we have to keep on trying to re evaluate ourselves and our actions because we are our kids greatest influence. I wanted to share this poem from Charles Swindoll that hits me home. It reminds me that we have choice on how we want to live our life base on how we react to certain events of our life. It’s not about what life has given us but it’s how we react upon it. Attitude by: Charles Swindoll The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company …a church …a home.The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude .I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you …we are in charge of our attitudes. Empathy and good attitude goes hand in hand and should start at home.
Twinning In Camel Coats
On me : coat: Topshop similar option here / bag : Gucci / sweater : Forever 21 ( sold out ) other option here / boots : Steven Madden similar here / beret: Forever 21 / sunglasses : Celine On Olivia : dress: Gap / coat : Zara other option here and here / boots: Gap kids / ear muffs : Target
How To Find Joy In Everyday
similar dress same brand / faux fur jacket / hat / boots Shop the Post JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. Just when you thought that the weather is getting better and things gets better but no. We are bombarded again with snow and more snow to come. It’s winter after all ! Better yet, you just have to find joy in everyday and make the most out of it. We went out to enjoy the fresh snow that just came our way. My daughter haven’t experience playing under the flurries nor lifting her head up and sticking her tongue out to taste the snow because when it’s snowing i always rush everybody to get inside. So today was her first time and she was just ecstatic like crazy. It was only 10 minutes but it was fun, too bad her big brother Lucas’s school didn’t cancel today. Anyways, there will always be next time and i’m sure we will get more snow. After all the fun playing outside, we treated ourselves with some yummy hot cocoa. So let’s talk about how to find joy in everyday. By talking about this i’m not saying i’m always happy and joyful, i am a work in progress. In fact, i am very grumpy when i’m tired and hungry. Not a normal grumpy mood but like a tiger that could lash you. Here are some points that i also need to remind myself all the time. Create happiness in your life – Stop waiting to be happy. We all have those dark days that it’s just so hard to move, to get up. You just want to stay in bed all day and thinking all of the bad stuffs that’s happening in your life. Whatever we are going through, we have to try our best to shift our focus and get it together. It’s really a tough battle but we have to overcome it. If it needs something to get done for you to feel productive and achieve joy, then do it. Don’t wait for things to happen coz it won’t. Appreciate the small things – This is hard because most of us are not contented. Most of us ignore or take for granted little things that’s happening around us because we are looking and waiting for that prize possession, a new chapter of our life and achievement that we want. We tend to forget to appreciate the journey and the life we already have. Let’s take it to a habit of embracing the joys in small things. Surround yourself with positive people – Obviously you want to surround yourself with people that gives positive impact in your life. Whatever is around you, it influence your mood and behavior. You have to make a choice on how you want to lead your life through the person or people you surround yourself with. Taking care of yourself – Sometimes we short our time for ourselves that left us feeling exhausted and stressed out but also sometimes we over do the time for ourselves to the point that we forget or ignore the things that needs to get done or the things that needs more focus on. We have to have balance, set a timer or make a deadline if possible. Be a better person – It’s okay to have negative feelings, after all we are humans. But we have to learn to deal with these negative feelings in a constructive way, otherwise your behavior will be negatively influenced. Be rational with your emotions and judgements. Take your time to process your emotions to prevent impulsive unhealthy reactions. So those are the things that i also try my best to practice in my daily life. Especially now that i have kids, we have to live by example. I am not perfect and i will never be but i will keep trying to work on it. Investing on oneself is very important because no one else will, only you. Thank you so much for reading…. *This post contains affiliate links that i make commission of when you make a purchase. No charge on you.