Energy Bar gets smushed on girls capri leggings

We have a household full of budding athletes and kids on the go.  It seems we are always running from one place to another, without a second to lose.  That means we have to grab many of our meals to go.  I refuse to have the children eat fast food, so we rely heavily on energy bars to snack on while they are at chess tournaments, football and soccer games, and mathletes competitions.  Unfortunately, some of these power foods can get a little janky when left in the heat of our parked car.  Such was the case a few weeks ago when my daughter left some girls capri leggings (similar to this kind) on top of the snack item.  When she returned to the minivan, the food product was smeared all over the capri leggings for girls.  This was highly problematic for my my neat freak kid.  She goes crazy when so much as a crumb touches the hem of a dress she's wearing, so say nothing of almond butter all over the capri leggings.  She freaked out, and started screaming and crying.  She was totally inconsolable.  This child is a real drama queen... just like the father.

We tried scrubbing the leggings with harsh detergents and cleansers, but the cashews were really ground into the fabric.  They were beyond ruined.  Our next plan was to buy some new capri leggings for girls at the local boutique, but because it was sunday, everything was closed.  So plan C involved our old friend the internet.   We performed a google search for girls capri leggings and were pleasantly surprised by the number of website that were offering this unique style.  We clicked on a bunch, but frankly, we were a little underwhelmed by some of them. So we went a little further down the list until we stumbled across a great little website called TwirlyGirl.

TwirlyGirl had a totally cool and fresh selection of capri leggings for girls.  Honestly, we were all stunned by how fun and funky everything was.  My daughter's eyes became as big as saucers. And to tell you the truth, it made me wish I was that age again.  Unfortunately for me, back in the 1980s, clothes were not nearly as creative and unique.  Of course, this was long before the age of the world wide web, which has brought so many terrific products to the world.  There's just so much more choice these days, don't you agree?

When the girls leggings arrived at our home, everyone was thrilled with the quality and craftsmanship of the garment.  Yes, it cost a little more than the cheap foreign made junk at the big box department stores.  But this brand sews all of their clothes in the USA.  Yes, I expect to pay some more.  It's not a big deal.  This is how I sleep at night knowing that an American was paid a fair wage to make clothing for my girls, instead of exploiting some overseas worker.  This link will take you straight to the TwirlyGirl homepage.  I don't ordinarily plug businesses on my blog, but when I find one that I like, then I have no issue with giving them a shout out if it's going to help connect my readers with a well made item.  www.twirlygirlshop.comhttp://www.twirlygirlshop.com

Shoebox filled with pictures of girls maxi dress

I'm a thirty-two year old woman.  I've been living in San Diego for almost twelve years now.  I love the city.  It's clean, safe and has a great climate.  Recently, I visited my mom who lives in Rhode Island, in the same house I grew up in.  She asked if I would finally clean out all the crap that I've accumulated in my old closet.  I agreed, knowing full well that I've put off this project for far too long.  I don't think it's been cleaned since I was a little girl.  Actually, I had a lot of fun digging through all that stuff, walking down memory lane.  I found my old cheerleading outfit, as well as some toys, and my old notes from high school.   But what surprised me the most was my old shoe box full of stuff.  As a young girl, I collected lots of things about fashion.  And inside my little treasure chest were tons and tons of photos of girls maxi dresses similar to these.  Maxi dresses were a big favorite of mine back in the day.  I loved how soft and comfortable they were.  How they flowed and made me feel sophisticated.  My mom appreciated the fact that even though these maxis were beautiful, they were also age appropriate.  So much of today's clothing for girls are just smaller versions of grown up clothes... and that's so wrong for many reasons.  Can't we just let kids be kids?  They grow up so fast.  Why rush them?

I have to say, though, I was pretty surprised to see so many clipping of maxi dresses for girls.  I must have taken them from every magazine on the planet.  Vogue, Marie Claire, People, Vanity Faire... you name it, there was a picture of a beautiful girl in a maxi dress.  This style was really popular back in the day.  I was curious to see if it still is. I figured I would just browse a few department stores in my spare time, but then I realized that would just be a giant waste of time.  There's a much faster and simpler way to do it.  I just turned on my computer, accessed the internet, opened a search engine then just typed in girls maxi dress and waited to see what popped up.  I quickly scanned a bunch of websites and yep, this girls dress is as beloved as ever.  But one store caught my eye.  It was called TwirlyGirl and believe me, their girls maxi dresses are really something to see.  Their selection is so stunning and unique.  And I love the fact that all of their girls dresses are manufactured in the USA.  These days, it seems like everything is made overseas, so the fact that someone is keeping business in the country is not lost on me.  I much prefer to buy American, but these days it's pretty hard to find anything!  And believe me, I look everywhere.

I don't have any kids of my own, but I do have three nieces.  I decided I would buy each of them a girls maxi dress from TwirlyGirl for Christmas.  And you would not believe the looks on their faces when they tried on their dresses.  They spun and danced, their maxi dresses twirling high in the air.  My sisters so appreciated the gifts.  I was happy to do it, and now I know exactly what to buy these girls for their birthday presents.  I'm very grateful and pleased that I found TwirlyGIrl.  That's why I liked them on Facebook and post their images on Pinterest.  

This link will take you to their homepage, just in case you want to see all of the beautiful clothes that they offer.  twirlygirl

Calendar has nothing but pictures of girls capri leggings

My daughter is a fifth grader at Clarke Elementary School.  One of recent project she had for art class was to make a calendar including photos of some favorite things.  For example, many kids had lots of pics of dogs and cats.  Others had sports heroes making great plays.  One had sketches of great presidents in US history.  But not my girl.  She went off the map for this assignment.  She assembled a working 12 month calendar, and on each month was a separate photograph of girls capri leggings (seen here)  Capri leggings are very popular in my household.  We have lots of females walking through these corridors, and they all wear capri leggings because they are so versatile.  They can be worn under a dress or skirt either to accessorize an outfit or to simply make it warmer on a cold autumn day.  Sometimes they put them on just because they make them feel comfy and cozy.  They are perfect for lounging around the house or watching tv in.  I'm not joking.  If I tell you we have dozens of capri leggings lying around this house, that's no exaggeration.  So when my daughter whipped out the camera and began photographing them all about the world, we got a huge kick out of it.  To be honest, she had two dozen awesome snapshots, so we had to narrow them down to 12.  Not to worry, she used the extras to hang above bed so that she can stare at them at night.  No joke.  This girl has a serious addiction to capri leggings for girls, don't you think.  Should I call a shrink, or just a fashion designer.

I should clarify.  She doesn't like all kinds of leggings.  Only capri leggings from TwirlyGirl.  It has to be that brand or she want wear them.  She likes how soft they are, and she thinks their selection of fun and funky patterns is the absolute best.  I wonder if I post this blog piece, and the owners of TwirlyGirl read it, will they send me some free stuff.  That would be nice.  wink wink.  So the thing is now that when my girl turns the page to february she thinks, ooh, I want to get those.  And march, the same thing.  And so on.  And what does she want for christmas?  You got it.  Leggings.  And how about birthdays?  yep, girls leggings.  The kid is a broken record set to fashion.

The teacher who was grading the project gave my kid an A.  But secretly, I suspect she thinks Alice is a psychopath because of this obsession.  She really is a one trick pony.  But I can't fault the child.  I love girls capri leggings as well.  I just wish they came in my size.  I used to be slim.  Well, that's not entirely true.  I used to not be large.  But now that I limit myself to only two burgers a day, I'm not terrible.  Anyway, this link will take you to the TwirlyGirl site.  Check out all of their cute clothes.  You will truly love what they have to offer. Ciao!

my child uses girls maxi dress for art project

My daughter had a special art project a few weeks ago.  The teacher asked all the kids to bring in a white t shirt to make a tie dye.  Unfortunately, my girl tends to be a little forgetful, so she never told me of that.  When the big day of the lesson finally arrived, she was very upset to realize that she didn't have the required outfit.  So she ran to her locker to poke around.  She happened to have an old girls maxi dress like this one here.  Maxi dresses in her locker?  Why in the world would she keep it there?  That's a question for a better mother, I suppose.  Anyway, my girl decided to stain the maxi instead.  I guess the instructor didn't have any problems with that, but I certainly did!  I mean, how many times is she going to wear that dress now?  She looks like she escaped from a Grateful Dead concert.

The worst part is, she knows her dress is awful.  She doesn't want it to be, but she realizes it is.  And now the girl misses her old maxi more than ever.  Finally, I broke down and let the kid buy a new maxi dress for girls on the internet.  I found a really cool website that makes all their dresses right here in the USA.  That's pretty unusual these days.  And their selection of dresses couldn't be cuter and funkier.  The fabrics are so inviting and soft.  Nothing itchy or scratchy.  My girl doesn't go for that, no can do.  We found a bunch that we liked, and ordered two.  When the dresses were delivered, she was over the moon excited to wear them everywhere.  She put them on for school, for church, for play dates.  Everywhere.  The girl was practically a walking billboard for TwirlyGirl.  To be honest, I like their girls dresses because they are age appropriate, you know what I mean.  So many girls these days are dressing like sluts or 40 year old cougars desperately clinging to their youth.  I blame that pumpkin head Miley Cyrus, although to be honest, there are lots of forces at work.  

So if you want your girls to remain young, try dressing them in one of these maxi styles.  They really are adorable.  Here is a link to their homepage.  Poke around.  Tour the site.  There's lots of beautiful clothes, not just maxi dresses for girls.  They have skirts, tops, shorts, leggings... and all of it is true to their brand... which is about individuality and creativity.  I think you'll love it as much as my family does.

Husband uses girls capri leggings as coffee filter

My husband is either ingenious or an idiot.  Or industrious.  It's hard to tell.  One thing for sure is, the man loves his morning coffee.  He's a complete wreck without it.  Here's proof.  The other day, he woke up cranky and stumbled his way into the kitchen to brew a pot.  When he got there, he realized we were completely out of filters.  Rather than skip a day of joe, or go to a local Starbucks, the man pilfered through the laundry pile and pulled out some girls capri leggings like these.  Girls leggings are appropriate for a lot of things.  Girls can wear them to school, under a dress or a skirt, to church, or to a sleepover, or just while lounging around the house watching TV.  But one thing they should never be used for, is making an espresso!

My husband made himself a nice hot piping carafe, and got his daily caffeine fix.  He then dumped the grounds into the garage and threw the capri leggings into the wash.  The next day, when my girl pulled them out, they were stained completely brown.  The man completely and utterly ruined the leggings. When I pressed the dude on it, he played dumb, then started laughing.  He confessed that he had used the capri leggings for girls as a matter of last resort.  Uh, thanks a lot, bro.  My girl was pretty pissed, and my spouse just thought it was the funniest thing ever.  That is, until I laid some hard science on him:  he would have to buy and even better pair of capri leggings for our girl or face my wrath.

So we did an internet search.  I was determined to find the best pair of girls capri leggings on the planet, and you know what, I think I did just that!  I stumbled upon a really cute site for girls clothing called TwirlyGirl.  All of their clothes are manufactured in the USA, and their selection is super cute.  It was page after page of adorable clothing.  Our girls eyes light up, and you can see Mark's face fall.  He knew he was in for a big shopping spree.  And that's exactly what happened.  We loaded up our cart with lots of girls clothes, including several capri leggings.  The order was delivered a few days later, and we were completely ecstatic with the quality of the merchandise and TwirlyGirl's prompt customer service.  We were so satisfied, I decided to dedicate an entire blog piece to TwirlyGirl.  Plus, it was a slow news week.  LOL!  Here's a link to their website.  Definitely check them out.  Their stuff is so adorable.

Instead of Toilet Paper, Teens Cover Tree in Girls Capri Leggings

Honestly, i don't know what this is about.  Truly.  But lately, some teenagers in our neighborhood have been TP'ing the trees in the middle of the night.  Af first this was kind of funny.  I remember what it was like to be young and stupid.  (As opposed to old and stupid.)  However, the antics never stopped, and believe me, that kind of behavior grows old fast.  Some of the neighbors complained to the cops, even though no one wanted to get the kids in trouble.  After all, they're one of our own.  Eventually, the hyjinks stopped.  But then a few weeks later, they started up again.  Only know, instead of using toilet paper, these kids covered an oak in girls capri leggings like those found here.  I sincerely don't know what these children were doing, because these capri leggings were totally cute!  Whoever they took them from must be pretty darn pissed, I'll tell you what.

When my girls saw all those capri leggings hanging from the branches, they were shocked.  They were like, "Mama, why would they ruin all those leggings?"  I didn't have a good answer for that.  Later, before bed the girls asked me if they could have some capris like the pretty ones hanging from the arms of the tree.  I wasn't sure if we would be able to find any that cute.  I mean, these had mismatched legs and fun, colorful patters.  But alas, the internet didn't let me down.  In fact, it was kind of easy to find them.  I just did a search for "Capri leggings for girls" and one of the top hits was a cool website called TwirlyGirl.  And wouldn't you know it, their leggings were even prettier than the ones dangling over the lawn!  We filled our cart with a whole bunch of them, and in a few days, our leggings arrived.  The girls could not have been happier if they were vacation on the island of Capri!  LOL!  See what I did there?  It's a pun, or a play on words.  I did it to illicit laughter.

The next day, the girls wore their capri leggings while walking the dog around the block.  One of the locals asked if they took them off the pine.  Idiot, it's an oak.  Can't he tell the difference?!   And no, we did not!  We ordered them off TwirlyGirl.  Then we gave him the link to their website to prove it.  Here's a link for you as well, just in case you're asking the same question.  www.twirlygirlshop.com 

Child Wearing Girls Maxi Dress Shows up Adults in Aerobics Class

Three times a week, I drag my flabby but to the aerobics class at the local gym.  It's mostly filled with middle aged women like myself who are trying to get back the body they think they had, but really never did.  We throw on our workout clothes, fill our water bottles, and proceed to act like lunatics for 45 minutes, thinking that will reverse the damage of years of bodily neglect.  Bummer huh?   It gets worse.  Just as I thought I was finally improving my fitness level after three straight months, I was shown up by a first timer.  Why is this so humiliating?  Because was a ten year old girl.  And she didn't stretch or warm up.  She wasn't even dressed right.  She was wearing a girls maxi dress like this kind.  Maxi dresses are cute, fun, and fashion forward.  But they belong on the beach, or at a party.  Not at a freaking cardio class!!

So while all of us gals were huffing and puffing, barely keeping up with the hot instructor who I would like to strangle, the girl in the maxi dress was prancing and dancing, barely out of breath.  I mean, she was singing while exercising.  The rest of us were too winded to even talk.   This went on throughout the whole class.  While we were doing jacks, ab work, jump knee tucks.... everything.  We were struggling, and the kid wearing the maxi dress for girls was breezing right through it. I don't know if this can be attributed to youth, or fantastic super human genetics.  Or maybe the girls maxi dress simply gave the kid superpowers.  Whatever the case, I think all of us kind of resented this kid.

When I got home, I told my family about this child.  And the only thing the really wanted to know was more about the dress!  The even made me doing an internet search for girls maxi dress so that I could show them a picture.  Unbelievable.  Where's the compassion and humanity?  Why am I the only one outraged and jealous and bitter.  Maybe it's because as I grow older and my body starts to sag and fall about, it angers me.  But at least I'll say this for the maxi girl:  she's enjoying her age to the fullest!

Whatever.  I suppose you want to know more about the maxi dress for girls as well.  If this is the case, click here and you can read all about it here.  To your heart's content.

Girls Birthday Dresses are the only Gifts We Gave this Year.

My daughter is in elementary school, and I swear, she gets invited to dozens of parties every year.  That's not to say that she's hugely popular or anything.  She's just average in popularity.  But you know how it goes these days.  Parents are very conscious about not excluding anyone, so half the time, the entire classroom is invited to a birthday party.  Throw in her gymnastics class and music friends... that adds up to a lot of presents we have to give.  So I just made it very easy on myself.  Instead of shopping around for thousands of different gifts, I decided that this year, we were going to give out girls birthday dresses like this one.  Birthday dresses are easy, they are fun, casual, and can be worn to lots of occasions.  They make the lucky girl who's wearing it feel special, pretty, and funky.  So the next logical question was, where are we going to get all of these girls birthday dresses.  I mean, we didn't want to give out some that were prettier than others.  That would be playing favorites. So we did some research online and this is what we discovered.

There are lots of website that sell birthday dresses for girls, but a lot of them sell inferior clothing that's just going to fall apart after one wash.  That's not the kind of gift giver I want to be.   I don't know what the deal is.  Maybe these dresses are manufactured overseas where they don't pay sewers a lot of money, but it ain't for me.  We were able to find one site that manufactures all of their birthday dresses in America.  Can you believe it?  It's called TwirlyGirl and I urge you to check them out.  It's a small little company, but they have such a great selection of unique dresses.  Each dress is made in a limited run.  This was important to me because it makes the present more special. The girl who gets it is not likely to see any other girls wearing the same exact dress.  You know how humiliating that is?  That's why stars don't do it on the red carpet.  To me, this gives each birthday dress a one-of-a-kind appeal.  Let's be honest, I'm kind of taking the lazy way out here, but by shopping at TwirlyGirl, no one else is going to know that.  Each girls dress practically looks custom made, so it looks very special, in my opinion.

Here's a link to the TwirlyGirl website just in case you are confronted with the same motherly problems that I am.  Poke around.  I also like the fact that they gift wrap all of their dresses for free.  The wrap it up in fabric, then tie off the ends like it's a piece of candy.  It really is so sweat.  Talk about making all of my headaches go away.  LOL!  Makes me wish I owned stock in this company.

Sandra guest blogs about the Girls Maxi Dress. Welcome Sandra!

My name is Sandra and I'm getting in shape.  I'm eleven years old and I believe that health and fitness is very important and you can never start too early in life to set good habits.  I want to look nice and healthy because I have a big party coming up and I want to be at my best.  So I'm doing jumping jacks, playing lots of Wii, and hopscotch and I also do ten sit ups every day.  I think that's a lot.  It's hard to know.  But the important thing is, I am going to be a good role model for all my friends when I show up to the graduation ceremony looking fit and happy in my maxi dress like this one.

Oh, did I forget to tell you?  I saved up all my money doing chores and errands to buy a girls maxi dress.  I've always been attracted to that style, ever since I was a little kid.  By the way, I'm a tween now, so I don't need your sarcasm.  It's not necessary and certainly not appreciated.  Now, where was I?  Oh, yes.  My maxi dress.  I love the style and elegance.  It makes me feel like one of those old time movie stars.  Like Farrah Faucet.  Whenever I wear them to school, I get tons of compliments.  And not just from my teachers who are a million years old.  My friends like them too.  They're like, what do you call that?  And I'm all, "it's a maxi dress, girl!"  And then we laugh and then I tell them where I bought it from.  There are already two girls my age in my school wearing them.  And just today at lunch, three other girls told me they wanted them too.  Maybe I'm a trend setter.  LOL.  Or maybe I'm like my grandmother's dog.  An Irish Setter.  Laughing out loud, y'all!  My mom says I'm really good at jokes and maybe she's right.  Hollywood, do you have room for a cute girl in a just as cute maxi dress?

Okay, so where did I buy this girls maxi dress.  Well, I bought it online silly.  From a terrific little clothing manufacturer called TwirlyGirl.  They make lots of styles of clothing for girls two through twelve.  If you want to see what they have, then I will post a link to make it simple for you.  Click here.  The way I see it, the more people who buy a maxi dress, the more of a trend setter I am.  So it's not like I'm trying to keep it a secret. Come on, do it!!!

My Review of TwirlyGirl's Birthday Dress

All things Duncan has done it again!  This month, I open things up with a review of TwirlyGirl's Birthday Dress.  As you all know, I own a super fab blog, that everyone loves to read.  I have so many visitors, that I often get to review products, then post my thoughts on my site.  TwirlyGirl has so generously given me a dress to write about.  I'm going to give you all my thoughts below, but just in case you are in a huge rush, here's the long and short of it:  these birthday girl dresses are outrageously fabulous!

First of all, honey, when the dress arrived at my flat, it was wrapped in the cutest pink fabric.  I was like, what's this about?  Then I realized, it was made to look like a candy wrapper, and that inside you were getting a sweet little treat.  Come on!  How cute is that?!?  Don's answer, because I will.  I opened the dress up and held it to my niece, who is only seven years old.  We'll, she nearly fell out of her high chair, she was so delighted.  Just kidding.  She outgrew that years ago.  Anyway, I told her to run in to her room and change into her new birthday dress so that she could model it for me.  She's a good little girl, and did just that.  When she came out in her new dress, I almost fell out of my rascal!  Just kidding, I don't have one of those motorized wheelchair things, but don't they look fun?!  I told my girl to spin and twirl and put on a little show.  You should've seen her face come alive.   This girl absolutely adored her dress.  She was so excited, you would've thought it was her birthday.  She started laughing and giggling, then I started cheering and hollering.  You would've thought that I was the girl in the birthday dress, not her!  Laughing out loud, youngin's!  

Yes, this birthday dress costs a little more than that garbage you see at the big box stores, but all of TwirlyGirl's dresses are made right here in the USA.  If you want quality, you have to pay for it.  But hey, I would much rather have one dress that my girl wears all the time, then ten dresses that just sit in the back of her closet.  What's the point of that!?  Plus these dresses are so soft, and comfy.  TwirlyGirl knows that girls hate itchy seems, so they are all hidden so that they don't touch the skin.  And the way they combine prints is so terrific.  These birthday dresses are so alive and vibrant.  It's like, OMG, can you believe girls get to wear these things!  Why can we all?!

So, that's what I think about the TwirlyGirl girls birthday dress.  It is so special and terrific.  I'm posting the link below so that you can go to their website and see for yourself.  But be warned: once you girl tries one TwirlyGirl dress, she's going to want to try them all!