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

Son Wears Lucky Girls Maxi Dress while Playing Video Games

I have two children.  A boy and a girl.  Both are pretty weird.  My daughter likes to walk around the house on her hands.  All the time.  Up and down the stairs, even.  It's enough to give me a heart attack.  My son loves video games.  He's also very superstitious.  Lately, he decided that the girls maxi dress (photo) that my girl wears brings him lots of luck while at the videogame console.  So much, in fact, that he insists on wearing it when he's playing in a tournament or against a big competitor.  Yes, I find this behavior to be odd, and a little troubling.  But the worst part is how my girl reactions.  She wants the maxi dress back, and I can't say I blame the child.

Things finally boiled over last weekend when the kid refused to take off the maxi dress for girls, no matter how much we begged and pleaded.  I even offered to bribe the kid, which is something I thought I would never do!  I threatened to ground him even.  Aside from citing superstition, the kid said the dresses were super comfortable and soft.  That much is true, according to my girl.  She started to scream and cry, so finally I decided I would just buy the girl a brand new maxi dress from her favorite brand, TwirlyGirl.  Actually, TwirlyGirl now seems to be both my children's favorite brand, wouldn't you say?

Anyway, we fired up the computer and logged onto their website to search their collection of girls maxi dresses.  They really have a great selection of super cute dresses.  She picked out one, and when she showed my boy a photo of it, he became very jealous.  That's his problem, though.  I did warn my daughter that she should keep the new maxi dress under lock and key in case the brother got any wild ideas about stealing it.

The dress for girls arrived a few days later, and she was very pleased with the selection she made.  Hopefully, our family shrink can make sense of this whole thing.  I scheduled an extra long session over the weekend so that we, as a family, can talk about our obsession with the girls maxi dress.  This is a link to the TwirlyGirl homepage in case you want to see what the fuss is all about.  Once you see a picture or two, I think you'll get it.

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.

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.

My daughter's fascination with girls capri leggings

It's so funny to look at artwork that four year olds draw.  I'm always fascinated by the way they perceive the world.  If you notice, when they draw people their feet rarely touch the ground.   Theyr'e usually floating in the air, or drifting into outer space.  But when I analyzed the drawings that my little Katie did on the first day of school, I was really struck by what she sketched.  I think it was supposed to be a picture of her older sister.  I mean, it certainly looked like a girl, and her character was dressed the way my older girl wears her clothes.  That is to say, the girl seemed to be wearing capri leggings.  How do I know?  Well, they didn't seem to be pants, and they were only 3/4 length and they were striped.  You see, my older child love to wear capri leggings.  She almost never takes them off.  But that's another story.

She says that capri leggings, like those here, are perfect for any occasion.  She even likes to wear them to sleep because they are so soft and comfy.  But more often than not, she puts them underneath her skirts and dresses on days that are a little cold.  Half the time she wears them with sneakers, because the capri slash sneaker look is uber-funky, as she so often says.  Who raises these kids?  LOL!  Certainly not that deadbeat of a husband I thought I loved for about five minutes.  Have fun with your brain dead girlfriend, Luther!  But I digress.

My girl wears capris everywhere.  It's like her security blanket, I guess.  The cool thing is, she seems to have started a trend with some close friends, because now all the girls  seem to be wearing.  Of course, my oldest would never brag or even admit it.  She's far too good of a friend.  Not at all the Queen Bee type.  In fact, she bought a few friends some capri leggings since they didn't have any of their own, and we got a really good deal on them.  And even though they all kind of go together, none of them are perfect matches.  That would be so weird.  This way, each girl gets to feel unique about the leggings they wear.  We did that by shopping for different styles on the same site.  We found a great website with tons of variety and super soft clothes and gave them away as party favors for the last birthday.  I love sharing online stores with other moms.  And dads.  I don't discriminate.  So here's a link if you feel like checking out their leggings.  Or any of the other clothes they have.  http://www.twirlygirlshop.com

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!