Awesome Thoughts from our Blog

A little rhyme written by our dear Ana Balich about the awesomeness that is toddlerdom with pockets....an excerpt: 

Mom calls it junk, but really it’s treasure.
I need to hide it, cuz I’m feeling the pressure.
If Mom finds it first, she’s sure to act rash.
She’ll gather it up and it’ll go in the trash.

About a week ago, a very kind customer wrote in to say that two of the "Hello Chum" sharks dresses she received in the mail had two strange discolorations on the skirt. They seemed to line up perfectly with the tape that was on the clear plastic bag holding each dress.

"That's so strange!" we wrote back, and immediately sent her two new dresses assuming it was some one-off problem with the dresses she had received. But after we heard from another customer with the same problem, and the first woman's replacement dresses ALSO had these strange discolorations, we knew something was up.

We love seeing all the awesome ideas for new clothing designs!  

Here are some technical sketches of the silhouettes we use most often.  You can print them out and draw on them, and then email them to us at ideas@princess-awesome.com.  We look at everything you send and are so grateful for your thoughts and contributions.

This quarantine business is not easy for me. I am not good at sitting still or staying home, so I’ve had to find ways of doing both of those things over the last few months. I ended up (like so many other folks) doing some home improvement, and I found the perfect piece of clothing for all my projects - my Princess Awesome super twirler dresses! They’re super comfortable, light and airy, make me feel confident, and the huge, deep pockets hold all my tools and hardware.

It struck me at some point a few years ago that parenting is a lot like running a country. There are many competing problems and interests and sometimes the best solutions aren’t the one you end up choosing to implement - because sometimes the best solutions are just not possible.  Instead you end up choosing second- or third-best solutions.  And guess what?  Usually those solutions are still good, or at least better than their counterparts - no solution, or a bad solution.

So here are some things a few of our presidents learned during their terms of office, with a few anecdotes of how they relate to mine.

If you end up in the position of having your kids’ school closed for an extended period of time, coupled with either quarantine and/or social distancing and possibly ALSO being expected to get some actual work done for your job, I have a few ideas on how you might structure your time. I thought I’d share them in case they’re useful for you.*