Bright Star Kids Clothing

I'm always on the look out for cute clothes, so when I got the opportunity to look through Bright Star Kids' clothing I was pretty excited! I'm not so great with the whole making decisions thing (just ask my husband) and I had such a hard time deciding the perfect shirt to have shipped, they are all so stinking cute! Finally though I decided on this adorable puff sleeve shirt. 

I will admit, I was expecting a rather cheap iron on item. I mean sure they looked cute on the site, but typically my experiences with personalized designs on shirts included me getting a low quality iron on.  I was completely surprised at the quality! Not only is the shirt super soft but the emblem is far from a cheap sticky iron on. The design is smoothly printed directly on the shirt and isn't going to fade away with washes as far as I can tell. 

So if I'm even more honest, I was expecting the product to take quite a while to get to me seeing as they are based in Australia, and well... I'm not :) Again I was pretty surprised when it arrived quickly. I was more than a little excited to see a package for me from Australia.... I get excited about things like that ;) Speaking of the company being in Australia, their clothing sizes are different than ours here in the US. Thankfully they have a handy dandy size chart. I got my small 2 year old and size 2 puff shirt and it fits with room to grow. So just be aware that you will likely need to break out a measuring tape before ordering. 

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Veggies vs. Junk Food

Apparently teenagers and children will eat fruits and veggies. Now I know this might seem mind blowing to you, but I swear to you it is true! They just need to be offered them. 
I made an observation this weekend that might be obvious but it really got me thinking. We had a pool party with some of the kids in Matt's youth group this weekend and it was a ton of fun! Typically stuff like this is crawling with Doritos, candy and any type of junk you can think of. The host of the party didn't have any of that usual stuff out, instead she had carrots, celery, apples, watermelon, kiwi, cantaloupe, bananas and grapes. Guess what? Not one kid complained. They chowed down on it. The carrots were gone very quickly as was the watermelon and bananas. Not one kid seemed disappointed that there was no chips or candy. 
So it might sound obvious that our kids (even teens!) will eat what is offered, but I think we forget that. We assume they will just let healthy food go to waste. Even with our one year old daughter, she certainly perfers juicy watermelon to dry crunchy chips. If I offer her Doritos (which I don't think she's ever actually had) she would eat them. If I offer her cantaloupe she will eat it. Hopefully by offering her healthy foods and not junk food when she is little will develop a taste for the healthier stuff and maybe in the end she won't even care very much about eating the junk (sadly... I do like the junk... ugh). 
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School Shooting

I was in 6th grade when the Columbine shooting happened. I only vaguely remember the actual event but what I do remember of the shooting was students filing and running out of the school. This was the same thing I remember most about watching the news yesterday morning following the Chardon High School shooting.

Students running out of a school. Students running away from a place that is suppose to be safe.

It's terribly sad that kids not only have to be subjected to such a tragedy but for it to be somewhere that is suppose to be safe... well it sucks. I realize school may not always be a safe haven for everyone (because of things like bullying) but as far as physical safety goes, I never once walked into my high school and wondered if I would walk out alive.