Dressing for a kid’s birthday party is not exactly like dressing for an adult birthday party in that kids are messy and their parties often involve some form of activity that doesn’t exactly mesh well with heels or cute dry-clean only dresses. Still, cutoff shorts and a t-shirt doesn’t exactly live up to the effort involved in an event that often involves hired kiddy entertainment, catered food, and personalized decorations (or at least in NYC, where the birthday parties we’ve been to can be way over the top). And hey, kids are a lot of work, so after making it through another year, it really should be just as much about celebrating the parents, right? The trick to dressing for a kid’s birthday party is finding that perfect blend of comfy and casual and kid/baby-proof but still chic. Easy enough? Yeah right! To help, I put together a guide for what to wear to a kid’s birthday party.
What to Wear to Father’s Day Brunch, Lunch or Dinner
Hopefully, you’re set on the gift/card front (but if not, check out my Father’s Day gift recs here), and all you have to worry about is figuring out what to wear to Father’s Day this year. This year will be Andrew’s…
What to Wear to Your Kids’ Sporting Events
At a certain point in motherhood, you transition from playground runs to sports (and other activities) drop offs, pick ups and games. Before you know it, sports practices and games start to fill your afternoons/evenings and weekends, or so I’m…
What to Wear to a Black Tie Wedding in Summer
After a lull, we’ve had quite a few weddings recently. Mostly the stragglers of our friends. Dressing for summer weddings is fun, but if can be tough. There’s the heat and humidity to contend with, and then it’s often followed…
What to Wear to Play Golf
Ok, so I don’t love to play golf. I mean I should. I grew up on a golf course, was junior club champ at the age of 7, and have a trophy the size of James in my parents’ basement…
What I Wore Over Memorial Day Weekend at the Lake
We just got back from spending Memorial Day Weekend at the lake. Well, we actually broke the weekend into two and did half the weekend at the lake house and then hit up the Memorial Day festivities at our club….
My Favorite Pregnancy Outfits for Summer
Being pregnant is hard enough, let alone being pregnant in summer when you can’t exactly bundle up under big, bulky layers. Looking polished while staying cool can be a challenge, especially when you don’t want to spend your baby’s college…
What to Wear to Your Child’s Graduation Ceremony
I can’t believe we’ve already hit this (seemingly) major milestone already, but a couple years ago, we attended our first graduation ceremony for our firstborn when James graduated from preschool. (Where does the time go?!) I know it’s only preschool,…
What I Wore This Week (No. 233)
Somehow we’re at the end of April already and I’m packing us up for my husband’s high school reunion at Exeter, NH. How did that happen? Wasn’t it just my birthday and Brooks’ birthday and spring break and Easter? Easter…
What I Wore on Our Summer Trip to Paris and Chantilly
We just got back from an amazing trip to France. We combined a birthday trip and a friend’s wedding into one truly unforgettable getaway, that happened to be our first real trip away together without the kids. This may not…
What to Wear to a Derby Party
One of my favorite springtime events, the Kentucky Derby, is coming up in a couple weekends, and I can’t wait. The Derby is basically a reason to dress up, wear a fun hat, day drink and bet — what more…
Mother’s Day Outfits
Here’s what I’m wearing to our Mother’s Day brunch celebration. Hopefully, it’ll give you some inspiration for your own Mother’s Day outfits.
