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It feels so good to see hints of Spring! New products are arriving every day and our own shopping lists are growing by the minute! As a bonus, our stores* are offering FREE SHIPPING! Sign up for tada! email and we will send you the promo code. Start shopping!

WHAT WE ARE EXTRA EXCITED ABOUT....

POLOS! Love the variety of polos we are seeing from the material, to the detail on the button to the mix of colors. Getting excited about something that is such a basic in a boys wardrobe. this is a first for me!

Busy Bees Kids Soft Spun Polos, $49

BLOOMERS! They just keep coming in. Girly and frilly florals from Pink Chicken, artsy silkscreen from Shirin, bold ginghams and sweet florals from Makie, plus many more!

Pink Chicken Diaper Cover, $28.

RUFFLES! On cuffs, hems and collars! Neige, Peek...Aren't You Curious, J.Crew are favorites!

Neige Oliana Dress, $68-72

* Offer valid thru February 5, 2010 at the following tada! stores: Bella Bliss, Busy Bees Kids, Estella, johnnie-O, Neige, Olive Juice, Pink Chicken, Robert Redd and Sweet William.

A Dress to Tunic

One of my best discoveries for maximizing wear was when my daughter put on jeans with her favorite Calypso corduroy dress that had gotten too short. It looked terrific! In shopping the fall collections, I have paid special attention to finding dresses that will work well as a tunic in years after. At a time when we are all watching our spending, these are ten dresses that are worth the splurge for just this reason.

Sarah Waldo Organics Beatrice Dress $150 now $119.99 at UrthChild.com.

Pink Chicken Isabelle Dress $68.

Little Marc Jacobs Delia Dress $118 at Milkshop.com.

Antik Batik Domi Embroidered Dress € 71.07 at Little Fashion Gallery.

Neige Austine Dress $94-99.

Whitten Grey Organic Wool Pleated Wool Jumper $136 at UrthChild.com.

Makie Smocking Dress $135-138.

Flora and Henri Winter Angel Dress $142-188.

Cupcakes and Pastries Sugar Cookie Dress $60 at Hijkids.com.

Maan Sally Dress £55 at Elias & Grace.

The Color Purple!

I am seeing purple for girls everywhere this fall. As a new colorway for a wardrobe staple to a style all new, it is in every catalog, web site and store I am shopping for my children. Here are some of my favorites.

Clockwise from top left: Salvor Fauna Horse T-shirt at Estella $30-38, Pink Chicken Gemma Paisley Dress at Art Bebe $68, Coq en Pâte Horse Pouchette at Little Fashion Gallery £30.10, Crewcuts Girls' Silk Flower Hair Clip $10.50, Converse All-Star Low Sneakers at MilkShop $26, Baby CZ Purple Check Audrey Dress at Poppy Store $162, Lacoste Girls' Puff Sleeve Polo $45, Livie & Luca Pio Pio Bird Mary Janes at Chi Chi Bean $38, Peek...Aren't You Curious Frida Skirt, $58.

Pink Chicken Perfect for Summer!

My girls are always so comfortable in their Calypso dresses and Roberta Freymann tunics in summer that it was exciting to find even another great maker of such clothes: Pink Chicken. Their fabrics are colorful and prints so fun—with everything from dresses to even diaper covers! 

Pink Chicken dresses, $64 and up. Available at Arte Bebe.