It’s that time of the year. School starts soon. Pea has less than two weeks left of summer camp, and then she begins preschool the following Monday. Just one weekend to make the transition from summer fun to school uniforms.
Just as I did last year when she started pre-preschool, I ordered Pea a new backpack for this year. And a new lunchbox, since her duck went AWOL at camp a couple of weeks ago. They match. Both with her monogram. Just too cute for words.
I love 4 Peas. So much so that I’m not going to hold it against them that when you land on their home page, Rachael Ray is staring back at you. The backpacks are actually toddler-sized, which means they won’t hold a mess of books, but they will hold notes to and from the teacher, art work, a lunchbox, an extra pair of shoes, whatever it is you’d actually need a small child to carry on his or her back. And the selection they have now is even better than last year’s. I had a really tough time deciding which one to get. I finally let Pea make the final call. She went for the pink polka-dots. Always pink. Polka dots? Icing on her little preschooler-sized cake. There are also backpacks for older kids. And the styles are all hip, they can be monogrammed, and they ship very quickly. In fact, you should still have time to order one this week and have it arrive just in time to see your little one off to school!
And don’t forget the labels! I just reordered Pea’s labels (pink & butterflies) from Stuck On You, and while I was at it, I ordered a pack for Coco, too (purple & fairy princess). She’s now out and about in the world with her sippy cups and her shoes that just won’t remain on her little feet.
I’m going to be quite busy this weekend, sewing labels in clothing, placing sticky dots on cups and vinyl dots in shoes. Good times. Really, good times. My girls are growing up so quickly.
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I can’t believe summer is nearly over! It went so fast, I think I’m still waiting for it to start. Those backpacks are SO super cute! I love the style she chose, that’s the one I’d go with too.
My little guy isn’t even in preschool, but I was curious about what was out there and because I have some experience with ordering corporate-wear for tradeshows, etc. I knew that Gap did something…
Nothing feminine at the “GapKids Uniform Headquarters”:
http://www.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=41047&mlink=6170,905552,3&clink=905552
but it looks like OldNavy has a few options:
http://www.oldnavy.com/browse/category.do?cid=36516
and this site might have a few options:
http://www.thechildrenswearoutlet.com/shop/index.php?target=categories&category_id=193&page=full_list
I haven’t had to label clothing yet, but I did have to do bottles and sippy cups and I really like Mabel’s Labels: http://www.mabel.ca/mabel.php?a=mabelslabels
My little guy isn’t even in preschool, but I was curious about what was out there and because I have some experience with ordering corporate-wear for tradeshows, etc. I knew that Gap did something…
Nothing feminine at the “GapKids Uniform Headquarters“, but it looks like OldNavy has a few options and this site might have a few useful items.
I don’t have to label clothing yet, but I had to do bottles for daycare and I really like Mabels Labels (they do all kinds of labels and they really hold up).
Donna,
The uniforms are boring. Ordered from Land’s End. Khaki or navy blue bottoms (pants, shorts, skirts, dresses) and polo shirts. Basically, everything worn on the upper body has to have a school logo, including sweaters and fleece jackets. The colors for the polo shirts that we can select from are navy, white or pink (for the girls). Land’s End has some polo shirts that are a more “feminine” cut, but I’m sure they’re still not what you are looking for. They are just so basic… But as always, I love a challenge, and am going to make it mine to search around tomorrow and see if I can’t find a more appealing girl’s polo shirt than the ones you’ve found. Stay tuned…
Great backpacks! I’m going to try to hold off on getting one for X, but I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to!
Cute backpack!
Yep they grow up in what seems like no time huh.
I love the labels and had to order some. Unfortunately, 4peas didn’t have cute boy toddler packs. I wanted JF to have a backpack that’s not from a local store since there will probably be too many duplicates in the school yard. Onward, to amazon. : )
Hi Melissa,
The magic word for me in your post is “uniforms”. What is Pea’s uniform like? My girls wear a navy, red and white plaid jumper. We don’t have a lot of flexibility in terms of what tops go under the jumper. We can choose red, navy or white polos…. no logos. I am sooo sick of Gap and would love to find girlier polo styles. Any ideas???
Donna
i just did the same for petunia. love the four peas and stuck on you makes super cute labels.