Author Profiles

Chris (don’t call me Christine, it was only when my mom was mad at me!):
Vice President/Owner of the best kid’s company in the world, Co-Editor and contributor, le•top blog.
As a kid, (a really long time ago) my favorite…
Bag Lunch: peanut butter and pickle sandwich (don’t knock it ’til you try it!) and WAY too many bananas. To this day the smell of bananas takes me back to room temperature lunches and wet coat smell.
Game: reading, reading, reading (ok, so I was a nerd before the term ‘nerd’ was invented!)
Cartoon: I wasn’t much of a cartoon kind of kid, but boy did I LOVE Rin Tin Tin and Lassie!
I was a kid once too: me at age 4

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Dawn:  Writer, self-employed licensed massage therapist and mother to an 8 year old daughter
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fritos, chocolate chip cookies
Game: being outside, riding bikes with friends, hanging out at the local swimming pool, reading, tickling my younger brother
Cartoon: Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny
I was a kid once too: me at age 2

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Diana: Customer Service/Order Support, le•top and contributor, le•top blog
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: Peanut Butter and Strawberry jelly with no crust, a strawberry fruit roll-up and a strawberry Capri sun (I had a thing for Strawberries as a kid and still do!)
Game: I used to love playing make believe with my cousins; we used to play house (I was always the mom), and I loved going to the park and playing on the swings and riding my bike (which I learned to ride all by myself!)
Cartoon: I didn’t really watch many cartoons. I was more into shows like: Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?, Salute Your Shorts, and my all time favorite was: Hey Dude! OK wait I lie, I did like to watch Tiny Toons!
I was a kid once too: OK, so in this picture I was about 2 years old, and I had bad allergies so I wasn’t too happy!

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Elena: Assistant Designer (le•top baby) and contributor, le•top blog
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: Sausages with mustard
Game: Playing with kittens and pet piglet
Cartoon: An evening kids show on TV in Russia called, “Good Night, Babies!” I refused to go to bed without seeing the hand puppets wish me a good night.
I was a kid once too: me at 12 months

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Jamee:  Contributor, le•top blog and full-time mom of a 4-year old and a newborn, and le•top’s chief “kid’s quotes” collector.
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: I didn’t do bag lunches. I was fascinated about the mystery meat at the lunch line.
Game: Any games as long as boys were involved: soccer, tetherball, cops and robbers. (No dolls. No playing house. No dressing up as princesses!) I also enjoyed playing LPs on my record player: Shaun Cassidy, John Travolta and Grease.
Cartoon: Josie and the Pussycats
I was a kid once too: me at age 4 (thinking that this lace hat really went well with my sailor dress.)

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Kristin: Inside Sales and contributor, le•top blog
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: B-o-l-o-g-n-a and American cheese sandwich (yuck I hate it now) with a
CapriSun drank through the bottom in my My Little Ponies lunch box (which
I still have!)
Game: Chutes N’ Ladders or Clue (it’s a toss up)
Cartoon: The Jetsons
I was a kid once too: me at age 3

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TC (it’s really Tiffany but when you’re the newbie and there is another employee with your name, you take a nickname): HR Manager, le•top, Co-Editor and contributor, le•top blog and mom to a beautiful 2 year old girl who loves to wear our clothes.
As a kid, my favorite…
Bag Lunch: Salami, cheddar cheese, dill pickle, Miracle Whip and mustard on sour dough and some sort of juice. I guess I liked strong flavors. Some things never change.
Game: When I was really little I liked playing with my Tonka truck and my stuffed animals. As I got a little older it was all about swimming in the neighbors’ pool and jumping with way too many kids on our trampoline.
Cartoon: I loved Bugs Bunny and the show Isis (she was sort of like Wonder Woman but had the magical powers of the goddess Isis)
I was a kid once too: me at 20 months