Dancing Candy Cane

…Submitted by: Anna (from the le•top Design Team!)

Alexandria and her dancing candy cane

My niece Alexandria and I were playing dress-up with a few le•top outfits, and her mom decided to play one of her daughter’s favorite songs, ‘Alphabet Sounds’ by Barbara Milne. When my niece heard the song, she grabbed her candy cane (given to her by Santa that same day) and started to dance while singing, “Apples, apples, a, a, a. Baby, baby, b, b, b…”

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le•top Takes: Out of the Mouths of Babes!

Ah Lifebuoy...! photo credit TBS superstation

Kids always say the funniest things! Once they blurt it out, we can’t help but laugh out loud — or hold a stern face until we can go hide somewhere — and howl in private! Keep the laughs going! Email us your quirky takes, funny quotes or silly stories. We’d love to hear from you and post it. Share in the laughter!

Don’t be afraid. Jesus is born. Go to BethleHELL.”

– Miranda, 4 years old (as an angel in the Christmas Pageant)

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Poll: What are your plans for New Year’s Eve?

As parents, especially of little ones, it becomes tough deciding what to do on New Year’s Eve. Ever since my daughter was born, I haven’t celebrated New Year’s like I used to. That is… getting dressed up to go to a party, drinking champagne, dancing, getting home by 3 AM, then sleeping in the next day. The past four years has found us struggling just to keep our eyes open past 10 PM so we can at least see New York’s celebration. We go to bed shortly after that because we know our little girl will be waking us up for breakfast at the usual time.

This year we will be celebrating with other friends who are parents of little ones. We will try to party it up like we used to. But even if we don’t stay up late or dance the night away, we will at least be in the company of friends and all our children.

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