Le Top Darling of the Day: Nate

Howdy partner!

This little dude, Nate (almost 3-years-old), loves superheroes and cowboys, and enjoys “saving” his friends on the playground while wearing a real or pretend cape. In this photo he’s wearing his favorite cowboy costume on top of his Le Top “Bumper Cars” collection shirt from a past season. Too cute!

Nate also has fun directing family music jam sessions while playing his toy piano and wants to be a tiger or firefighter when he grows up. Awwe! Congratulations Nate for earning the title of Le Top Darling of the Day!

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Exciting News! Heartfelt Changes…

Sarah Showing us her Sparkly Ring

Last Thursday I heard shrieking from the front office…noises that herald the arrival of either: a new baby, a new puppy, or…an engagement ring!  Sarah, Assistant Designer of le•top, walked into the office this past week and flashed her beautiful new accessory announcing her engagement!  We are thrilled for Sarah, especially since we just love her fiancé Steve!  Sarah, a Montana native, managed to meet the man of her dreams – a fireman that shoes horses as his ‘second job.’  The transplanted Cowgirl finds a California Cowboy!

Gianna

Steve’s family loves Sarah!  When news of the engagement spread to Steve’s family, and her soon-to-be brother-in-law started teaching their 4 year old daughter Gianna that Sarah would now be “Auntie” Sarah (rather than “Big” Sarah – to differentiate her from a preschool friend with the same name.)  When Sarah arrived for a 1^st birthday party for Gianna’s younger sister she greeted her with “Auntie Sarah, Auntie Sarah!”  This was an exciting and heart warming surprise for Sarah!  She is really happy to be part of her fiancé’s family and becoming “Auntie” Sarah made it official!!

Congratulations Sarah!

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Children’s Themed Birthday Parties

Last weekend we went to a birthday party for our friend’s 5-year old son. The invitation was cowboy-themed. The party was decked out in Western decor. The host gave away cowboy hats and bandanas, and there were even pony rides. YES, pony rides! It was the BEST party my daughter has ever been to (she exclaims this after every party she attends). It seems like children’s birthday parties are getting fancier each year, and it’s becoming a challenge to “top” the next party – not that these kids are competing. But as a parent, you don’t want to be outdone (recently, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were in the news, having hosted a $100,000.00 birthday party for their daughter, Suri, where the cake alone cost over $15 thousand!). The pressure is on if you’re only going to have a simple “cake and ice cream” birthday gathering.

We’ve been to quite a few themed events, such as:

• a Dinosaur party hosted at a children’s activity center (complete with dinosaur-related games)
• a Princess Ball, along with a dressing room filled with gowns, crowns, make-up, glitter, boas, etc. for all the girls (and the loot bag was more expensive than our present for the birthday celebrant!)
• a Pirate party with a scavenger hunt, and enough gold coins to fill Captain Jack Sparrow’s ship
• a Musical party where a music teacher came and brought boxes of different musical instruments for the children to participate in song-and-dance activities
• and the most outrageous one I’ve been to… a Super Model party. The dad even built a runway for the girls to parade down the catwalk in their fashionable attire!

My daughter has had her share of themed parties:

• Hawaiian pool party with beach toys as giveaways
• Gymnastics party where the instructors came and set up their equipment at a park, and had a “class” with all the kids
• County Fair-themed party with a cotton candy machine, an ice cone maker, face painting, and a friend who made balloon animals for all the guests.

The day after my daughter’s 4-year old party, she started discussing with me what her theme will be for next year’s party. (I’m not kidding!) She had a few in mind: a Power Ranger party, a Pokemon party, a Princess party to name a few. But the winning theme is a Pirate party – just like her cousin’s but not exactly the same. She wants it to be a PINK Pirate party and have a Pirate Princess come to entertain her guests. (Demanding for a 5-year old! And don’t even get me started on her wanting an iPhone as a present.) So, two months before her birthday, I’m already making a mad dash looking for a Pirate Princess to come to her party, and hunting down a bakery who can make custom-designed cupcakes with black and pink skull and bones. As the date gets closer and I’ve secured the entertainment and the cupcakes, I sit back and sigh, “What the heck am I doing? I’m trying to impress her 5-year old friends. Next year will be just cake and ice cream!” I say this every year, and I know I’ll be sucked into another theme party again next year.

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Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys…

Round 'Em Up!! Cast your favorites, 'cuz the first contest winner gets "branded" tomorrow!

But let ’em dress in le•top cowboy and cowgirl-inspired clothes…Round ‘Em Up (pictured right) is just one of many favorites you can choose in our Favorites Contest!

For your chance to win $500 (retail value) worth of fashionable baby and children’s clothes from le•top and rabbit moon, just go here, and tell us what your faves are. Round up your faves, because the first $500 winner will be announced tomorrow!

Whether it’s for your own kids, grandchildren, gifts for future baby showers (it’s been a cold, long winter!), or gifts for all your nieces, nephews and other darlings, just choose your le·top playwear and rabbit moon favorites, and you might win them! Share…tell your friends!

P.S. For more contest rules, go here. And apologies to cowboys and cowgirls…we love you…we don’t know why Willie Nelson sings that! 😉

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Le Top Model: Trey and His Round Up

This is Trey, today’s (Jan.16) Daily Darling, Le Top “model”, and grandson of Faith Messenbourg who runs and operates Klassy Kids in Waldorf, MD. Here he is on a “horsey-back” wearing Le Top’s Round ’em Up Jacket as he rides off into the sunset… Isn’t he the cutest little cowboy?!

If you love this jacket, or want to see other Le Top collections, visit Klassy Kids at 3304 Plaza Way, Charles County Plaza, Waldorf, MD  20603. They’d be happy to help you in the store, or hear from you if you have any questions, so give them a call (Phone: 301. 645. 8081).

Don’t live in Maryland? Go to Le Top’s store locator to find a store near you, or click on “Online Shopping Options” at letop-usa.com.

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