Posted in 2T-4T, Baby, Baby Clothes, Bay Area, Boys Clothes, Children, Children's Clothes, Cute, Fall, Fashion Design, Girls' Dresses, Jackets, Just for Fun, Le Top, Le Top Online Boutique, le•top, Photos, rabbitmoon, rabbitmoon online boutique, San Francisco, Seasons, tagged audition, Calling all cuties, casting call, child modeling, le top blog, letop, photo shoot, rabbitmoon baby and kids clothes, San Francisco Bay Area, tryouts on January 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Le Top casting call is just a few days away. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and have a child that wears a size between 9month and 3T (unwashed) that loves to ham it up for the camera then read on. Your child could end up modeling Le Top or rabbitmoon clothing. All the details are below. The deadline for submissions is tomorrow!
Posted in Baby Clothes, Bay Area, Boys Clothes, California, Childhood, Children, Children's Clothes, Fashion Design, Girls' Dresses, Just for Fun, Le Top, Le Top Online Boutique, le•top, le•top Daily Darling, le•top Tips, Parenting, Safety Tips, San Francisco, School, tagged duck cover hold, earthquake safety, falling objects, le top blog, letop, preparing for earthquakes, San Francisco Bay Area, secure top heavy furniture, teaching child about earthquakes, what is an earthquake on October 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Two minor earthquakes occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area last week (and one this morning). It was the first time my daughter felt one, and it reminded me that it’s time to explain what earthquakes are and prepare her for the steps to take when one occurs. I may or may not be with her when it happens (and it will) and I don’t want her to panic. Preparing her for the inevitable seems like a logical way to do that.
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Posted in Basketball, Bay Area, California, Children, le•top, Movies, Playing, Summer, tagged heatwave, le top blog, Le Top Chameleon Camouflage collection, letop, Letop 2011 Spring Summer Collection, letop children's clothing, playing outside, San Francisco Bay Area, summer, Tonka truck on July 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Paulo is wearing Chameleon Camouflage from Le Top's 2011 Spring Summer Collection.
We were complaining last month that summer wasn’t here yet since it even rained in June. But now, summer arrived with a vengeance here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Time to play outside. But wait… It’s TOO HOT! It’s sweltering that playing outside is a challenge. For five minutes, Paulo dribbled his basketball, ran around a bit, then pushed his Tonka truck before we all called it quits and went back in the house. Then we decided to go to the movies to cool off! Phew!
If you’re planning to be outside, remember to:
Posted in Baby, Baby Clothes, Bay Area, California, Children, Children's Clothes, Cute, Fashion Design, Girls' Dresses, Hercules, Le Top, le•top, le•top Design, Oakland, Photos, tagged babies, casting call, child modeling, Go-See, le top blog, le top children's clothing, le top photo shoot, San Francisco Bay Area, toddlers on June 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Reminder: We are just two weeks away from our go-see for our Spring 2011 photo shoot. Le Top is looking for children to model our unique clothing!
We are searching for babies and toddlers between the ages of 7 months and 4 years that wear sizes between 9 months and 3T (unwashed).
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and your child loves to be on the lens side of a camera …read on!
Please provide the following information to acountis@letop-usa.com: and we will send you all the pertinent information regarding the go-see and photo shoot:
* Child’s name
* Guardian’s name
* Boy or girl
* A couple of recent photos of your cutie (snapshots are ok)
* Age
* Weight
* Clothing Size
* Shoe size
* Email Address (Please send one email per child)
IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:
GO-SEE: July 9th at our Richmond, California headquarters
What is a go-see? A day when children come in for an audition (to try on clothes!)
PHOTO SHOOT:
Week of July 19th
If your child is chosen they MUST be available for one or more of the photo shoot dates.
REQUIREMENTS: All children must secure a valid working permit – we will supply all the information necessary – and sign a usage agreement. Information regarding compensation will be included in our return email.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: July 7, 2010
Posted in Activities for Children, California, Children, Children's Clothes, Community, Contests, Grandchildren, Just for Fun, le•top, le•top Design, Mother-in-law, Petaluma, Spring, tagged American Graffiti, Butter and Egg Days, Egg Basket of the World, family friendly events, historic District, le top blog, le top Spring 2010, letop, Norman Rockwell, parade, Petaluma, Pleasantville, San Francisco Bay Area, small town, small town events, Sweetheart Butterfly collection on May 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Here comes the Parade!
Petaluma is more like a Norman Rockwell painting than one would think in the urban sprawl of the San Francisco Bay Area. The city prides itself in maintaining the traditions of a small town with parades and family friendly events. My mother-in-law lives in this happy little hamlet, and we regularly get calls asking if she can have “her girly” for the night so they can attend this event or that. A couple of weekends ago, was one of these occasions, as it was Petaluma’s 29th Annual Butter and Egg Days celebration!
Lilah watching the parade sporting her Le Top Sweetheart Butterfly shirt and capri set plus sunhat.
At one time, Petaluma was known as the “Egg Basket to the World,” and it had a rich agricultural history as one of the premiere dairy regions in the country. What a better way to celebrate than to dress the kids up as baby chicks hatching out of a giant egg or enter a Cow Chip Throwing Contest. Yee ha! With its large stock of historic buildings, Petaluma has been used as the filming location for numerous movies since the 1940s. Some of the most well known movies included American Graffiti (1973) and Pleasantville (1998) . If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, I highly recommend you visit this quaint little town. I’m sure they’ll have an event happening whenever you stop by!
Posted in 12-months, 24-months, 2T-6X, Baby, California, Children, Children's Clothes, Cute, Fashion Design, le•top, le•top Design, Photos, rabbitmoon, tagged audition, Baby Clothes, bay area child models, casting call, child modeling, cuties, Fall 2010 photo shoot, Go-See, le top baby and kid's clothes, le top children's clothing, le top model, Photos, San Francisco Bay Area, toddlers on January 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Our Fall 2010 photo shoot is fast approaching and Le Top is looking for children to model our unique clothing!
We are searching for babies and toddlers between the ages of 7 months and 4 years that wear sizes between 9 months and 3T (unwashed).
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and your child loves to be on the lens side of a camera…read on!
Please provide the following information to skelly@letop-usa.com and we will send you all the pertinent information regarding the go-see and photo shoot:
* Child’s name
* Guardian’s name
* Boy or Girl
* A couple of recent photos of your cutie
(snapshots are ok)
*Age
*Weight
*Clothing size
*Shoe size
*Email address
(please send one email per child)
*Can your child walk or stand on their own?
IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:
GO-SEE: January 6th at our Richmond, California headquarters
What is a go-see? It’s a day when children come in for an audition (to try on clothes!)
PHOTO SHOOT: Week of January 18th
If your child is chosen, they MUST be available for one or more of the photo shoot dates.
REQUIREMENTS: All children must secure a valid working permit – we will supply all the information necessary – and sign a usage agreement. Information regarding compensation will be included in our return email.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: January 4th, 2010
Posted in Activities for Children, California, Community, Events, Fall, Family, Halloween, Holiday, Just for Fun, le•top, Seasons, tagged 1000 pound pumpkins, 2009 le•top Halloween, 24-foot climbing wall, Downtown shopping district, face painting, Great pumpkin, Half Moon Bay, Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, Halloween, haunted house, le top, le top blog, le top children's clothing, live music, ocean front town, old-fashioned downtown festival, pie eating contests, pumpkin carving, pumpkin lovers, pumpkin patches, Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, San Francisco Bay Area, season of orange, The Main Street Beautification Committee on October 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Pumpkins Galore at the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival
Half Moon Bay California, located just 30 miles south of San Francisco, is celebrating their 39th annual Art & Pumpkin Festival from October 17th through October 18th. This festival began in 1971 when a newly formed civic organization, The Main Street Beautification Committee, was founded to raise funds to revitalize Main Street in the charming Half Moon Bay downtown shopping district. The committee, realizing that pumpkin patches surrounded the area, decided to incorporate an old-fashioned downtown festival into many visitor’s annual trek to pick out their Halloween pumpkins from this well known home of superior pumpkin growers. 38 years later the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival attracts thousands of people from all over the Bay Area and beyond, and is still committing the proceeds to revitalizing the downtown area and contributing to the town’s civic causes.
The kickoff for the festival is HUGE – literally! Today, Columbus Day, Monday October 12th it begins with the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a $20,000 prize at stake! Pumpkins weighing in at more than 1,000 pounds are brought in every year by proud growers and their families. The following weekend of October 17th through October 18th pumpkin lovers flock to this charming ocean front town to celebrate the season of ‘orange!’
Otto and this Halloween's Great Pumpkin
The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival is not limited to big orange vegetables! It features live music and entertainment on three stages – ranging from pop reggae to classic and Celtic rock. Of course what would a festival be without food? You will find every tempting pumpkin-infused treat imaginable – and then some! Halloween is just around the corner, as is a very scary Haunted House! Not into scary things? There are other activities for the little ones, including amusement rides, a 24-foot climbing wall, pumpkin carving, pie eating contests, face painting and so much more!
The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival has become a tradition for many families and friends. It is a great place to come together and enjoy one of California’s oldest, biggest and most popular festivals. Good Grief! Don’t miss out!
For more information visit www.miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest/#
Posted in Activities for Children, Brother, Children, Children's Clothes, Dad, Fall, Football, Just for Fun, le•top Design, Mom, Oakland, San Francisco, tagged appreciation for sports, back to school, Chicago Bears, childhood memories, children's clothing company, children's clothing designer, children's fashion, childrenswear, Fall 2009 collection, Fall fashions, Fall is in the air, fall season, football fanatics, Football rivalries, football season, Hail Mary, Indianapolis Colts, le top, le top clothing, le top designer, le top retailers, le top Varsity Blues, Los Angeles, Minnesota Vikings, Montana native, Navy Brat, Niners, North Dakota, older brother, Peyton Manning, Raiders, ready for football, San Francisco Bay Area, serious football fans, sports collection, Treasure island, Varsity Blues on September 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The sun is dipping lower in the sky and the nights grow just a bit cooler…do I see the hint of color in the leaves? Fall is in the air! With the fall season fast approaching there is excitement brewing here at le•top! It’s Back to School! Well, we do get excited about Fall fashions, but there is something else that stirs the senses – FOOTBALL RIVALRIES! Yes, this cute and cuddly children’s clothing company is home to some serious fans – so while we are busy shipping our FABULOUS Varsity Blues collection to waiting retailers our football fanatics are ‘showing their colors!’ Since le•top is available in retailers across the United States we thought we would ask a few ‘fans’ here in the office where their loyalties lie.
Sarah and Diana in Their Team Jerseys
Sarah, our le•top assistant designer loves her team! Sarah, growing up in Montana, really had the freedom to choose any team in the country – they are not ‘next’ to anything! She relates that her mom, a native of North Dakota has always favored their ‘neighbor’ – The Minnesota Vikings. Her Dad went with the Chicago Bears – but Sarah had to break with the family and choose the Indianapolis Colts. Why??? Peyton! She fell in love with football when Peyton Manning hooked her with his ‘Hail Mary!’ Now she is here in the San Francisco Bay Area…Niners? Raiders? She maintains “I’m a Colts fan for life!’
Diana, our customer service specialist extraordinaire, took at little different path to loyalty…She grew up in Los Angeles – a ‘city girl.’ The Raiders, based in LA during her childhood, gained Diana’s loyalty as she watched football with her older brother. She followed football just because she idolized her brother, and football was the common bond. When Diana, a ‘Navy Brat’ moved to the Bay Area (her father was stationed at Treasure Island) found out that the Raiders were moving back to the Bay Area there was celebrating in her family! She can’t wait until September…Go Raiders!
If you are “READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!” check out the le•top Varsity Blues collection – you fans and dads will love it! And as for me…NINERS RULE!
Posted in Community, Health, le•top, tagged 5K walk, fund raising, Golden Gate Park, le top, le top blog, le top cares, le top designer, Marin General Hospital, NAMI Walk, National Association of Mental Illness, Northern California Psychiatric Society, Patty Duke, psychiatrists, San Francisco Bay Area, walk for a cause on July 20, 2009| 2 Comments »
NAMI Walk in Golden Gate Park
Although it was a fairly typical foggy morning in Golden Gate Park, my family arrived early bringing tea and bagels. Every year, we walk with all the other psychiatrists and their families from the Northern California Psychiatric Society. (My step-dad is next year’s President.) This year he organized our own team – consisting mostly of our family and those of other workers from Marin General Hospital. We collected our free NAMI (National Association for Mental Illness) t-shirts (because we each raised more than the $200 minimum sponsorship) and met with the rest of our team.
The park was full of women, men, and children of all ages wearing t-shirts to represent their teams – “Walking for Kaylee,” “If My Heart Were a Place,” and “Healing Hugs” were just a few of the 157 teams that gathered to raise funds and bring awareness to mental illness. However, this event wasn’t meant to be sad. In fact, the energy ran high as everyone listened to Grand Marshall Patty Duke and prepared to do warm-up jumping jacks before the walk. I even volunteered to go on stage and announce our team, Marin General Hospital “Bon Airs”, to over 1500 walkers and TV cameras. The walk itself always seems much shorter than 5K – on account of great company and conversation! It felt good to know that we contributed to the nearly $300,000 that NAMI raised this year. But most importantly, it felt good to know that every year we walk for such an important cause.
Thanks to all my friends at le•top for contributing to my fund raising goal this year! It was a great help. Please join NAMI Walks next year, May 2010, in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.”
For further information regarding the NAMI Walks in the San Francisco Bay Area, go to http://www.namiwalksfbay.org/.
Posted in Community, Donations, Garden, Hercules, le•top, Volunteers, tagged Being Green, City of Hercules, Community, Community Garden, community involvement, Donations, Eco-Friendly, gardening, Hercules Sustainable Community Garden, Kermit the Frog, le top, le•top, letop, mulch, San Francisco Bay Area, Sustainable Garden on July 2, 2009| 1 Comment »
One of the great things about the San Francisco Bay Area is that we seem to be one of the hubs for the “green” scene. No matter where you live, I think most of us walk around with the question in the back of our minds: “How can I be a little more green?” No, not Kermit the Frog green, but eco-green.
The City of Hercules is about two exits away from le•top headquarters and is on their own “green” kick. Linda (a friendly voice on the le•top phones) teamed up with the City of Hercules on the Hercules Sustainable Community Garden Project and put le•top into action, helping this eco-friendly community garden build from the ground up.
Tony, our warehouse crew worker, is loading le•top boxes into the community garden van.
With Linda’s initiative, le•top has helped donate approximately 22,000 sq./ft. of cardboard needed for the garden’s bed. The cardboard is a great mulch for the ground as it dampens and deteriorates into the ground creating a great layer for the seeds to sprout. It’s also a wonderful weed preventative.
We are excited to be apart of this eco-friendly garden and can’t wait for its grand opening! I am personally looking forward to many a lunch-time to walk around it.
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