I was a shy kid. I still am really. I’d rather sit in a quiet corner of a restaurant with 3 or 4 people I know than go to a huge party with hundreds of people – those make me hyperventilate. I’m pretty shy at heart. When I started preschool at B.Y.U. at the age of 3 it was a super hard for me to make eye contact with my teachers, even though they were perfectly lovely. By Kindergarten I…
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**WINNERS** Cathy who said “I subscribe.” Stacey M. who said “Like Petit Elefant on FB.” I’m kind of dying for Summer to get here already, aren’t you? Maybe not, some people even hate Summer. Whaaaak? Weird, I know. But that’s not important, this is: I have in my possession for the Utahns, water park pass giveaway tickets to Cowabunga Bay. Do you know the place? It’s the one in Draper right off the freeway. The one the kids beg and plead and…
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This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series purse is from Gorett, thank you! If you love this series and want more of it, submit your purse. Take two photos of your purse {NICE, CLEAR, NOT-BLURRY ONES} one of the outside, one of the inside, along with a listing of the contents to: allison AT petitelefant DOT com Purse: Guess – got in on sale for $50! Contents: – Guess wallet – Danier change purse – Bath and Body Works spray…
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Parenting doesn’t come with a handbook. Not really anyway, and you should trust me because I’ve totally looked. (High and low) The car seat comes with a manual rivaling most graduate school textbooks and assembling the stroller takes NASA’s best, but the actual baby? Nope, no manual for that little human. You’re kind of, well, it. Which is why you really should snatch up this palm sized how-to parenting book written by two of the smartest women I know, Rookie…
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It’s Spring. Summer is only a hop, skip and a jump away. I mean, there are days where I can almost taste it. Summer you’re not hiding from me, I’ll find you sooner or later so you might as well come out from behind the bushes. Here are 2 Spring fashion outfits for you to prime the closets for Summer. I want to go to there. Summer Lovin’ by petitelefant Surf’s Up by petitelefant Spring, let’s do this thing.
A handful of weeks ago I mentioned my family trip to Costa Rica where I enjoyed what can only be called a ‘spiritual experience’. If you need a dose of life affirmation in your life, a little yes-you should-be-on-the-planet-and-the-world-is-good, Costa Rica is your girl. I think of countries as genders, don’t you? Germany is totally a dude. Right after we showed up in San Jose (the nation’s capital) we were escorted by minibus to a tour of a coffee plantation…
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A few weeks ago I wandered into the kitchen to make breakfast for the short people in my life, as one does, only to discover we were low on groceries. But I gots some skillz you guys. I sniffed around the kitchen for a bit and what, WHAT? I found just enough ingredients to whip up some insanely delicious + easy German pancakes. When was the last time you had German pancakes? Last night for dinner? I hope so, I…
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Did you know it’s teacher’s appreciation week? Even if you don’t have kids in school, I’m sure there’s a teacher in your life who could use a little thank you gift. My mother is a retired 1st grade teacher, my brother-in-law teaches Junior High, and my sister teaches special education. It can be a rough job with low pay and thankless struggles, so let’s all do something awesome for the teachers we know. They deserve a standing ovation. And probably…
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One of the earliest memories of my childhood, from the wee baby age of two, is that of my parents and grandparents leaving for a trip to Hawaii. Without me. It was 1979 and the memory is still crystal clear: on my parent’s old gravel driveway under the carport, I wove in and out of all the adult legs I could find, pleading my case for a tropical vacation while the grown-ups loaded suitcases into the old Volkswagen. I was two….
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