Polarn O. Pyret – The Playful Life

We were delighted to host our second “Name the Prints” contest earlier this month where customers had the opportunity to choose product names for our Swedish spring patterns and prints. What we enjoyed most was reading all the creative names that both parents and children submitted. After looking through all the fantastic name choices, we chose our favorites for the four prints: A: Trunk Show; B: Cool Tones; C: Global Garden; D: The Good Life.

We love camp. We love camp for all the same reasons you loved camp as a kid—adventure in the great outdoors, new friends to write letters to all year long and life-long memories that you still cherish. We talked to our staff and reflected on our own camp experiences. Together we came up with our Top 5 Reasons Summer Camp Rocks!

Serve a tasty brunch surprise for Mom on Mother’s Day. It’s an easy overnight egg dish unlike anything you’ve probably ever tasted. Fresh apples and apple-chicken sausage are the ingredients that give it extra zip.

Whether you set up a pretty breakfast-in-bed tray or make place settings for the whole family at your kitchen table, Mom will be thrilled with the celebration that focuses on her. Let the kids prepare this brunch entree with another adult the night before. There is cheese to shred, bread to cube and lots of eggs to crack – perfect jobs for junior chefs. You also might want to prep some fruit and berries as a side to the egg dish.

Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday. With busy spring schedules filling family calendars, it’s not too early to begin preparations to pamper Mom.

Why not start her day by serving her a memorable breakfast in bed?

We had a great time celebrating our cherished grandparents in our Edina Galleria store in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area over the weekend. Together with Donna Erickson of PBS’ Donna’s Day, Creative Kidstuff and the Edina Family Center, we hosted a fantastic line up of activities for grandparents and their grandchildren.

When meeting someone new, he introduces himself only as “Grandpa” and quickly follows up with “…and this is Paulie.” He gestures toward the tall, handsome teenaged boy whose wheelchair he is lovingly pushing up and down the halls of the Galleria in Edina. “Paulie can’t see or move much, but he can hear and loves to tell jokes!” Grandpa then launches into a riddle or joke and Paulie’s face progressively lights up until he lets out his tremendous smile in time with the punch line.

This weekend we are celebrating grandparents in our Edina Galleria store in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Grandparents can’t resist our super soft stripes so as a thank you for all the praise they’ve given us, we’re offering a special event for them.

Whether you’re heading to the beach this summer or hanging out at swim team practice, the sun will inevitably find you and your child. Obviously, depending on skin type, kids can spend different (yet still small) amounts of time out in the sun unprotected to soak up Vitamin D, but if you’re planning to be in the water for more than a few minutes, you’ll need sun protection. We have several options to help protect your children from the sun’s harmful rays.

We like to get outside as much as possible–rain, cold, or winds usually can not deter us. This week as major thunderstorms have taken up the bulk of the day here in the Midwest, its been a challenge. We’ve tried to sneak bits of outside play here and there. A reprieve from the lightning after school gave us a chance to get out. We did not have to stray far. With a camera in tow we went on a little scavenger hunt around the neighborhood to find signs of new life.