Coquette Maman

Stella McCartney's New Spring GapKids Collection

The new Stella McCartney for GapKids collection for spring is available in stores and online. The collection features nautical inspired looks, bold prints, as well as my favorite, the soft crochet-trimed pieces for girls. Take a peek with the Lookbook or check out some of my favorites below.
The collection comes in sizes for babies, toddlers and boys/girls. I've linked to the toddler sizes below.

Toddler Girl:

Beckett Summer Jacket ($68)

Crochet Dress ($68)

Mercy Crochet Butterfly Sweater ($58)

Bailey Sun Dress ($58)

Pleated Sailor Shorts ($42)

Toddler Boy:

Anchor Intarsia Sweater ($68)

Fitz Superhero T ($28)

Raglan Superhero Graphic T ($28)

Colorblock Hi-Top Sneakers ($48)

Five Pocket Jeans ($58)

AppleSauce Designs Kids' Fashion

AppleSauce Designs creates one of a kind vintage-inspired clothing for kids by sisters, Elizabeth and Monica Buenrostro. I love The Simone Dress ($50 at AppleSauce's Etsy Shop) for it's beautiful shade of lavender but you could get this dress shape made in a custom order! The same goes for The Siouxie Dress ($52 at AppleSauce's Etsy Shop) pictured below. Just let her know what color scheme you'd like and there's only a two week turn around time.

The Future of Children's Books

With the iPad to launch in a few weeks on April 3rd, it's exciting to see how books will adapt to the new medium. Watch this video by Penguin (via Gizmodo) showing how their books turn interactive, especially children's books. Anyone with a toddler knows how they already love the iPhone or any mobile phone for that matter. I'm so happy that Chloe has a deep love for books and can be entertained with them by herself, but I also love it even more when we read together the most. (She recently started to pick books from her shelf for me to read to her.) Having this kind of new technology doesn't mean that it's an automatic babysitter, although inside I know something like this will make a long drive or plane ride more entertaining and educational for a fussy little one!

Just think of it as another medium for you to interact and engage your child. Ask him/her questions about what else you see on the screen, just like you do with a regular printed book. Chloe loves it when I point out all the different colors, animals, or call out numbers.

Whatever happens, in the next year or so books are in the process of being redefined and I'm excited to see how it all pans out!

Liberty of London for Target

The Liberty of London for Target line has debuted and I'm loving the fantastic selection of girls clothing. I picked up this toddler girl's Liberty of London for Target Sixty Dress ($14.99) as a fun spring/summer dress for Chloe. I also picked up the Martha Romper pictured below.

Here are more of my picks for girls clothing from the Liberty of London for Target line:

Tiered Dress ($14.99)

Mark Romper ($14.99)

Martha Romper ($14.99)

Jumper Dress ($14.99)

2 pc Brights Swimsuit ($11.99)

Coquette Maman is on Vacation

Bonjour Mamans! Coquette Maman is taking a vacation this week and will be back after the 14th. I'm finally taking a real vacation with my husband and Chloe in Maui! xoxo

Chloe and Lulu

I think Chloe is pretending she's Lulu. Chloe loves to sit in Lulu's bed and play with her toys. This morning she was basically crowding Lulu's space. So I went and grabbed Chloe's Pottery Barn cushion chair but she didn't want that. I remembered that we have Lulu's other bed in my office so I placed it next to Lulu and they are both happy together now. (This is an iPhone/Typepad app test post. Trying to figure it out.)

Portable Play Kitchens

I found it was time to get Chloe some play kitchen toys but I wasn't ready to invest a boatload into a standing play stove. For one, our apartment isn't big enough and secondly, she isn't tall enough for one right now. Case in point she hit her nose while opening the cabinet in a friend's play stove. I thought it would be fun for her to have something much more portable and something that she could play with on the floor or at her little play table. After much research and reading of comments, I found this fabulous For Here or To Go Kitchen (On sale for $24.95 at The Land of Nod). The beauty of this wooden stove is that it folds up into a little suitcase so you can take it on the go! I like that it comes with some goodies too like the wooden spoons and spatuals, as well as a pot, and 2 salt and pepper holders. It came in the mail two days ago and Chloe hasn't stopped playing with it. In fact, it's so great because it keeps her busy so I can make her meals while she's having fun. You'll definitely get your money's worth with this one!

She liked the metal pots at her friend's house that I decided to get this nice set called Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mini Cooking Set ($24.95 at The Land of Nod). Let me just say she LOVES this. I read in one of the comments that it's not about the kitchen but the pots and fake food you get. I think so far this may be true. It seems a bit pricey for kids pots, but I figured she'll be using these for years.

Here are more portable play kitchens:

Order Up! Portable Kitchen ($49 at The Land of Nod)
Made from sustainably sourced wood. Comes with saucepot with lid, frying pan with egg, wooden spoon, and oven mitt.

Alex Wooden Cook Top Playstove ($36.99 on Amazon)

Wonderworld Eco-Friendly My Portable Cooker ($39.87 on Amazon)

Easter Baskets

Even though Chloe's still relatively young, I'm looking forward to her enjoying all the cuteness of Easter. I ordered her one of these Puffy Easter Baskets ($12 at Pottery Barn Kids, $6.50 monogram optional). I chose the bunny for her as she loves bunny rabbits, although the little chick is pretty freaking cute too. Order it now if you want something personalized in time before Easter. I like the idea of straying away from the traditional wicker baskets for something more modern and different. Plus, I know she'll love playing with her bunny basket long after the Easter holiday.

Here are some of my favorite Easter baskets:

Fabric Easter Baskets ($12.95 at Personal Creations)
Choose from Blue Bunny, Pink Bunny, Lamb, Chick, Frog, and Bee

Easter Tin Buckets ($14.95 at Personal Creations)

Bountiful Bunny Easter Basket ($22.99 at Amazon)

Hello Kitty Easter Basket (On sale for $13.99 at Kohl's)

Baseball Easter Basket ($19.95 at Walmart)