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Come and do some hoilday shopping at Bialik Boutique Market in Toronto this Monday.  The 7th Annual Boutique Market at Bialik Hebrew Day School will take place on December 1st, between 2-8pm. Shop from over 60 vendors, this is the largest school Boutique event in Toronto. With over 60 artists, vendors and craftspeople showcasing unique giftware, housewares, clothing art & more, you won’t leave empty handed. PerryWinkles Kids, fine girls’ smocked dresses, will be there with our current collection of Fall and Holiday smocked dresses for little girls, along with our Spring and Summer dresses and cotton cardigans.  Food & Refreshments available for sale at the Market Cafe.  Bialik Hebrew Day School, 2760 Bathurst St., Toronto.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine children’s clothing

Every holiday season I struggle with how to deal with the idea of giving and receiving presents and what I should teach my kids about this issue. I want to instill in my two little girls a sense of giving and responsibility towards those who have less than they do, but I feel that at 2 and 5 my daughters might be too young to understand a holiday season without ANY presents for themselves. Especially when every time we open the newspaper there is a ‘gift-giving’ guide full of toys inside. I don’t want them to think that Santa Claus has forgotten about them (this Christmas they will receive from ‘Santa’ some books, colouring items and a surprise toy), but I don’t think there is anything wrong in talking about the fact that giving and receiving presents is not important and that the holidays are all about sharing time with family.
My daughters will also help me choose some presents for an inner-city school in Toronto that their school has chosen to help this holiday season. I think this is a great cause and by bringing my children along to pick the items (school supplies, books), I think we will be dealing with the issue of gift-giving in a very positive light.

In our extended family, we have adopted the great tradition of exchanging gifts with just one of the adults in the group and to just enjoy each other’s company during a great holiday meal. Everyone is extremely happy with this idea as it not only lets everyone enjoy the holidays in a less frivolous way, but we have taken a big stress out of the holiday season (financially and physically). A small gift for the kids in the family are OK, especially things along the lines of books and crafts.

I recently read a great article about gift-giving ideas for kids. If you feel you have to give your kids anything this holiday season, try some of these ideas in a list of ‘gifts that keep on giving’ from yoyomama.ca. These ideas include magazine subscriptions (my little girls love ‘chirp‘), museum memberships, and concert series.

I hope that through the years my children will learn to be compassionate towards those in need. My husband and I try to instill this idea on our little girls every step of the way, without taking life too seriously and depriving them of all the fun a normal childhood should have.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine girls’ smocked dresses

We are pleased to announce that you can now shop for PerryWinkles Kids’ collection of smocked girls’ dresses and cardigans at The 5 Fifty 5 Shop at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. The gift shop is operated by the Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary volunteers and proceeds are directed toward patient-related projects.

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada’s most research-intensive hospital and the largest centre dedicated to improving children’s health in the country. As innovators in child health, SickKids improves the health of children by integrating care, research and teaching.

With a staff that includes professionals from all disciplines of health care and research, SickKids provides the best in complex and specialized care by creating scientific and clinical advancements, sharing knowledge and expertise and championing the development of an accessible, comprehensive and sustainable child health system.

PerryWinkles Kids specializes in little girls’ comfortable, trendy and practical girls’ hand-smocked dresses, in sizes from newborn to size 6. PerryWinkles Kids works only with machine-washable high-quality natural fabrics, like soft pima cotton, that are easy to care for.

Maria

PerryWinkles Kids – fine girls’ clothing