School Pictures That Don't Make You Want To Vomit

photo: Stomping Ground

I swear, EVERY single school picture of me that was ever taken is cringe-worthy--from elementary school all the way up to HS. Like, you know when shit is so bad, you're even embarrassed to show it to people during one of those totally casual "show me your WORST, most hilarious photos" ever moments? And the person you're with maybe even crosses their heart and hopes to die promises that they won't laugh at you, but you don't believe them for one red hot second cause you know what's gonna go down? Yeah, well I do...cause my shit is that bad to the bone.

Anyway.

Stomping Ground seems like a perfect way to ensure that your child doesn't experience the same traumatic and painful memories that I have twenty years from now when they're showing some hot date they brought home their cringe-worthy school photos. "Reinventing the school photo" is their tagline, and I gotta tell ya, from what I've seen clicking around their site, they totally have.

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Kiddie Worship-n-Balloon Boy

The absurdity that unfolded during the several hours that the Balloon Boy story broke yesterday and spread across the entire motherfucking galaxy like a bad rash, can only be described as I-N-S-A-N-E. And not like casual "I take Wellbutrin and I've stalked a coupled of ex BF's" insane." I'm talking full on serial killer, schizophrenic, "I'm from another planet and I'm here to educate your people" sort of loony tunes, bat shit c-r-a-z-y.

Though it was also kind of awesome.

Because more than any other event in recent history, Balloon Boy serves as a textbook example of exactly what I'm talking about when I say "kiddie worship."

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Tea Lounge to Breeders: Put your money where your Bugaboo Is

First the Park Slope Parents $25 dollar debacle and now this!? $3 dollars PER stroller, bitches!

The last remaining Tea Lounge has thrown down the gauntlet.

Sheet...its AWN.

"Now we sip champagne when we thirstay." It's friggin expensive to be a BREEDER, huh?

(via @Scheidel)

COOL OR NOT COOL: BLOGGING ABOUT Kiddie FASHION?

Look, bitches: I tried really hard to not post about this blog--Planet Awesome Kid. REALLY hard.

But then I started clicking around, and before I knew it my gag reflex was engaged, and well....here we are.

I mean, duh...all the kids featured on this blog *are* v. friggin cute; and I'm sure its author is well intentioned, fashion forward, and lovely IRL. BUT, is it me, or is it a little odd to be blogging about the fashion "choices" of children WHO HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE what they are wearing to begin with? And are likely taking a shit in their pants moments after their "fashion photo" is snapped?

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Marshmellows are DEELicious

Ok, fine...you win, BREEDERS. This is very fucking cute.

There I said it.

(via Brooklynian)