Modern Rascals

Have you seen our new Doodle Tracing board? Perfect for pre-writers to practice holding a stylus and making the shapes. Curves and squiggles on one side and straight and angled lines on the other!

Moromini is here and full of retro awesome! I may be walking out the door today in one of the adult twiggy dresses because

Nothing changes if nothing changes. Today feels... bittersweet. As we stop to remember the sacrifice our grandparents made to stop Nazis I can't help but think about the 71 million people who just voted for Trump in the US (or the 6 million who voted Conservative in Canada last year, lest we forget about our homegrown racism). And while we're at it can we stop glorifying our participation in a war that also resulted in the internment of our Japanese citizens? Are we really any better? Have we learned? . Lest we forget.

This photo sums up the joy at this (weirdly) warm spell and the news that new @moromini is on its way Via @lawyers_lady who caught this gem of a smile

We have a funny relationship with our ideas of new and perfection and aging. Look at these rainbow tomtens from @joguines_grapat - it's been less than a year since they were released and yet look at what love and regular play does. The original set are darker, from the oils on hands as they've been played with. Wood is a living material that changes as we use it. It reacts to light and humidity and even to us. . Also I kind of thought that after last night's anxiety we could all use a little . Via @buildingwithrainbows