Putting on a jacket drives some kids bananas– the tightness around the arms, the lumps and bumps of long sleeves pushed under a jacket. If you have one of these kids you know it by the chorus of screams that greet every costume change dictated by our mercurial weather.
One fashionable solution: the sweet, simple ponchos of Skipping Hippos. They’re crafted by a San Fran mom who whipped the first one up as an experiment and decided to manufacture them after people couldn’t stop commenting on her daughter’s cape. Made of soft fleece and decorated with irresistible pop pom trim, the Skipping Hippos ponchos are cozy, beautiful, and most importantly of all, easy to get on and off wiggly little bodies. The color combinations are snazzy, too: aqua blue and pea green, hot pink and chocolate brown, orange and blue. Delicious.
Available at skippinghippos.com.