Giveaway: Any three items from Apple Park
Most babies have rituals and form attachments to all sorts of things— blankies, sippy cups, pacifiers, purses. At least from what I’ve seen. If you want to enjoy parenting from years 0-5, I suggest trying to control these rituals and attachments as much as possible.
For instance, if your baby’s ritual is waking up every morning at 5:15am and demanding waffles before she has even left the crib, you will not be thrilled with the turn your trip into parenthood has taken.
Likewise, if your child decides to attach herself to a purple tank top and hasn’t unattached herself in the past four years, you will begin to wonder if perhaps you made a mistake along the way.
The biggest lesson I learned with Mazzy is to make sure whatever you give your child to sleep with at night, you won’t mind them walking around with it in public during the day. Seems obvious now, I know. But four years ago, I was a newbie.
Harlow doesn’t have one attachment item like Mazzy’s Boo. She has many. Often she likes to carry them (or accessorize with them) all at once. Lately, she is really into bears and sunglasses. I took the kids out to a restaurant last night and Harlow insisted on wearing her sunglasses indoors for the entire meal. I assume this is what it is like to have a fifteen-year-old boy.
When Mazzy was little, I had this idea to get her a handsewn doll. I thought it would be so cute for a little girl to walk around dragging a ragdoll. But I couldn’t find anything that didn’t involve buttons or loose strings, all things I didn’t deem safe for my first baby.
Mazzy never got into dolls or stuffed animals though, until she started watching television. Then she wanted Elmo and Dora plushies that I didn’t want her to carry around in public either. Plus, they made terrible room decor. I hid them in the closet when she wasn’t playing with them.
Harlow is different. She loves stuffed animals and dolls. She prefers things that are soft and subtle as opposed to the brightness of a muppet or the baldness of a Caillou. While Mazzy likes to throw her stuffed animals around, Harlow treats them with the utmost love and respect.
Apple Park has recently become one of my favorite online shops for plush toys and lovies. For one thing, they make all their products from organic, sustainable or recycled materials. Secondly, their stuff (which also includes pajamas, towels, books and backpacks) are high quality and ridiculously adorable. Their Farm Buddies and Picnic Pals come in a huge variety of thoughtful patterns and look lovely lined up on your kid’s bed or displayed on the dresser.
Even better, you won’t mind your child carrying one outside the house. (Unless you fear it will get dirty if they drop it in the street, or worse— LOST).
If you are looking for a great baby shower gift, I highly recommend the organic plush Picnic Pals. They are 100% safe for babies and they come in an impressively big red round box with a satin green leaf hanging off the top to make it look like an apple. Mazzy was just as enamored with the box as she was with the bunny inside.
If you are feeling extra generous, you can pair it with the Big Picnic Pal Book which weaves a story around all Apple Park’s plush toys, so hopefully your baby can get to know them before he/she gets to know Elmo.
Every plush toy comes in a blankie version.
My favorites are the ones that are soft on one side and patterned on the other, like this adorable owl. I think life with Mazzy would be a lot different if she were attached to one of these cute and cuddly blankies as opposed to a pile of purple rags.
Apple Park sent Mazzy and Harlow a big box of stuff right before we came out to the new house this summer. Their room here is pretty empty— all white with just a bed, a crib and a dresser, so we brought all the Apple Park stuff which has helped make their room look more like home.
If you are not a huge fan of pink, they make plenty of animals to appeal to every kid.
Harlow likes dragging her bunny around by his long floppy ear.
In addition to the plushies and the lovies, they sent pajamas…
…and two big bath towels— one shaped like a butterfly and the other like a mouse.
Usually hooded animal towels only come in infant sizes so it’s great to have two that are big enough for my growing girls. They love running around the house wearing them like capes after bath time.
Apple Park backpacks and lunchbags are made from 100% recycled material from PET bottles (empty plastic waterbottles). You would never know it though because the process produces a strong canvas that is highly durable but also really soft.
Mazzy, of course, fell in love with her pink bunny pack with matching lunchbag. Harlow settled for the brown bear.
Before we came out to the summer house for the month of August, Mazzy was going to a camp a few blocks away from our apartment in the city. Every morning, Harlow insisted on wearing a backpack and walking her sister to camp. It became a family activity that Mike, Mazzy, Harlow and I shared together, since it was close enough to walk Harlow back home before I left for work.
That’s a ritual I am going to miss next year.
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GIVEAWAY & PROMO CODE!
If you shop www.applepark.com and use the code MS20, you’ll get 20% off your entire purchase between August 13th — August 31st.
Also, I’m giving away three Apple Park products of your choice (any three products regardless of price) to one lucky reader.
All you have to do is visit the Apple Park site and tell me the three products you would choose. Plus, please “like” and/or share this post, just because it would be nice.
Winner will be announced on Friday, the 22nd.
Good luck!
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Update: Congratulations to Jennifer Lucarelli! You can now buy Max the monkey blanket, the monkey PJs and the monkey plush toy he always wanted. Please contact grace@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize.
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This post was sponsored by Apple Park but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Who picnic pal, bat backpack, raccoon blankie
Wow, love their products! It was so hard to choose but my tops picks are…
Who, The Owl, Picnic Pal
Organic Cotton Picnic Pal Pajamas – Lamby
Penny Pig – Plush
I would choose the toddler bunny wrap towel, the ballerina mouse, and Robbie the Raccoon plush. So cute!!
Elsa would like the Pink Mouse Soft Teething Toy, Drew would like the Toddler Bath Wrap Cubby and I’d give an organic patterned bunny to my niece!
I like the box, too!
The monkey pjs and racoon for older and the mouse for my younger. All so lovely.
This stuff is seriously so adorable. Without your blog I would nevermind such unique stuff! I think I would get the monkey picnic bag, Robbie raccoon, and the toddler butterfly bath wrap!
Love the mushroom rattles, crawling caterpillar teething toy and the organic patterned bunny Mazzy was carrying around.
I agree with everyone, what a great company. I have 18 month old twins so they would be ALL over the plush backpacks (the monkey and duck). And I have a friend who is about to have a baby so I wood send her the ballerina mouse gift set. Such a sweet gift. Thank you!
we’re having our first baby – a boy – and i’ve been searching for a great plush friend!
i love robbie raccoon, the lamby pal and the pirate pig! so adorable 🙂
*would* ugh…
Love everything! But if I had to choose only 3 things they would be an organic patterned bunny for my daughter, Robbie Raccoon farm buddy for my son, and the picnic pals big book- because everything is better with a book! 🙂
Purple “who” backpack
Toddler bath wrap bunny
Picnic pal pjs bunny (12-18 months)
Fingers crossed 🙂
Pork Chop Plush
Pirate Pig Plush
Poncho the Pony Plush
Who, the owl picnic pal, bat backpack and bee towel. Everything they have is adorable!
Love the ballerina mouse buddy, bunny baby gift crate and bunny hooded towel! A friend have us a rattle as a gift, loved it!
I would absolutely love to win for my daughter, the Butterfly Toddler Bathwrap, The Organic Patterned Bunny (my favourite is the hot pink polka dot one), and the Organic Farm Buddies Belle Cow 18 inches.
I’d choose: Pirate pig plush
Bat backpack
Organic patterned bunny blue forest print
I love all their stuff!!
Purple Who lunch pack
Any (all so cute) of the patterned bunnies
The caterpillar puppet blanket
So many cute things I would love for my baby boy I’m expecting in October! But if I have to choose, my three favorites are the organic patterned bunnies, the Who, the owl, picnic pal, and the bunny organic patterned blankie!
1. Organic Cotton Picnic Pal Jammies: Duck,
for my 16-month-old because every time my husband passes gas, she says “DUCK!” I don’t know who started that one.
2. Organic Cotton Picnic Pal Jammies: Bunny,
for my 3-year-old because heaven forbid I buy something for the 1-year-old that the 3-year-old doesn’t get…even if it’s a total baby toy.
3. The orange monkey backpack,
for the 3-year-old because she is all about orange like Mazzy is about pink, and she starts in the “big classroom” at preschool this year and she is a little scared!!
penguin backpack, patterned bunny, monkey pjs – all adorable!!
Wow! So hard to choose JUST THREE! But I would definitely get:
– Cubby backpack (seeing it on your littlest sold it to me!)
– organic patterned bunny in blue forest
– organic plush farm buddies Robbie Raccoon! (I might also be forced to pick up the Surfer Chick because they are both so cute!)
I would choose:
– The backpack in Who for my 3.5 year old daughter Cora because she loves bags and accessories.
– The organic patterned bunny for my 16 month old girl Amelia because, like Harlowe, she just loves plushies and dolls. She loves to hug them. It’s so cute!
– And the Cubby Baby Gift crate for my brand new three-day-old nephew Arthur who made me an Aunt for the first time!
It sounds like our girls are similar in this respect. Cora didn’t really get into plushes and dolls much at first but Amelia has loved them from the start.
-Crawling Caterpillar Teething Toy
-Toddler Bath Wrap- Cubby
-Toddler Bath Wrap- Bunny
My 5 month old is cutting teeth & miserable. His chubby butt has long outgrown infant towels.
And my 2 yr old insists on being 100% independent, which often results in towels slipping off &/or getting tangled around his legs. No bueno.
What cute stuff!!
I love the bunny toddler bath wrap, bee bath wrap and the pajamas!
Toddler bath wraps for each kid (Who and Cubby) and Penny Pig for my daughter’s birthday in October.
Crossing my fingers…!
A patterned bunny
Ducky picnic backpack
Monkey PJs
Ilana these are so dang cute!!!
How are we to choose!!!
I think my daughter would LOVE the picnic pals big book, the ballerina mouse plush (she’s taking ballet this year!!) and the bunny that Harlow has is just amazing.
Thank you for this chance 😉
My daughters (ages 3 and 17 mos) would love the Lamby picnic pal swinging in the crate , the bunny & penquin lunchpacks (b/c you know they each have to have one 🙂
Great store. I have been introduced to some awesome products through your blog, thanks!
These are awesome. I would pick:
Who, the owl
Porcupine woodland pal
Bat backpack
I thought I was done buying packs, but who can resist that little bat?
we have the picnic pals book–it was a solid favorite of my now 3 year old–but it’s missing a corner. chewed off by said almost 3 year old i would assume.
love love the organic farm buddies, especially pirate pig
and chew cow
also the bunny blankie
I’d choose the following:
Toddler bath wrap – bumble bee: Because I literally have one towel for each of my kids and so we could probably use another one. I’m on the verge of buying a mermaid towel from Pottery Barn…ugh.
The Lamby blankie – Ivy is in the throes of a serious sleep regression and try as I might, she won’t take a lovey of any kind. Maybe she’ll take this one?
Backpack – Who – Ivy’s joining Lila at preschool this fall…and she loves owls!
I’d have to look over them again before doing a final choosing – but I’m obsessed with cute pajamas so I would probably pick a pair of Lamby & Bunny Pajamas as well as a patterned bunny. 🙂
I would get the porcupine woodland pal plush, robbie raccoon, and the Who backpack!
Lamby picnic pal, organic patterned bunny (love the patterns!) and the owl patterned blankie, so cute, would love to feel how soft they are!
Oh it’s all so cute! If I had to choose….
The Butterfly bath wrap
The Purple Who backpack
and
The Pink Bunny Pajamas
Stuffs are so cute I made my purchased yesterday right after reading the blog. But this morning received an e-mail to let me know that there was an computer error that tax was not apply correctly to my invoice. Even thought it was just few dollars more, it when over my budget (2 items end up more than $70).
My son has one of the farm buddies and loves it!! I love that it’s organic cotton.
Those towels are so cute, I would stock up on those for when he’s a toddler, you can never find a good sized towel for that age.
Thanks for the giveaway!!
So many cute things!
I think it would be: Bunny Picnic Pal blankie gift set, the blue patterned bunny like Harlow’s, and the Cubby Stroller Buddy Blanket.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Who (the owl pick nic pal) for the baby and porcupine blankie for me (how cute is that?!?), then the boxer dog plushie for the 4yo (because ohmygod if I have to take that raggy stuffed dog of his out of the house one more time).
How about all of them!
Organic patterned bunny
Robbie raccoon
Who-toddler bath wrap
Love these! I would choose the bunny toddler bath wrap, plush boxer dog, and an organic patterned bunny.
Oh, that stuff is gorgeous. I would choose the owl bath wrap (since the infant one isn’t quite reaching around anymore), the Cubby finger puppet, and the Fawn plush toy!
Their stuff is super cute. I would so pick the monkey picnic pal blankie, the money pjs, and the ducky pjs. but i would pick anything monkey or ducky to be honest.
I have twins so picking 3 is nearly impossible!!! I would pick the bunny picnic pal, the cubby picnic pal, and butterfly toddler wrap (although I think 2 of those would be needed!). Such adorable items!!
Love the Batpack!! Mushroom rattle and bunny finger puppet. Cute!
All so cute! I’d choose catnap kitty and chef cow farm buddies and the purple owl backpack.
Any toddler bath wrap, they look great. The lady bug blanket puppet, and stuffed bunny. My little one loves bunnies!
So many cute things!!! Toddler towels, mushroom rattle, patterned plush bunny, pull musical bird…. Adorable!
Penguin backpack, owl picnic pal and blue forest print bunny
All their stuff is adorable. It was tough to choose only 3 favorites.
Owl blankie, penny pig and cubby soft teething toy
What a great store! So much to choose from but I would pick
Toddler bunny bath wrap
Who backpack
Bunny picnic pal
My daughter loves bunnies or “buns”
Wow, everything they have are adorable, so hard to choose!
Hmm, let me see..I’d probably want to have the hooded cubby infant towel, any of those organic patterned bunnies and the purple owl backpack!
Cute stuff! My MIL can make a bunny like the one you have a picture of; however, she is a very talented seamstress. Our boys love their blankies. Thankfully, they are washable and I have spares when the other one is in the wash. Liam has also taken to dragging a little brown bear everywhere. He named him Sushi.
Everything is so cute!!
1. Bat Backpack
2. Organic Patterned Blankies – Bunny
3. Who, the owl, picnic pal
Monkey Picnic Pal Swinging In Crate
Who, The Owl, Blankie, Book & Rattle Gift Crate
Toddler Bath Wrap – Bunny
Everything! Seriously!
1. Organic owl blankie
2. Bath wrap cubby
3. Mini bunny – any (all)
I have a baby coming next month so I would choose (and it was so hard to choose) the Belle Cow, blankie, book & rattle woodland gift crate – Porcupine and the Crawling Caterpillar Teething Toy. 🙂
What a great company! Owen (10 months) doesn’t have any lovies yet, but I keep trying to put one in my lap as he nurses. He has not taken the bait! He would love monkey pjs, the Toddler Who towel, and the monkey picnic pal plush toy.
Oh man, such tough choices! I would choose:
-Organic Jams, Bunny (6-12m)
-Patterned Blankei, Bunny
-Toddler Bath Wrap, Bunny
I’d have to choose…
The bunny swinging in the crate.
The porcupine woodland pal
and the who toddler bath wrap.
Adorable!
I have to say I love looking at your pictures. My daughter never had a lovey. And she, like Mazzy, is violent w/ her stuffed animals. She likes to cuddle w/ books. I’m conflicted. As an avid reader I like that but then again I can’t imagine it’s comfortable to sleep w/ a board book under you.
I like… the organic patterned bunnies, the lamby patterned blanket, and the monkey pajamas. Really cute.
Bear towel, bunny pjs, and one of the stuffed bunnies (or 3, they’re all too cute).
The bat backpack (so cute!), Robbie the Raccoon plush doll, and the fawn woodland plush doll. I’ve been looking for cute stuffed toys for my son and these are perfect.
Everything is so cute on the site! But I would pick the ballerina mouse plush, the light pink organic patterned bunny, and the who the owl teething toy.
The bat backpack, the fawn gift set, and the monkey stroller blanket are all adorable! Those toddler towels are awesome too!
This was almost impossible to narrow down. I am in love with this company!! Such cute stuff and it’s not expensive!
I would choose:
1. The blue forest organic patterned bunny (same as Harlow!)
2. The Who backpack in white (these look so cute on your kids!)
3. The pirate pig plush
And so much more!
Catnip Kitty, Pork Chop and Ballerina Mouse…really in love with the farm buddies collection!
The purple garden bunny, the purple lamby pajamas, and the bunny stroller blanket… or maybe the cubby stroller blanket. I can’t pick just three though! This site is my new go-to for new baby gifts, that’s for sure. My daughter, Brennan, is 15 months old and we call her Bunny Bear, so this site made me immensely happy. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for the giveaway, liked and shared on Facebook. I had the hardest time just picking three!!
1. Picnic Pal Pajamas – Monkey
2. Who backpack in either color
3. Pork Chop plush
I LOVE the toddler bath wraps and all of the plush animals…I kind of have a problem…I am not allowed to purchase any more stuffed toys for the kids, so this could be the answer to my dreams!
Because I hope and pray my 1 yr old daughter doesn’t end up with some weird sock fetish like my 2 yr old son (he has one adult WHITE – but now notsowhite – sock that is his “lovey”), I would choose organic patterned blankie – lamby, Robbie the Raccoon blankie (& cubby pajamas). 🙂
THe plush toys are to die for! I would choose the organic bunny that Harlow has, the porcupine woodland pal and the monkey picnic pal
I would get the Bunny PJs, the pink polka dot bunny, and fawn book, blanket and rattle set.
One more day until the winners are announced!!! Fingers and toes crossed!!!
The Crawling Caterpillar Teething Toy and The woodland Soft Blocks for my son, and for my daughter the Butterfly Bathwrap. 🙂 So cute! I love this site!
So many cute things!! I would want one of the patterned bunnies, a toddler bath wrap, and a backpack!
My daughter would go crazy over everything on this site! But narrowing it down to three would be: the catnap Kitty organic farm buddy, catnap kitty blanket and the pink patterned organic bunny.
The farm buddy collection is too cute for words!
I would love to get monkey pj for my 3 year old boy, bunny picnic pal blankie for my 9 month old girl and the picnic pals big book 1 for both of them.
The lamby picnic pal, the WHO backpack (how cute) and the Bunny Picnic Pal Blankie.. All my 4 year old would love!
Love the Pork Chop blanket, Surfer Chick Rattle and the toddler bath wrap Cubby =ADORABLE! Such a cute giveaway! Fingers-crossed! LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! xx
The Owl Patterned Blankei
The Bunnie Patterned Blankie
The Organic Patterned Bunny in Forest Print
Honestly, I would love for The Twins to attach themselves to ANY other lovie besides the cheap twin sized poly-fleece blankets they drag around!
Loving the Butterfly toddler bath wrap, bunny pajamas and and the belle cow!
This was tough to choose.
1. Backpack Who- Purple
2. Belle Cow Plush
3. Monkey Pajamas
Toddler bath wrap in butterfly, Lambie blankie and the who owl in white backpack.
Adorable stuff!
for my Boy/Girl 2 year old Twins:
Penny the Pig Plush and Pirate the Pig Plush
and the Picnic Pals Book!!!!!
if I don’t win – these are going on their birthday list for sure!!
penny the pig rattle for my 3 month old….who owl backpack for my 5 year old starting 5K and the belle the cow blankie for baby Bartling due next April 🙂
Toddler Bath Wrap- Cubby
Who the Purple Owl Picnic Pal
Pink Bunny Picnic Pal
The bat backpack is so freaking cute! Also loved the Cubby Picnic Pal Swinging crate and Cubby Picknic Pal Pajamas (we’re trying to get our son to sleep in pjs instead of going naked all the damn time).
Lamby and Monkey pajamas, Monkey backpack
It’s all so adorable! That bunny ear hat! If I could just convince my Hattie to wear it! She’s also a total bag lady so the backpacks are in my top three!! I’m a sucker for hooded towels and these are some of the cutest I’ve seen! (Anything that will encourage my weasels to get out of the tub!) I will definitely be keeping this site in mind when I need present ideas! Thanks!
There are so many great things to choose from. Two toddler towels in bunny and monkey. the adorable sheep pajama would be awesome for my older daughter who is into farm animals right now. Thank you for sharing this site. I’ll be doing our baby shower gift shopping here from now on.
Its hard to choose three because everything they have is so adorable! My three are the penguin backpack, Robbie the raccoon, and the plush bunnie in purple garden print.
Wow, everything they sell is so cute! My 3 favorites are the bat backpack, the patterned bunny, and the toddler bunny bath wrap.
I love this stuff! The things are so cute, it’s hard to choose. I love that they have gender neutral stuff because I always find cute things for my 4 yo daughter but not for my 2 yo son. So, for my boy, I would choose:
-Organic patterned bunny in Forest Print
-Organic cotton picnic pal pajamas in Cubby, and
-Toddler bath wrap in Cubby
Fingers crossed!
I just discovered this brand in an Austin Lloydd box for my son who is due in about 2 weeks! Such cute stuff! I think we’d choose a patterned bunny for my daughter and a patterned owl blanket and Robbie Raccoon plush for my son!
eco-friendly books, Organic Cotton Picnic Pal Pajamas – Lamby & Backpacks from 100% recycled fabrics – Who (purple)
Awesome giveaway!! I love all of their stuff, it was hard to choose but I’d pick: Woodland Soft Blocks, Monkey Picnic Pal Plush toy, and Backpack Who (purple).
These are so cute! I think I love the patterned bunnies, owl picnic pal and bunny toddler towel best but all so so so cute!