Today marks our first full week of summer vacation. We’ll be greeting the mornings at a slower pace and enjoying the fluidity of unscheduled days and spontaneous adventures. I’m looking forward to fistfuls of tiny wilted flowers and piles of paintings – and the light in little faces as they imagine and explore. Motherhood continually proves that the simple things build upon the most meaningful memories of early childhood. And I hope that my kids will recall the unabashed fun of being wild and free and together during our forever summers.
We were invited by OshKosh B’gosh to capture a 75 second glimpse of our forever summer and are excited to be featured on their Forever Summer homepage this week. OshKosh was a staple in my own 80’s childhood and they continue to stay true to their origins of creating comfortable, thoughtful designs that celebrate childhood by allowing kids to be kids.
Like OshKosh, we believe in the importance of play – and my online order proved to be well-suited for my imaginative, active children (and their mama who happens to love mini-style). The graphic tees were practically made for my boy (he is such a dude and he loves pizza!) and I’ve received a bunch of questions about the embroidered dress that Lucia selected. It’s details like the soft cotton-contrasting waist material on my son’s shorts and the durability and sweet accents on the swimsuits that make B’gosh garments special.
She really is a mermaid in disguise.
In addition to affordable summer essentials (find a store near you here!), the OshKosh’s Forever Summer Homepage provides weekly tips, crafts and recipes for moms like me aiming to make the most of our summer staycations.
We were thrilled that OshKosh introduced us to the incredible GoPro Hero3 and several supporting accessories to capture video from the children’s unique perspective. Although GoPro is well known among extreme athletes – I’d argue that it should hold a prime spot on baby registries. I mounted the camera to the kids’ helmets and strapped it to their chest to record continual motion from an interesting birds-eye view. I also clamped it to vehicles and playground equipment with one of my favorite accessories – the jaws flex clamp. Our video reflects a glimpse of our summertime in the city and the wonder inherent in being a kid. From Jane’s Carousel in Brooklyn and Manhattan playgrounds, to the reconstructed Rockaway boardwalk in Queens – there is great fun to be found in our own magnificent city.
Win It: Visit OshKosh to view our feature and helpful summer staycation resources – and enter to win a $50 OshKosh B’Gosh Gift Card by visiting the below rafflecopter. U.S. only please and a winner will be announced on the widget in one week. Wishing you all a beautiful Forever Summer!
Special thanks to OshKosh B’gosh and the Motherhood for this fun sponsored opportunity. It was among my favorites! Opinions as always are my own.
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Love this series that they’re doing! Such great ideas for summer fun and activities!
This video is amazing and those clothes are so adorable. I totally remember wearing OshKosh when I was little but the styles are so modern now.
Can’t believe OshKosh has made a comeback! Love it!
Love all the fun activites listed
Love this video! OshKosh has such cute clothes for kids…
Great video. I really love OshKosh. It stands the test of time. I wore it when I was little and my three boys wear it now. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win.
I love the staycation ideas. We are going on vacation but we will be needing ideas for at home when the I am bored comes out.
The coloring cubes seem like a fun project idea!
i love the coloring cubes instructions! looks like a fun activity to do with your kids!
I love all the activities especially kabobs that look like a flag
Love the coloring cubes idea…I will have to try it out!
I love their clothes. They sure have changed since my kids were little. Love their new styles. My grandsons would look great in them. 🙂 Great video. Thanks for the chance.
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I like the activities, especially the kitchen-made kid dough.
Love their summer site – great collection of activities to do this summer with my little guy!
love the great activity ideas!
Liked the family movie night idea
Their overalls will always be the best.
I would love to buy my little girl a cute summer outfit from Oshkosh!!
i love their ideas for a stay-cation.
Kitchen made kid does sounds like a lovely project to dig our hands into!
cute! I love all the fun summer ideas.
Love the coloring cubes idea
I love these ideas for summer! The Lawn Tic Tac Toe looks like so much fun!
Great summer activity ideas! And LOVE OshKosh!
I love the staycation ideas!
Those graphic tees they have featured are cute!! I laughed at ‘sloppy kisser.’
Congrats for getting featured on their homepage. What a cool thing, and your video is great!
Cute activities… I want to make the Patriotic Pretzels!
I remember my mom shopping almost exclusively for my little brother (he was 10 years younger than me, so I was often along for shopping). The clothes were so cute, and reasonably priced, and well-made. I love getting OshKosh for my 5-year-old niece now.
Love the Coloring Cubes project!
What a wonderful site with all of the summertime activities to do with your kids! I love all of the Osh Kosh clothes featured as well, and the pics of the cute kids are adorable!
I want to try the kitchen made kid dough.
This clothing line is adorable, and I love the summer activity ideas.
The Coloring Cubes activity sounds fun and its something I haven’t seen before.
great ideas for summer!
It has cute pictures
I like the recipe they have for Kitchen-Made Kid-Dough.
This is such a great idea! They put it together so well too! I love it!
I hope I win! I know lots of little ones that would love this! Enter my giveaway while you’re at it!
Wow! I didn’t know they had that on their site- how cool! Thanks for the chance to win too!
I like the Fruit Ice Cubes idea.
perfect gifts for my nephew and niece
love the staycation ideas,no vacation for us this year since we used all leave after the new baby
I’m in queens 🙂 I’m glad to see your blog featured there.
I love how cute all of the little ones are. I sure miss mine being that age. I love the picture of the little boy named Henry. Thank you!
The kitchen made kid dough looks cool
Oh such fun activities! I really love the lawn tic tac toe! Oh we will have so much fun with that!
I love the schedule! I downloaded it and printed it out! Such a cool idea to keep the kids from being BORED all summer!
I liked the OshKosh forever summer site. The ideas for a staycation are excellent. It allows you to have fun but still stay within a budget.
Great video. I love shopping there for my grandson. Great ideas, love the coloring cubes.
Ooh.. I love the Kitchen-Made Kid-Dough! My son would have a blast making that!
My niece would look so cute in the NEON TWILL SHORTALLS
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I love all the fun activities. I’d love to try making the kitchen made kid dough.
I love their crafts!
i like the kitchen made play doh tutorial
I love the coloring cube idea
I like the fun activities they suggest for kids in the summer.
I like the baby shortalls.
love the fun activities for the summer is awesome.
love to shop for my arriving baby boy number 2 ,like the HERITAGE HOODIE Style # 887044632691
Love OshKosh! My mom always associated their clothes with quality, and when I had my own kids I was happy to see that hadn’t changed. I’m really impressed with your video…fancy equipment or no, you got some amazing footage!!!
I like the kitchen made kid dough, very cool.
I love this whole set I’d probably get it for him, http://www.oshkosh.com/oshkosh-kid-boy-new-arrivals-outfitting/OshKosh-Tryouts-kid.html#navID=left&start=11&cgid=oshkosh-kid-boy-new-arrivals
love the staycation ideas
oshkosh is great!! love the video
The children flying the American Flag is my favorite as we need our children to love living in USA.
Hello! I like that they have different lists of activities! I especially like their idea Seashell Painting. I live in Florida, so I’ve collected many shells over the years. This will be a fun activity for my grandson and I. Thank-you!!
My son is 49. Been a lot of years that I’ve been braggin’ on OshKosh—by gosh
What a neat page- the Forever Summer. I had not known about it. I love all of the different activities on the page, lots of fun ideas to try with my kiddos!
I love that they have so many free activities that are patriotic!
I’ve always loved OshKosh!
I love all the fun activites they have listed
Those Dandy Lemon Tarlets look delicious!
I love the Team Captain Cutie outfit.
I would love to get some overalls for my lil guy. Nothing cuter than a lil guy in osh gosh overalls!
Didn’t realize they were having a 4th of July sale. Going to have to do some shopping!
I think the embroidered sundresses would look so cute on my grandchild.
I’d love to get a polo top and some shorts for my great nephew to have fun in this summer 🙂
I have two relatives expecting baby boys soon, so I could use some baby gifts from Oshkosh! Their Buffalo Check Shortalls for boys are cute!
All my kids wore OshKosh and now my grandchildren wear it too, Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I just love the baby overalls from the site! So cute. I want the DENIM OVERALLS-INDIGO WASH for my son.
OshKosh has a great selection of clothes for toddlers.
I would love to get these jeans for all three of my boys for back-to-school. http://www.oshkosh.com/oshkosh-kid-girl-bottoms?navID=header#prefn1=filterNavLevel2&prefv1=Jeans
I think the Twill Jumperall-Camo Print is beautiful.
Oshkosh clothes are fashionable and durable.
I like the heritage collection with the all-american spirit especially this time of the year.
I love the kids friendly treats. Oh, and I love osh kosh!
Osh Kosh really makes quality clothing for children.
Love the coloring cubes idea,great idea
I love oshkosh I order all my grandsons clothes from there!
I like the Rose Print Shortalls. It’s very cute.
I’d love to win this!
I love all the baby and toddler clothes from Oshkosh, the little overalls are the cutest!
My granddaughter just had a baby girl who would look adorable in the 2-Piece Chambray Dress. This is a great price at $14.99. Way to go Oshkosh.
I have always loved dressing my boys in Osh Kosh overalls. And I love that now they have so many different colors and print options to choose from.
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The Coloring Cubes project looks fun.
They have such cute clothes!
Cute video! I SO wish I could get in on one of your contests ;-)))
I like the 3-PIECE JERSEY TUTU PJS
love Oshkosh and the video was so cute!!
the dandy lemon tartlets look so yummy. looks like a good dessert for my daughter to help make
i love osh kosh and that they have lots of great clothing, at a great value with amazing online and in store deals too!!
we have a store over in tacoma that I go to all the time. They have great clothes that LAST!
I love the great 4th of July Clearance plus additional 30% off, lots of great values starting at $4.99 online and in stores now!
I really like their clothes.
My granddaughter would look so cute in the Denim Jumperall
-I love the Hickory Stripe Shirt Dress for my granddaughter.
I love the Embroidered Sundress!
I love the Playground Polo out fit look. The jacket is beautiful. I would love to dress my little sweetheart in these clothes! Loved your pics!
It’s really great to be able to purchase CUTE clothes for a reasonable price. I have always loved OshKosh!
They have some good deals going on now! Cute stuff!!
I like the styles they have,,especially the Pullover Striped Anorak,,Don’t see things like that everyday
I love the EMBROIDERED SUNDRESS
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Carter would look great in the Picture Day Plaid Outfit in Red 🙂
I like the Cotton Piqué Polo Dress for my daughter.
i like the declaration of style outfit
I really love the art class chambray outfit. My son would look super cute in it.
Love the art class chambray outfit
I like the 2-Piece French Terry Dress
I like the 30% off sale and the toddler girl heritage tees
I like the Pique Polo in black. Thank you
Osh Kosh is running a 40% off new arrivals sale! Time to stock up for back to school. I love their lines for boys. My two little guys would look sharp this fall if we win.
I like the soccer tee!