Who offers the best selection of shorts for
dance, gymnastics, cheer and private school???
FRANCIE PANTS does!
And now there are 4 new colors to choose from 
Come check out our funky-fresh prints:
You’ve asked for it and now we’re delivering!
In order to make room for our new inventory
we’re marking down 6 of our existing
fabrics by 40% to just $10 each.
The following FRANCIE PANTS fabrics will be
marked down.
ANGEL HEART
LONDON CALLING
PINK PLAID
PINK HAWAII
SWEET LOVE
TEMP TATTOO
Once they’re gone, that will be it, so get ‘em while
they’re hot!
Our new “FREE FRANCIES FOR PHOTOS” contest
was a hit! Thank you so much for sending in all of
your great shots. And keep them coming! Every
month one lucky girl will win her choice of 6 pairs
of FRANCIE PANTS.
Introducing our January winner “Sydney”.
Sydney is 7 yo and rocks her FRANCIE PANTS
in Raleigh, NC. What a cutie!
Sydney and her Mom did a great job!
The photo is high quality, at least 1200X1200
in size and has a solid background. And
the FRANCIE PAPER DOLL pose made us smile!
MARLY is very proud
Who will be our winner in February???
Here at TeamFRANCIE PANTS we absolutely love
to see our customers enjoying their Francies!
So what better way to encourage you to send us
your best pix than to give you free FRANCIE PANTS?
So give us your best shot and let your FRANCIE PANTS
attitude shine! Photos need to be high quality and
at least 1200×1200 in size.
It really doesn’t take a lot of money or fancy toys for kids to have fun staying cool in the summer time. On those sticky, sweltering days sometimes all you need is a simple garden hose, your basic lawn sprinkler – and maybe just a little bit of creativity. Along with simply running back and forth to get soaked (always fun by itself to begin with anyway), there are a myriad of other fun ideas that can keep kids interested and occupied (and cool!) for longer. Here are a few to get you started, then let your own kids’ creativity take over!
Really, just about any typical playground game can be adapted to create additional fun when playing in the sprinkler – ‘Mother May I’, ‘Simon Says’, ‘Red Rover’, and more. Or let your kids make up their own games as they go. But don’t forget to put on your own bathing suit and join in – it’s a great way for mom or dad to stay cool and join in the fun too!
Whether you have boys or girls (or both), there’s always something fun about roaming either through the yard or maybe a local park on the hunt for rare and exotic species of bugs. Or just your plain, everyday kind too.
Although you can find specific products for catching and keeping bugs at local retail stores (and even the dollar store often has them), some of the essential gear for a bug safari can include a lot of things that you might already have lying around the house, such as:
You never know what kinds of exciting things you might be able to find in your own backyard – good luck!
Every summer my family enjoys our local Fourth of July activities. This holiday is one of the more major ones in our town, with a whole weekend full of activities – everything from skydivers to an arts & crafts fair. And the parade, of course.
If there’s no other time to get out and show your community pride and spirit, the Fourth of July is it. The entire community turns out – with everyone in their favorite patriotic gear. From parade-time until the fireworks light up the sky that night, the whole community parties together.
July 4th is one of my favorite holidays and I’ve always enjoyed dressing my kids up for the day. Last year we attended the parade all decked out – shirts, check. Hats, check. Patriotic socks or flip-flops, check. Sparkly red, white, and blue jewelry? Check. I do have girls, after all.
The highlight of my 8-year-old’s time at the parade was seeing the high school varsity cheerleaders march by – she knows several of them from the cheerleading camp that they put on every summer, and their coach is also a local preschool teacher who’s had all 3 of my kids in her class over the years now.
In just over a couple of weeks it will be Fourth of July time again, and I’ve already got this year’s shirts picked out for my girls and I. And we’ll be out there on the parade route again, cheering on our community as we celebrate the birthday of our country.
How do you celebrate the Fourth of July?
See more about Deb and her family at Mom of 3 Girls or follow her on Twitter (@DebMomOf3)!
When I woke up on a recent Monday morning, one thing that I certainly wasn’t expecting to see when I looked out the window – was a world covered in white. Oh we’re used to a few flakes here or there during the springtime here in the Midwest, but I can’t remember another time in recent years where we’ve had snow on the ground as late as mid-April. Last year my girls had been running around in shorts and sandals for weeks by this time! We’ve had a few warmer days here and there so far this spring – and one 85+ degree day that seemed to come out of nowhere and barely lasted long enough to enjoy before the temperatures took a nosedive and the famous April Showers rolled in. Rain, we’re used to. Snow? Not as much, especially after I’d already packed away the snow pants and winter boots, assuming they wouldn’t be needed for months.
It’s about this time of year when the flowers usually start blooming and trees turn green. It’s also typically the start of what I call ‘cartwheel’ season, when my girls want to wear dresses and skirts every day, even while they’re begging to visit every nearby park and playground. And this usually involves hanging upside down from monkey bars and turning endless cartwheels in any open space they can find. Even though it’s going to be a little later than usual this year, I can’t wait until we can spent more time outside during the day than indoors. The calendar may say that it’s been spring for the past month or so – hopefully Mother Nature will catch up soon too!
Along with the kids, I know my flowers will certainly be happy about that.
See more about Deb and her family at Mom of 3 Girls or follow her on Twitter (@DebMomOf3)!
At age 15, Kiara Nowlin is a tumbling and cheer powerhouse. She’s a 3-time gold medal winner at the World Age Games Competition in tumbling and double mini trampoline, a nationally ranked cheerleader who cheers for the California All Stars Cheer Team (as well as her own high school varsity squad), and is also a member of the USA Gymnastics Junior Elite Team.
Along with cheerleading and power tumbling, Kiara loves “shopping, McFlurrys and McDonald’s Sweet Tea, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends”, according to her Facebook page. She’s also a member of American Mensa and the National Charity League and says on her website that she wants to go to medical school and become a pediatrician when she grows up.
A few fun facts about Kiara:
You can learn more about Kiara on her site at www.kiaranowlin.com. Thank you for being such a big fan of Francie Pants, Kiara!
When was the last time you climbed a tree?
We love this simple craft from Make and Takes that brings the game Angry Birds to a table top near you! Click through for complete instructions.
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