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Handmade children’s climbers + furniture
Mixed-race, family-owned small shop. ✌🏾✌🏼
Made in San Diego. Ships US & Canada.

“Reminiscing about things I used to do pre-kids” Edition

1.) Remember cleaning the whole house all at once, and then lighting a candle, and then ordering takeout because you couldn’t bear the thought of so much as dirtying a dish in your pristine home, and then just sitting around reveling for hours in the clean? Yeah, me neither.

2.) I thought nobody could like fruit more than me. Then I had kids. Now I eat way less fruit because I don’t want them to suffer from, like, eating three plums that week when they could have had four. And the way these kids can down a basket of $7 framers market berries in less than 10 minutes is something else…😬

3.) it’s hard to believe that for most of my life I could close my eyes at night, and then open them and it would be morning. That seems like a magic trick. I am now so intimately acquainted with each and every hour of the night. Parents love to lament about the passing of time. Might I recommend being awake for 20 of each 24 hours? Really stretches things out.

4.) I used to love watching sports and award shows, but I have carefully emotionally-distanced myself from my desire to watch anything live. They are going to wake up from their nap at the start of overtime. They are going to start screaming from the other room when the winner is announced. Spoilers are now the standard. Get hype for highlights and Hulu next day.

5.) Just a warning, because this one is NSFW…but before kids I used to spend long stretches of time…thinking. Oh yeah, I’m talking complete thoughts, in-depth problem solving, even DAYDREAMING. Yeah, I said it. Uninterrupted thoughts. How sexy were those?

I love the perspective of these photos - the intim

I love the perspective of these photos - the intimacy - of a view from inside a family. All those beautiful little mundane moments that make up our lives.

And it never gets old to see these kind of photos and see that products we made are there for those moments - are part of your play and your day-to-day. 💛

When You’re Out In Public With Twins” edition.

When You’re Out In Public With Twins” edition. As expressed by the looks of Moira Rose.

1.)
Stranger: “Twins, huh?”
Me: “Yep”
Stranger: *notes both kids have long hair* “Two girls?”
Me: “A boy and a girl, actually.”
Stranger: “Identical?”
Me: (see pic)

2.)
Stranger: “Oh my god, twins! Do they run in yours or your husband’s family?”

Me: “Well actually, these are fraternal twins, and the genetic predisposition for fraternal twins exists only on the maternal side because while identical twins are the result of a spontaneous egg split, fraternal twins are usually the result of hyper ovulation.

Stranger: (see pic)

3.)
Stranger: “My second cousin’s first husband was best friend’s with twin boys in elementary school.”

Me: (see pic)

4.)
Strangers: “two for the price of one? Ha!”
“Buy one get one free, eh?”
“You’ve got your hands full!”
“I always wanted twins!”
“Better you than me!”
“At least you can be done now!”
“I have two kids close in age so I totally get it!”

Me: (see pic)

5.)
Stranger: *has twins
Me: *nods in twin parent
Stranger: *nods in twin parent

Dear Sir or Madam, we’ve been trying to reach yo

Dear Sir or Madam, we’ve been trying to reach you about your Triangle’s extended….

Play possibilities.

Here’s the skinny on The Extension, which will be available next week:

It’s a single extension piece, the length of one side of The Triangle. It connects using the peg and socket joinery the Triangle already possesses. It will retail for $105. It opens up the opportunity for a lot of creative builds.

**HOWEVER**

Currently, the Extension is only compatible with ROAM Triangles purchased in or after May 2021.

While The Triangle is functionally and aesthetically the same now as when we started, we have had to make a couple changes to our dowel pin supplier. This means previous iterations would be mere millimeters off from a perfect coupling with The Extension.

So here’s the deal - if you have an ‘older generation’ Triangle but you NEED an extension - let us know! If the demand is great enough to justify us purchasing the supplies, we are happy to pursue it.

Listen, we are *flattered* when you ask us which s

Listen, we are *flattered* when you ask us which stores we’re in, or if you can swing by and grab a Triangle next Tuesday, or want to test something out at our showroom….

Maybe someday?

For now, we have no retail locations, no designated ‘try before you buy’, and no inventory of available products stocked up for last-minute purchases.

Made-to-order means just that. We make your order for you…after you order it. This is a much more efficient way for our small but mighty team to operate. But it also means lead times are pretty non-negotiable.

Thanks for your understanding and your patience, and thank you for supporting small business!

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