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candepop
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candepop is a journal of life with baby. We started it to share the world with two new people, Cal and Edie. We are two mums and two babies, (two dads and two cats as well) living in Ireland, with a whole world of pretty things to see and do.
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Elfie - Childrens Boutique

I am a bit of a sucker for children dressed as children and particularly in fashions that could have been worn by the characters in books like Swallows and Amazons. And London children’s boutique Elf...

5 days ago

Brave - Disney PixarLooking forward to when Cal is old enough...

Brave - Disney Pixar Looking forward to when Cal is old enough to enjoy a movie outing with me and definitely would be dragging him along to see Brave this summer. If you like red heads, if you can’t...

6 days ago

Henris Walk to Paris - Saul Bass & Leonore Klein

More widely known for his film poster designs, today marks the re-release of Saul Bass’ picture book, Henri’s Walk to Paris. With text by Leonore Klein, Henri’s Walk tells the tale of a boy who dream...

14 feb 12

Valentines Cookies for Daddy

This morning Cal and I decided to make some Valentine’s cookies for his daddy…and a few for us too. Things we learnt today; you barely need any red food colouring to make icing a nice pale pink (this...

13 feb 12

Unborn ArtistsReally tempted to try this out before Cal’s...

Unborn Artists Really tempted to try this out before Cal’s little brother or sister arrives. Unborn Artists is an “artists collective” of unborn children supporting SOS Children’s Villages’ work to r...

09 feb 12

Earth Blocks - Eco friendly Lego

For those who’s aversion to plastic goes above and beyond the standard recycled and BPA free purchases Colors Tokyo bring you Earth Blocks. Lego type blocks made from cedar bark, coffee beans, saw du...

09 feb 12

The Numberlys - Alphabet story app from Moonbot Studios

Some time ago we purchased the highly rated app called The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by Moonbot studios, and sadly we never reviewed it here as it felt more like an animated movie...

31 jan 12

Mary Blair - Prints and illustration

You know when a type of illustration seems so familiar but you don’t really know why, seeing the beautiful found Mary Blair print on Meet Me At Mike’s earlier brought a whole flood of images to my mi...

31 jan 12

30 x 30 - Limited edition building blocks from Laura Barnard

30 x 30 is a series of limited edition products from illustrator Laura Barnard. The first run is a set of 9 cityscape building blocks with road print post cards, and with only 30 produced if you want...

30 jan 12

The Great Explorer - Chris Judge

Irish writer / illustrator Chris Judge is back with The Great Explorer, his follow-up to the award-winning The Lonely Beast, and it’s another winning tale of a journey into the unknown. Our protagoni...

24 jan 12

Tootsa MacGinty - Spring / Summer 2012 collection

Perfect for families where hand me downs are a must, regardless of boy or girl, or mamas who just want their kids dressed like kids and not mini mr or misses, Tootsa MacGinty’s Spring / Summer 2012 c...

23 jan 12

Augustina Woodgate - Stuffed animal skins

When the kids have moved onto Xbox, rugby or chasing girls, Augustina Woodgate’s process of converting once loved soft toys into stuffed animal skin rugs may be the way to save those memories while s...

23 jan 12

BabyLit Books - Classic literature for toddlers

For tiger mums or mums who just want a change from Gruffalos and penguins, Gibbs Smith brings you their range of Baby Lit board books. The BabyLit range include toddler suitable adaptations of Pride ...

18 jan 12

Toideloi - Dollhouses for boys and girls

Dutch design, made in the USA, Toideloi modular stackhouse is made entirely of birch plywood and the self assembly walls simply slot together. It can be separated into two houses for separate play or...

15 jan 12

Molly Moo - Mum to Mum

Molly Moo blogger, Michelle McInerney, must be one of the busiest online mums around. In addition to her own blog, the National Children’s Gallery and the International Children’s Gallery she has als...

13 jan 12

Paper Town - carboard fold up toy

Recycled and recyclable, Paper Town is a sturdy cardboard town inspired by Polish suburban life. Delivered flat pack and ready to fold, perfect for use with existing toy cars and action figures. (Via...

13 jan 12

Kodo 30th Anniversary One Earth Tour

If you have children who like loud noise, the Kodo Family Experience in the National Concert Hall, February 12th, might be the event for you. Featuring Japanese Drum ensemble, Kodo, this is an inform...

13 jan 12

Ningengakki - Human InstrumentI totally want one of these for...

Ningengakki - Human Instrument I totally want one of these for Cal and his cousins to play with but I think I could also see it descending fairly rapidly into a total slap fest followed by serious te...

13 jan 12

The Ark - A Cultural Centre for Children

Spring is just around the corner and The Ark has an excellent season of Spring Sing events on the way. Including digital songwriting workshops, beatbox workshops and joyful singing workshops, for the...

05 jan 12

Big Blue Cuddle - buy clothes, help kids

For those of you who aren’t already aware of them, Big Blue Cuddle are an online clothes store that sell bright and colourful kids clothes (0-10 years), while also donating 15% to 50% of the value of...

05 jan 12

Si and Lu Childrens clothing

I really must keep an eye on our excellent twitter followers more often as in there are wonderful discoveries like local children’s clothing company Si and Lu. Currently making a limited but quality ...

03 jan 12

So this is Christmas...

From the Christmas eve feast at my sisters house we continued the celebrating and feasting through two more days of dinners with grandparents on both sides. Enjoying two different styles of family Ch...

28 dec 11

International Childrens Gallery

From the excellent National Children’s Gallery of Ireland comes the even more wonderful International Children’s Gallery. Created by Michelle McInerney, Limerick based graphic designer and creator of...

28 dec 11

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night

Christmas has caught up with us very quickly. The last wrapping, cooking and cleaning was completed just in time for us to be treated to a wonderful Christmas eve feast in my sister’s house, all we n...

25 dec 11

Cals Second Birthday & Some Christmas Baking

Last weekend Cal turned the very grown up toddler age of two. Instead of an afternoon birthday party the week before Christmas, we opted for a playdate / coffee morning with all his little pals and t...

23 dec 11

The Gruffalos Child - Christmas Day TV Picks

Fans of Julia Donaldson and the original animated Gruffalo movie should set their recorders so they don’t miss the snow filled production of The Gruffalo’s Child on BBC1 at 18.30 on Christmas day. Fe...

22 dec 11

Little Fashion Gallery - Online Deliveries in time for Christmas

For those of you who are plagued by the joint deadlines of Christmas gifts and finishing off work before the holidays there is still a last chance to do some online shopping and still get them delive...

20 dec 11

Alphabeast - Alphabet App from Illustrator Chris Judge

Delighted to be finally trying out the much anticipated Alphabeast iPad alphabet app for kids, which is not only from the very popular illustrator Chris Judge but is also the first fully Irish made i...

14 dec 11

Crazy Forts

At this stage Santa probably has received all his lists and has checked them twice but if you are looking for something to keep them busy well into the new year I really like the look of this product...

13 dec 11

Christmas visit to Donadea Forest Park

There are few places you can go for a morning outing which combine woodland walks, wildlife, hot drinks, Santa, outdoor chandeliers and pianos but if this is your list of requirements Donadea Forest ...

11 dec 11

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