Summertime is just around the bend, and my first thought is thank the heavens above! Then, my second thought: what are we doing with our summer? As my daughter grows older - she's the ripe old age of 4 now - I'm realizing we have to think more serously about summer camps and programs. Swim classes? Soccer? Day camp?

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Landscape Dinner Set

• $42
• My Sweet Muffin

This set makes me think of summer camp dining halls with a designer twist. Playful and smile-inducing. Designed by Barcelona-based DOIY. 

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OYOY Silicone Placemats

• $28/set of 2
• Huset

When young kids are at the table, cleanup is more than sweeping up crumbs. I like easy-to-wash and easy-to-wipe silicone mats and am digging these stylish, Danish-designed ones from OYOY.

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Placemat & Portion Plate

• $15/$18
• Georgie Porgie

Promote healthy eating habits with these colorful reminders on your table. The plate is melamine; the placemat is linen cotton canvas. "Eat a Rainbow Every Day!"

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Doodle Tablecloth

• $50
• Uncommon Goods

There are paper placemats to draw on in restaurants and then there's the idea taken to the extreme: a cotton, washable tablecloth and fabric markers for your family of doodlers.

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It's tough being a superhero when school cuts into your crime-fighting, and especially when the cafeteria is serving something totally gross. Luckily there are backpacks and lunch bags that are perfect for the superhero getting an education! More

Baby Bell Spoon
• $48
• Spunky Sprout

It's a spoon, a toy, and a teether all in one! Made of polished stainless steel, this little spoon will be a definite keepsake — perfect for a special baby gift!

Stainless Steel Dishes
• $69
• Rosenberry Rooms

Ban plastic when you're on the go. It's naturally antibacterial and it's dishwasher safe. That's a load of convenience, all in pastel.

Marimekko Oilcoth Placemats
• $24
• Huset

Easy to wipe. Scandinavian patterns. I think that's pretty much everything that needs to be said.

If you had asked Alicia Peyrano, owner of Little Citizens Boutique, a few years whether she would ever own a kid's store, she probably would have thought you were crazy. Then, after Alicia became pregnant herself and started searching around for the gear for her new family member, she started falling in love with uniquely designed wares from around the world. Late one night her husband suggest she open her own baby boutique and Little Citizens was born. 

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