An Oscar Worthy Performance! Playpants headed for Hollywood

It was a dreary day, cold and wet, with my two children in the back of the car, when I got the phone call. Answering my handsfree phone call from Anna while trying to jam a pacifier into Hazel's mouth and answer Violet's questions about what we're having for lunch because she has informed me 18 times that "mommy, I have an insatiable appetite."

At first I take the high pitched squeal on the phone line to be a bad connection, before realizing it is a conference call with Anna and Rachel screaming in unison that we've been invited to attend the celebrity gifting suite for Hollywood moms and babies, better known as "The Boom Boom Room". I am attempting to navigate the rainy back roads near my home with my partners talking a mile a minute and Violet now asking "Where is Hollywood? Can I come?! Please mommy? Fancy Nancy lives there!"

For the last year, we've been working so hard to grow our little business outside of Vancouver. We've had such incredible local support from customers and retailers alike, but we know that bloomers are still considered a seasonal item (eventhough we disagree since they keep up winter tights perfectly!), and the sunny season here is appallingly short compared to more southern climes.

Perfect for holding up tights...

And so the journey begins. After a great deal of excitement, followed by more serious number crunching (and more giddy excitement), and a round of logistical planning to ensure Anna can sneak away from her Maui vacation for a weekend in LA, and Rachel doesn't have to confront her fear of flying alone, we have booked our flights to Hollywood. The spring styles are being neatly packaged for the lights, cameras, and celebrities.

As a team, we see this as an opportunity for our business, but also for ourselves as hardworking moms who know how rare a treat it is to get a weekend getaway to Beverly Hills in February with some of your best girlfriends (with a mutual affection for spa treatments, fine dining and late night karaoke!).

Wish us luck and we'll be sure to post our photos, stories (and maybe a video or two of an Air Supply serenade). Watch out Hollywood, we're ready to show off our bottoms to the world! :)