Cool Mom Team | Cool Mom Picks

Sometimes things just Klick

Small space furniture is just getting smarter and smarter and I’m so glad to see that one of our fave U.S. kids’ furniture makers, P’kolino, is getting in on it with their Klick table and chair set for kids. Kids up to about 7 can sit on the...

Back to Etsy for Back to School

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We love looking for fun, off-the-beaten-path back to school items so much, we’re not just doing it for our own readers, we’re doing it this week for our friends at Indie Fixx who asked us to drum up some of our favorite back to school picks all from Etsy....

Mr. Tolkien? Your toddler shoes are ready.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

The new fall kids’ shoes from CMP fave Livie and Luca are starting to slowly appear on the website and I am absolutely loving the new mushroom-adorned Woodland Boot which is a fun, Hobbit-esque update to the London Boots we were digging last year. These are not...

Photos like they used to be – blurry, too blue, and very very cool

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

I am a Photoshop spaz, so I love finding programs that let me do cool things with my photos with little to no mental anguish. It’s not just a great tool as a blogger, it’s cool when I’m uploading them into e-invitations or videos or keepsake photo...

Holy awesome $10 pair of kids’ shoes, Batman

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

At the end of last summer, I scored my daughter a pair of Zutano canvas shoes on sale. They got her through early fall, through a couple of warm-weather winter vacations, and surprisingly, right through this summer. I guess it pays to buy a size up. I was excited to...

The Switch – Just don’t call it soda

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

We are not what you’d call a soda family. While I love a nice cold fountain Coke or Pepsi with a slice of pizza like every other New Yorker, it’s not something I keep around the house. But when my older nieces or friends’ tween kids come to visit...

Arthur Ashe Kids Day at the US Open – Definitely not just for kids.

by Cool Mom Team | Family Travel

I have such fond memories of scoring US Open tickets a kid, roaming the grounds, and sitting slack-jawed in awe of all the incredible talent. (This was the McEnroe days. I’m that old. ) But back then, they didn’t have anything like the annual Arthur Ashe...

At least the inanimate people around here are getting some sleep at night now

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

At two, my youngest daughter is already into dolls in a way that her big sister never was. She pushes them in strollers, shares her dessert with them, and gives them rides on the bulldog–much to the bulldog’s dismay. She tucks her dolls into bed with her...

Not just candy buttons – big, honkin’ goliath-sized candy buttons.

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

Remember the Candy Buttons of your youth? You know, the ones with absolutely no flavor (save for sugar) that you peeled off the paper strip, trying your best to increase the ratio of candy-to-paper that in fact made it into your mouth? Well now a company has done them...

Bootie-licious

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

If there’s anything that can give my retired uterus a few pangs, it’s a pair of adorable hand knit baby booties, like the new ones from CMP fave Tiny Sprouts. Known for their sweetly embroidered personalized baby blankets and baby clothes, they’ve...