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The Art of Ka-Ching

Back when I was in middle school, I would put scotch tape around my lunch money change and cram it in my front pocket. Today, pre-teens, tweens and teens sport more cash than some island nations do. I say that kind of cold hard cabbage deserves to be wrapped up in...

For The Tea Party of the Season

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

You can hardly encounter my two year-old daughter without being asked to join her for a tea party. As long as you don’t mind that Puppy gets all the food and Llama bogarts the dessert tray, I guarantee you an enjoyable time. So I’m hoping to add to my...

We Interrupt Your Shopping For A Random Act of Do-Gooding

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We post a lot about lotion/potion alternatives for the kiddos that are organic, natural, and hopefully bad-stuff-free. If you care about what goes into you children’s shampoos, diaper creams and bubble baths, consider helping out the non-profit Environmental...

Clutter-free and fab

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’m not a lover of the nightly toy excavation, inventory and restocking of blocks, trucks and primary-colored plastic items. Of course because apples don’t fall far from trees, my son isn’t all that fond of it either. I’m thinking if we had a...

A Totally Organic Experience

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

We love organic kids clothes’ for any number of reasons, but sometimes I get the feeling that the companies who make them are just jumping on a trend to make a buck. Then there’s Little Green Stars. Moms, co-founders, green bloggers, and bona fide...

We Came, We Saw, We Scavenged

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Over the last weekend in July, the entire Cool Mom Picks staff were privileged to part of the amazing gathering of bloggers that was the BlogHer 2007 Conference in Chicago. While there, we figured what better way to get people to meet new bloggers than with a photo...