by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Plastic, plastic everywhere. Argh, I’m going out of my head with all the neon plastic around our house! Er, what I mean is…anything for the kid. One place we can compromise is with these wooden blocks from Tree by Kerry Lee. They’re beautifully...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
Feeling a little unhip these days? Having a hard time understanding "the kids" on MTV? Don’t worry. We’ve all been there. Weknow how those Gymboree classes, playgroups, and never-ending Barney episodes can suck the cool right out of you....
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
For eons, adhesive bandages came in that weird pseudo-skin tone color. Then someone got smart and decided they would make bandages with graphics on them. Yay! But instead of putting anything even remotely cool on them, they put licensed characters and superheroes on...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Do you really need to be eating that can of barbeque pringles? Or that bag of red hot cheetos? I’m thinking that perhaps there’s no time like the present (cough-bathingsuitseason-cough) to put the junk food away and send it to someone who could actually...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
In many ways, technology has made raising children a whole lot easier. Just look at the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser! But one of the greatest inventions for moms and dads, in our opinion, is the podcast. If you’re not fortunate enough to live in Northhampton,...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
For any of us who ever rocked out to girl bands like the Go-Gos or the Bangles, the all-mom band Housewives on Prozac will remind us even though we’ve traded in our legwarmers and boomboxes for maternity jeans and minivans, we can still rock. With songs like...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
Surely every parent agrees that whatever it is that gets our kids into reading, we’re all for it. (Okay, maybe not the SI swimsuit issue. But pretty much anything else.) Which is why we just love Books to Check Out for Kids, a journal from the always cool...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I always think I’m taking the most beautiful, professional, ready-to-be-blown up to 22×30 photos–only to process the film and realize just how mistaken I was. Not Alicia Bock. A mother of two, ecclectic gardener, and award-winning photographer who...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
They struggled for four plus years. Dealt with an annoying roommate, egotistical advisor, and really bad food. So, you can’t just give them any old graduation card. Why not try this cute card over at Shades of Violet? But it’s just a cap on a string, you...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
We’re just getting to the point that my daughter might actually have enough hair for a clip. However, I have been forced to put the kibosh on my victory dance due to the poor offerings of sassy hair clips that work on a head with barely any hair. Seriously, if...
