by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Some of my fondest memories of lunchtime as a kid involved reaching into my brown paper lunch bag and feeling around between the sandwich and the granny smith apple for a surprise note from my mom, replete with her trademark curly-haired happy face sign-off....
by Julie | Entertainment + Media
Now that I’ve got three children, I’ve given up trying to protect the youngest from his older sisters’ tastes in TV shows. Is it cliché to mention that I saw Road Runner get clobbered at least a thousand times as a kid, and I’m still an...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style
Now if I told you that Sir Hayes, the kids’ label emblematic of urban Brooklyn chic, was making a onesie inspired by “Carlton,” what would you think that means? Because when I got wind of it, right away a single image popped into my head: Alphonso...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
I spend a lot of time complaining about breakfast, but that’s what happens when you take an anti-morning person and add kids. One of my tricks for dealing with mornings when I’m feeling less than perky is to hand over a breakfast bar. So when my old friend...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
If you’re shopping baby names (or just browsing), you have to check out Lorilee Craker’s A is for Atticus: Baby Names from Great Books which give you far more erudite options than naming your child for the latest celeb du jour. Or worse, the latest celeb...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes
There are plenty of ways to pledge your allegiance to your presidential candidate – bumper stickers, t-shirts, anonymous troll comments on Daily Kos. But Dave’s Gourmet has perhaps the most appetizing idea with a line of presidential hot sauces that are...
by Mir | Entertainment + Media
It’s not that there aren’t great television and music options for the kids that are new, it’s that the resurgence of our old favorites brings a nostalgic tear to our eyes. I can clearly remember dancing around to the groovy tunes of The Banana Splits...
by Julie | Baby, Kid Style
I’m all for outfitting my baby boy in some fine threads on special occasions. But dressing a wee one in the same style sported by a forty-something man (sweater vests, anyone?) isn’t special–at least not the way you’d intended.Try a...
