Kicky pants – they aren’t just pants

Kicky pants – they aren’t just pants

With a couple of super skinny girls, I’m often relegated to more structured, streamlined dresses just so they don’t look like they’re wearing a parachute. But with the gorgeous long print dress for girls from Kicky Pants, my girls can enjoy prance...
This is one turkey I’d pardon

This is one turkey I’d pardon

As a long-standing semi-vegetarian, I have a soft spot in my heart for the hapless turkey at this time of the year. So no one will be surprised if one of my kids shows up to Thanksgiving dinner wearing this absolutely adorable Gobble Gobble Turkey shirt for kids from...
Save the monkeys – eat more cookies

Save the monkeys – eat more cookies

I kinda love everything about Late July organic snacks. I love that they’re organic and free of HFCS and all that other garbage. I love that they’re charitably-minded. I love that the company is run by a mom who even sneaks pictures of her kids into all...
Modern Hanukkah menorahs? Thanks, Jonathan Adler

Modern Hanukkah menorahs? Thanks, Jonathan Adler

Jewish kids know all about the Hanukkah miracle but what they don’t know is how hard it can be to celebrate it in cool, modern style. Well I have to tell you, when I saw Jonathan Adler’s collection of modern menorahs and Hanukkah gifts I proclaimed that a...
The anti-cameo cameo necklace

The anti-cameo cameo necklace

I was just poking around Etsy (I do that a lot) and I came across a link to the KnitKnit shop from Brooklyn artist Nguyen Le. And there I spotted this incredible cameo necklace and just fell in love. Or rather, it looks like a cameo, but it’s actually all needle...
Bowling night

Bowling night

Ever since we got a Nintendo Wii, my kids have been hooked on bowling. Okay, try completely obsessed. But I figured instead of having them beg to play the virtual version every day, they could do the real thing right at home with the retro pin bowling set from Little...