by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
Once again, we’re super happy to be working with Old Navy–and not just because it’s so fun/weird to see Jason Priestly in their new TV ads. If you haven’t checked out their insanely good sale online yet (seriously, there is a lot under $10 and...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media
With seven solid releases to their credit (you can read about their last one here), I was pretty certain that we’d love Recess Monkey’s eighth offering to the world of kindie music. But what I enjoy most about this trio of enthusiastic educators from...
by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
If you’ll be doing some packing before you hit the road this summer, chances are you don’t want the kids to help too much, lest you end up with six pairs of socks and no pants in their suitcases. So try channeling their I can help! persistence...
by Stephanie Mayers | Toys + Playthings
Imagination is in no short supply around these parts. One of our toys can have half a dozen alter egos and we love and encourage the unstoppable creative flow. And so when we were introduced to the Clump-O-Lump crew of stuffed animals that can mix and match body parts...
by Barbara | Toys + Playthings
There’s something that seems to be universally fascinating to kiddos, generation after generation, about playing doctor – and by that, I mean the kind with stethoscopes and tongue depressors and a plethora of toilet paper “bandages.” My...
by Kirsten | Baby, Kid Style
As a professional decorator, one of my favorite spaces to take on is a kid’s room. You can go as creative and whimsical as you want; where else could I use every color in the rainbow and indulge in prints that are easily deemed “funny?”Now...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Toys + Playthings
I’ve got four words for you: Steampunk. Lego. Monster. Fighters.I haven’t even gotten to the part about the castle. Thank heavens I was alone when I found the new Lego Monster Fighters display at Target this week. Why? Because I blurted out HOLY...
by Christina Refford | Kid Style
Whether or not my kids will one day stand on the podium of some future Olympics is not yet determined—-have they started a category for intense video gaming or speed LEGO building? For now, though, I love these shirts that let them profess their love and...
by Eva Glettner | Entertainment + Media
Randy Kaplan is such a talented kids’ rocker; the kind of performer who really engages his audience. He doesn’t just sing, he tells stories. And we listen.We are all huge fans of Kaplan’s incredibly cool, listenable (even for adults) CDs, but this...
by Kirsten | Baby, Kid Style
There were moments in my children’s earlier years that all I wanted to do was cover them in a full body raincoat. It seemed like meal times turned into “let’s get as covered with food as we possibly can” times. Thankfully, a...
by Eva Glettner | Baby, Kid Style
City Threads is a great little clothing company that I’ve raved about before. You can recognize their “Brooklyn” bucket hats on many a hipster kid at the nearest playground in my (nowhere near Brooklyn) neighborhood. Now they are finally veering into...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Toys + Playthings
Poor Bun-Bun. I received the stuffed pink rabbit at my first baby shower for my first baby, and he’s been around and loved ever since. Two houses, two kids, and one horrifying overnight stay in the litterbox had turned Bun-Bun from a cheerful pink to a dingy...
