Say My Name, Say My Name

Say My Name, Say My Name

As a certifiable word nerd, I’m not a fan of children’s books that seem to be written by marketers and not authors. While I like a good gimmick as much as the next parent, I also want a book that’s worth reading once you get beyond the “look...
Chocolate Goes With Everything

Chocolate Goes With Everything

Lately I’ve got a thing for brown and pink on my little girls. Pink because, well…duh. And brown because it’s less severe than black and less expected than navy. So what caught my eye at new family-run treads for tots store My Little One’s...
Pavarotti Lives On

Pavarotti Lives On

The passing of opera great Luciano Pavarotti this week has taken a wee bit of sunshine out of the world. In his honor, we found the Barefoot Book of Stories From the Opera by Shahrukh Husain, at one of our favorite publisher’s sites. The book tells the stories...
Making Al  Gore Proud

Making Al Gore Proud

I wince every time I take those double plastic bags home from the grocery store, but remembering to bring my own bags, let alone ones that can carry more than a few apples, seems unlikely. Well, thanks to my new cloth shopping bag from Skeeda, I’m feelingway...
It’s Good To Be the King

It’s Good To Be the King

With Texas Hold-Em having taken over the world–let alone our living room one night a month–it was only a matter of time before it made its way into nurseries too. Baby Luck is a new line of tees and onesies that we found at CMP fave shop, Flying Peas that...
The Amazing Letterwoman

The Amazing Letterwoman

“We’re all for girl superheroes!” responded my co-editor, Kristen, when I forwarded her the url for the new animated series, Word Girl. My response: “Totally!” This brand new superhero “with the colossal vocabulary” goes up...
Congratulations! It’s a Pig!

Congratulations! It’s a Pig!

I always have trouble with those baby gifts you need to get when the parents want the sex to be a surprise. Don’t they know what a burden their surprise is on their generous friends? Don’t they know it’s all about me? The Chinese Zodiac is always a...
Style-Conscientious

Style-Conscientious

Onlytwo minutes of searching the web forbabyshoes for my newly crawling little man of the house and I’m drowning in a sea of leather booties. Love leather booties, but isn’t there something different out there? Enter my saviors, Veja baby shoes, which we...
The Sassy Side of Hair Clips

The Sassy Side of Hair Clips

Now that my daughter actually has hair (kind of) my latest obsession is tracking down cool hair clips for her with the hopes that one day she might actually let me put one on her. It’s a cheaper hobby than shoe shopping, that’s for sure. My latest find?...
Florals for Fall

Florals for Fall

I get a little sad as August comes to a close. (Ack, where did summer go already!) While I love diving into the cozy cashmeres and comfy knits again, I hate saying goodbye to all the bright, promising floral prints of Spring. So when I found the little girl’s...
Hit Me With Music

Hit Me With Music

As a musician with way too many closets full of instruments, I’ve got a soft spot for kids threads that show off our love of all things melodic. Behold the sweet instruments romper courtesy CMP super-fave designer, Sir Hayes, in a collaboration with...
Buy a Bracelet, Save the World

Buy a Bracelet, Save the World

We’ve all been huge admirers (slash patrons) of Lucina ever since we discovered their unbelievably gooooorgeous jewelry that just so happens to help make the word a better place. For real–Components of the jewelry come from artisans in developing countries...