The other night, as my son crept into my bed, he hit me in the head with a robot. Thankfully, unlike the plastic trucks and action figures he has adopted as lovies in the past, this robot was a "crazy soft" Bunk Bot named Night-Vision Pi…
With my newest daughter's wardrobe full of gender neutral green and yellow hand me downs, I'm always on the look out for adorable pink baby clothes, preferably clothes that aren't covered in cupcakes and rainbows. Nothing against either …
My daughter is an art fanatic , and would paint until she was blue in the face. Funny, she's actually done that, with blue hands, arms, clothes...you get the picture. She's a four-year-old with paints. So when she tried Mahar Dry Goods' …
With three kids, I've got to have toys up my sleeve any time we head out or risk the consequences--or better, bring along a fabulous Discovery Tote from Helicopter Studios . Artist and mom Shannon Duffy originally created these imaginati…
Woe to us parents whose kids start to outgrow their winter clothing in February, when stores are stocking their racks with sandals and sun dresses. Thank goodness the mama at Two Seaside Babes in Indiana is still crocheting her t rès coo…
If there's one thing that I love in a bib, other than the fact that it actually works, is not having to fight with my baby to get it on. And thanks to Cheeky and Swank's magnetic baby bibs , I don't. Sure, the bibs' magnet closure makes …
Because we've been hibernating from the snow in New York every other day lately, I've taken to peeking at the spring clothes for children that are starting to appear in our favorite shops. And after seeing the yummy handmade girls dresse…
We admit it, we're a sucker for the annual American Library Association awards which help us navigate the thousands of virtual bookstore shelves when picking out great reads for our kids . Last week the 2009 ALA winners were announced an…
Move over Suri and Pax. It would seem that the world's most important celebrity children in the design world are now Sasha and Malia Obama, at least if the press releases flooding our inboxes are any indication. If the First Children are…
You know what a baby can never have too much of? Okay. Sleep. Right, you got me. But other than sleep, and poops that smell like roses? How about baby booties? Well in our house, the answer would be yes, considering I can't keep track of…
I love peeking across the ocean via the www to see what our European friends are doing as far as kids and design. Occasionally there's some wacky baby tee featuring a wolf riding a unicycle with a pig on his head or something, but genera…
I wish I were one of those crafty types who could look at an old sweater and see more than a Goodwill deduction. If you're Viola Hale of Viola Studio , you imagine adorable stuffed animals including elephants, puppies, pigs, and even a m…
The soft, fleecy blanket with a satiny trim is a nursery staple-- not only did my kids have them as babies, I had one as a baby, too, about a hundred years ago. And now Organic Blankees is offering up a new and fabulously earth-friendly …
Kids and dogs go together like red and Valentines Day, which is why I think the story book Mo Smells Red is such a cute gift for your little sweetheart . Not only will preschoolers love hearing about the adventures of Mo, a real life res…
Growing up, no Valentine's Day was complete without a bagful of Be Mine and Hug Me heart candies. Sure they were cute, but let's be honest: they tasted like chewable antacids. Conversation Heart Rattles from Yellow Label Kids are a much …
I'm not crazy about barrettes with so much going on that it's like the hair clip enters the room before your kid does. You can keep your big crazy "corker" bows and humongo fake gardenias with rhinestone centers. Just leave me the simple…
Today is the official start of the Year of the Ox ( Niu in Chinese), and if you're into Chinese Zodiac, you'll know that good things are predicted to come. Especially if you've got your own little Ox on the way. We love the idea of celeb…
My daughters draw the cutest things: Stick-figure women in triangle dresses, bulgy-eyed cats and larger-than-life flowers. Nothing could improve on what they dream up which is why I love artist Carla Sonheim's new coloring book simply ca…
Insulated lunch totes are bulky (and often of dubious origin; some vinyl ones contain lead). Paper lunch bags often rip (and aren't all that eco-friendly). What's a gotta-be-cool tween to do? Reach for 3 R's lunch sac perhaps? Made of wa…
We first found Dame Star Baby back in 2007 (check out our gushing gusher of a review here) and fell instantly in love with their amazing Martin Guitar tee with an appliqué made of an intricately handstitched collage of fabrics. Well a qu…
Okay, we'll stop soon with all the Obama keepsakes. But we'd be remiss if we didn't share with you this very cool President Obama Air Force One wooden toy plane that we just discovered at Wooden Toddler Toys. It's US-made, of course, fro…
Leave it to the darn CPSIA to help us discover a ton of wonderful artisans thinking about calling it quits on February 10th thanks to the new toy testing regulations. Such is the case for Kristen Dirmeier, musician and artist, who hand c…
Since my husband is a pilot, you can probably guess the amount of plane toys and clothes we've got strewn about our house. But we have yet to see anything like the Margalo Aviator Cap from Soil . Modeled after a classic pilot's cap and e…
Maybe it's because the last thing I need is a gigunda boot at the bottom of my already huge ankles, or because it's currently 65 degrees outside in Atlanta in the middle of January, but either way, I've yet to embrace the Mukluks trend. …