In honor of Women's History Month, we've been sharing so many ways to help get our kids excited about historic female heroes both past and present. It made me think to take some time this past weekend to browse through my bookshelf and p…
My kids are all about their LEGOs, but I've also been keeping my eye on some cool non-LEGO building sets to keep things interesting around the playroom. These three allow kids to build things they can't with their LEGOs, and I have to sa…
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There are some facts about the world that are simply not up for debate. Like: Humans breathe air, cats sleep exclusively on favorite black sweaters, and parents will always be searching for how to clean the big messes our kids make. So I…
My kids are obsessed with their dry erase boards (it's the little things, you know?). In fact, my daughter has figured out she can use the dry erase markers on her glossy coloring book covers and wipe those down too. Now, they're playing…
It's no surprise that She Persisted is now the title of an upcoming book about history-making American women. What's more interesting though, is that it's a book written for children, by none other than Chelsea Clinton. The phrase has ce…
With the much hyped Beauty and the Beast movie coming out today, we have the feeling more than a few kids will be raring for a Beauty and the Beast themed birthday party this year. And have we got ideas! We scoured the web for the very c…
If LEGO and tape loved each other very very much (as we might say to the kids), this is what you'd get: Nimuno Loops . It's a genius, colorful, flexible roll of LEGO tape that's compatible with LEGO bricks and all the other building bloc…
This is a sponsored message from Candlewick Press For a not-your-average bedtime story that will keep the whole family entertained, you'll love Triangle , the newest book from New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Caldecott-w…
It's always a strange and complex feeling to feel the loss of someone you've never actually met, but that's just what I feel right now, learning of today's passing of author and mom of three, Amy Krouse Rosenthal . This is one woman who …
Spring is in the air, and the shoes this year are adorable. Metallic shoes for girls (and boys) started trending last year, but from what we've seen, this style isn't going anywhere anytime soon. From sneakers to sandals, we're seeing to…
OMG! We found a magazine for tween girls so cool that the only thing my 10-year-old daughter could find to complain about was that some of the fonts were hard to read. High praise indeed, if you're familiar with hormonal, too-cool-for-sc…
I dreaded air travel when my girls were little. Between the two of them, I had a seat kicker, a non-napper, and an impatient whiner. Yeah, I was that parent. So I learned what works, and what doesn't, to keep my little ones happy and occ…
here are a few things we've been reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. For Women's History Month, love all the amazing artwork honoring women heroes in film, art, science, and history from Etsy artist The Film Artist.…
After years in a job for which I'm forced to click past baby tees with slogans like "I get my mom's looks and my dad's ability to nap all day" (not even kidding) what a joy to find this new Strong Like Mom t-shirt at Target. The best par…
I can't stop smiling at the new board book, Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz . Filled with adorable, colorful illustrations of a chunky little wide-eyed baby, it paints a picture of a baby who chooses what to wear herself, rejects pants, pl…
Wheelchairs with flair? Now this is something the world needs. At Toy Fair this year, we instantly fell in love with PunkinFutz , a brand new product line anchored by a hip selection of wheelchair bags made just for kids . Special needs …
We all know that art and design museums are magical. Where else can kids feast their eyes on important paintings, goof around with hands-on exhibits, and giggle at naked statues (come on, you know that's true), all before dinnertime? And…
As a newly adoptive parent, I've received a lot of generous adoption gifts from friends and family that celebrate our daughter's culture and heritage, and speak volumes about the fact that she came into our family in a way very different…
So like, the 80s are toooootally back, you know? And like, as much as we loved the rad shark romper from Rosie Pope that we just shared, turns out there's a lot more to love in her collection of righteous new 80s inspired baby clothes fo…
We are big Hamilton Musical fans around here, with my son rapping Guns and Ships in his sleep and weaving lines into his school papers, so when I saw this Hamilton Musical LEGO set up for voting on the LEGO Ideas site, I just had to shar…
If we ever needed one more reason to wish we could blink and have it be June, it's so we could slip our girls in this ridiculously adorable shark romper from Rosie Pope . A shark romper! For babies! And girls! You can understand my excit…
Kids with winter birthdays may not have the same options that their summer friends have -- playgrounds, parks, picnics, pools, and other outside fun is, er, out. And that's exactly why we love these creative winter birthday party themes,…
This hard core tote lover hasn't been so excited about a bag in a very long time, let alone a backpack, but just a few hours into carrying around the new Dakota laptop backpack that our friends at Dagne Dover sent me and I want to tell e…