What can I say? My kids just love poetry. Maybe it's because my singing voice sounds like a goat gargling, and maybe it's because they can always convince me to read just one more poem. There's also the possibility that poetry is a beaut…
If I fall on my sword for one thing every year, it's that retailers need to provide us with more appropriately modest two-piece swimsuits for our daughters. Last year was a tough year, with triangle bikini tops making the rounds. This ye…
While there's something to be said for sipping wine out of those big red keg cups in the summer, I admit I always feel a little fancy when my Albarino is an actual wine glass. Unfortunately, if you're picnicking, glass isn't going to cut…
First thing each morning my kids usually plop themselves down at our kitchen table and proceed to sketch, color, and print until they're practically late for school. I love how focused they are on their little projects. I also love that …
Summer break starts in two weeks down here in Atlanta (yes, two weeks!), so I'm already stocking up on cool kids' games and activities to keep my kids occupied. My go-to stop on the web: mom-owned Cattiwampus, where I always find a few k…
It's May the Fourth, Star Wars fans. Get it? May the Fourth... be with you . So party hard, we must with these recommendations for the coolest items and tips for throwing a great Star Wars themed party for the kids. Or...not the kids? On…
This post is part of a monthly series with our Baby Shower Gift Guide sponsor, babyGap celebrating motherhood firsts. And there are lots! These days, it's not like you need a professional portrait photographer to make sure you've got tho…
We've been having what feels like a particularly cold and wet spring in my neck of the woods. Which means we've been spending a lot of afternoons rushing home from school in the rain and then pulling our hair coming up with fun new indoo…
Every year, I look out for appropriately modest swimsuits for girls. Not to keep them bundled in tents, but to keep them cute and water-ready without having to succumb to ruching and triangle teeny-bikini tops for the nonexistent boobs. …
When we first discovered the limited-time indie design sale site Of A Kind, my first thought was get some kids stuff in there ! And voila! My shopping hopes (for you...really) have been answered, as they embark on their first ever kids' …
Clothes might make the (little) man, but there's something about cool hats, sunglasses and other accessories that can dial up the wardrobe a notch. Who says girls get to have all the fun? Browsing around at one of my favorite cool-kid in…
We're all familiar with sugar-happy birthday parties and itchy-sad Chicken Pox parties. But we're excited about the possibility of hosting a Healthy Child Party that makes the moms, the kids, and the doctors happy. If you're not yet fami…
As a mom of a boy, I know how tough it can be to find cool clothes that not only look great, but are made for comfort and play. And I'd like them to last an entire season , please. Looks like Janet Reid (fellow mom of a boy) was reading …
Because ironic baby tees featuring all sorts of devices that they will never entirely understand are all the rage these days (you know, rotary phones, Polaroid cameras, I like this one that plays off the retro Viewmaster in a fun new way…
Welcome to our home full of teeny kids' chairs that are good for one thing. Or two if you count tripping over them. But these cool handmade chairs from CMP-fave Paloma's Nest are good for three, or more. Just when I thought we were done …
Playing in the rain isn't as much fun with wet feet, so along with a styling raincoat, grab your kids some keep-dry boots for their fast-growing feet. Then, when they go to walk through the biggest puddle on the block, you can relax and …
As someone who hates going out without sunglasses on, I'm sure I'm not the only one whose kids have inherited my sensitive eyes. I'm also sure I'm not the only parent to have had that experience where we broke down and bought the cheapie…
I'll never forget driving away to give birth to baby number two while my firstborn screamed from her grandmother's arms in the doorway. Yeah, trying to leave the kids for a business trip, a hospital stay, or any other reason, can be a gu…
You can't grab an original piece of art by kid-lit favorite and real-life wild thing Maurice Sendak unless you've got super deep pockets . But you can snag the next best thing: Sendak's artwork, already framed, and hand-selected by the m…
It was inevitable that with the proliferation of monthly boxes for moms , that someone would come along with a version for dads. And we're pleased to see it has nothing to do with "reminding" dads that they are incapable of cooking or ch…
If you like children's books in the spirit of The Stinky Cheese Man --and I sure do- - then this funny, modern retelling of the classic Three Little Pigs story is going to be right at home on your bookshelf. Mark Teague's The Three Littl…
I was a crazy obsessive reader as a child (still am), and I can still remember the absolute thrill of opening a new book and entering the new world of a story. So it was pure joy to relive that feeling with my daughter as we opened a new…
I still remember, before I had kids, being so excited to get a friend's new baby a set of classic books like Alice and Wonderland and Peter Pan--and the way she looked at me when she said her daughter would love them in 10 years or so. H…
We're always sad when we see the small businesses we love come and go, but the one silver lining are the sales for their customers. And this one happens to be a great shop with a really great sale. For years, Spoon Sisters, has been one …