by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Sometimes we find our own best picks from our sponsors (what can we say? We click on our own ads to see what’s cool!) and this week, I learned that One King’s Lane, which has private sales on amazing home decor brands, is doing holiday gift cards. So...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
My mom would like to get my 14 month old daughter a wooden nativity set for Christmas–something she can actually play with but something sturdy, cute, and made to last. – Cara It’s funny you should ask this Cara, because I was just looking for one...
by Betsy | Baby, Kid Style
I had my baby in February, which meant my son’s little toes needed to be kept warm. He was too young for shoes, and the baby socks I had for him spent more time on the floor than on his feet. But the socks from Trumpette are known for staying on, and moms...
by Catherine | Toys + Playthings
My daughter loves puppets. I mean, she really loves puppets. She carries them around and tells them stories and engages them in fisticuffs. (Put Bert on one hand and Ernie on the other and smash them together and you get the picture.) So the Puppet Pie Shop’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Toys + Playthings
We all know that babies usually get the short end of the stick when it comes to Christmas presents, mostly because they’d just as soon spend hours chewing on a big red bow than playing with a bunch of expensive toys.So this holiday, let them chew on Ringo, an...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
In only five or so years of spousal gift giving, I think I pretty much exhausted the personalized, sentimental guy gifts. So my interest was piqued when I saw the custom map cufflinks from Anne Holman. Using vintage world atlases, Anne will take your choice of...
by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes, Toys + Playthings
Just six months ago, my daughters planted seeds from their organic growing kits, re-potted the shoots in Grandma’s vegetable garden, and late this summer, they were eating their own little yellow teardrop tomatoes. You country folk make take an experience like...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Recently I was introduced to the Plasma Car at a friend’s house. I had to beg my four year-old to get off…and give me a try. And once I did, she had to beg me to get off. I’m not the only one. At the ABC Kids show in Las Vegas a few months ago, CMP...