The EWG 2016 safest sunscreens for kids: which are most affordable?

by Christina Refford | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Family Travel

Every year, we have turned to the Environmental Working Group’s Annual Guide to Sunscreens to help us make more educated decisions about what are the safest sunscreens to slather on our kids (and ourselves) each summer. But we often find that when you break down...

Clear the table for 10 of the best board games for older kids. (Hooray for outgrowing Candy Land!)

by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings

The school year is winding down and I’m looking forward to nights with no homework (yay!) and fewer extracurricular activities on our calendar (double yay!). That means board game night. So I started to track down the best board games for older kids, since mine...

The best bug sprays for Zika virus protection and how to apply them safely. Because we’d like to panic as little as possible about our kids, thanks.

by Kate Etue | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing

This year, the Zika virus is on my mind (and everyone else’s, I imagine) so I’ve been avidly researching the best bug sprays for Zika virus protection. It happens that my daughter is extremely allergic to mosquito bites, so when she goes outside in the...

10 really cool activity books for kids. For summer travel, or for regular boredom, which knows no season.

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, DIY

From books full of creative DIY projects to endless coloring pages, I have tracked down some of the absolute coolest activity books for kids, that I think your kids are sure to love as much as mine this summer. After all, I adore the warm weather and the break from...

3 great new albums for your next family road trip

by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media

There are few sounds as jarring and mind-numbing as super bored kids whining, Are we there yet? (I mean, could we be little more cliché, kids?) So, with spring break here for lots of families and summer vacations and other road trip opportunities on the way,...

7 of the absolute coolest new ride-on toys for kids. Let’s get cruisin’!

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

With a hint of spring in the air, it’s time to take stock of the cool ride-on toys out there so that our kids can stop hibernating with their handhelds and enjoy the great outdoors instead by pedaling, gliding and zooming around our sidewalks and driveways. And...

Have bike, will travel: The super cool Durban bikes

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

Anyone who has seen my garage knows that we do not lack for bicycles. But, I always wished for a bike small enough to just toss into the trunk of my car alongside the kids’ scooters for weekend rides in the park or on the boardwalk. Which is why I was extremely...

15 pretty Easter flower crafts for kids of every age, from easy to whoa!

by Kate Etue | DIY

There’s nothing quite like bright bursts of color dotting the landscape to wake me up and out of winter’s hibernation. And you can bring all the colors of spring into your home with these 15 pretty flower crafts you can make with the kids,even if the real...

11 creative painting projects for kids who need something new. Get out the brushes! Or…bubble wrap?

by Kate Etue | DIY

We admit that sometimes we avoid the really fun painting and craft projects that include supplies other than the box of nice, neat, perfectly sharpened colored pencils we know will minimize cleanup time. (The glitter glue, that’s a whole other story.) But then...

Festive Roots: Very cool craft kits for kids that help them be smarter global citizens too.

by Kate Etue | DIY

My kids can easily spend an hour at the kitchen table working on a good DIY project, so I’m always on the lookout for cool crafts kits that will pique their interest. Lately, it’s been the globally-minded kits from Festive Roots, which helps teach kids...