On America Recycles Day, we’re recycling some of our favorite picks
Our kids have been separating paper from plastics since they were only yea high, but today on America Recycles Day, we’re taking a look at the RecycleBank website for Tessa Hills’ Recycling Tips for Kids to find easy ways to make big changes in how our...
Telegraph UK names the 12 Best Websites for Families and Children (and we’re on it!)
Well weren’t we just shocked when we clicked over to the Telegraph UK today to find out that their list of the 12 Best Websites for Families and Kids included Cool Mom Picks.Their feeling was that yes, we do have “cool stuff for parents and kids” and...
Sesame Street turns 40 which makes us feel both very old and young at heart
Yes so we rag on the ubiquitous Elmo merch here from time to time. But the truth is, our heart has always been with Sesame Street which turns forty today. Forty! Amazing considering Grover doesn’t look a day over 6. Everyone seems to be getting in on the action,...
Storytelling made easy – just add imagination
My kids love “writing books,” and I love that they’re being creative, but I don’t always love the Don Music-esque cries of, No, it’s supposed to be a yak and I can’t draw it right! I’ll never get it! Can you draw it for me?...
Tweet your dream trip. No seriously. Like, now. Do it.
So I just got home from Barcelona. Yes, that Barcelona – the one with the chorizo and the Gaudi buildings and the people saying grathiath. Believe it or not, I won a trip there from a Tweet Your Trip contest sponsored by the travel site, Voyage.TV. Which is was...
You blink and they’re grown? Yeah, pretty much
I’m having trouble deciding which I think is cooler–GrowShow’s free and easy program to create a progressive slide show/movie of your child’s growth, or their ingenious picture frames that can be configured in nearly endless ways.The slide show...
bTrendie – Discount shopping never looked better
I was initially introduced to the members-only sale site bTrendie as a beta tester and later as an advisory board member offering my opinions about the site itself as well as what products moms would want to buy. One of them is easily a Quinny stroller, which I fell...
Sharing baby photos without driving everyone crazy – Who knew that was even possible.
If only lil’grams had existed back when my oldest was born, we would’ve been able to channel our new-parent enthusiasm in a far more stylish, manageable and less-annoying manner than the hundreds of photos we emailed, webcasts we scheduled, and blog we...
Noesis – Perfect for the know-it-alls of the world
When people ask for my two cents about something it’s like catnip. I love giving my opinion on things. Well, whatever is considered a step above catnip, for opinion-givers like myself, Noesis is it. The business was started by mom of three Lynn Casey, and the...
