5 natural recipes for homemade slime, all safe and Borax-free
Slime is sweeping the globe. And I don't mean that in any sort of metaphorical way. So we looked for some good, natural, homemade slime recipes for you all because eek, there's been a lot of talk about how dangerous the traditional Borax-based recipe can be for kids...
Bitchen! Found these totally tubular 80’s clothes for rad babies, like, yours, you know?
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 for little dudes and dudettes?...
A sweet 7 year old stripped of his bowling medal for the craziest reason. What is going on?
While I am not a fan of the "everyone gets a medal" school of thinking, I do believe in earned accolades. So I was startled to read a story about 7-year-old Canadian student Grayson Powell, a little bowling wunderkind who actually earned a trophy at a Canadian Youth...
10 of the best, thoughtful gifts for newly adoptive parents and their kids
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 from our other three children....
A Hamilton Musical LEGO set: Do not throw away your shot to vote for this!
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 share it. Especially since he's a...
Can it be summer now? Please?
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 excitement, right? Of course you can....
An unexpected way to turn snack time into together time — even with older kids.
My kids are wiped when they get home from school. They always seem to need a snack to recharge and a bit of time to zone out before gearing up for the rest of their day, whether it be for basketball practice, homework, or just running around for some free play time....
7 creative winter birthday party themes for the great indoors (no jackets required).
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, and all the smart, fun ideas...
6 celeb-worthy, creative birth announcement ideas for twins + multiples. We’ve got you covered, Beyoncé!
First Beyoncé and Jay Z, now the Clooneys and Madonna? In case you haven't heard, twins are seriously hot right now. So I've rounded up some super creative birth announcement ideas for twins with a little extra oomph -- for those of you lucky enough to be in on the...
The one scene in Hidden Figures that every parent should be talking about | Thinking: Parent
Hi, nice to meet you. I'm one of the many parents who tries desperately to squeeze in a few last-minute Oscar nominated movie screenings just before the actual ceremony each year so I have at least a moderate shot at the family Oscar pool. You too? At the very top of...