Remarkably Average Parenting: The hilarious parenting book for the social media generation
The self-deprecating mom advice book is a genre I can get behind, but it's not always done well. I'm still recommending the edgy Sh*tty Mom series and the offbeat Let's Panic About Babies, but a lot of the other titles start to run together in my mind, especially...
5 spellbinding Harry Potter cosmetic collections — for muggles and wizards alike.
By now you know we fell in love with the Harry Potter wand brush set from Storybook Cosmetics (currently sold out). So if you're in dire need of more Harry Potter makeup goodness to tide you over until you can make it to Ollivander's, here are some other great potions...
Rock-and-roll baby gear that helps you keep the dream alive.
As a parent, your head banging days may be over. And at five months pregnant, mine are coming to an end pretty soon. In fact, lately I've been spending much more time agonizing over the perfect lullaby playlist than attending music festivals or buying backstage passes...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month products: 10 fabulous gifts that donate 50% or more to great causes.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, as you may have realized from all the logos and web pages turned pink right now. While we are all obviously "aware" by now (and some of us have even suggested changing the name to something more active than awareness), it's...
Self-care tips to help you survive the election: Spawned Episode 56
If you're like us, these last few weeks of the election have been pretty stressful. Between listening to the rhetoric ourselves and trying to shield our kids (or speak to them about it in a way that makes sense), we're feeling overwhelmed. So, we decided to talk about...
The coolest free printable Halloween paper dolls with costumes from sweet to steampunk to Star Wars
Some of my favorite posts here come from the things my kids ask me to find -- in this case, printable Halloween paper dolls. They loved some incredibly adorable paper dolls we'd featured here years back, but now they've gotten older and so have their tastes. So I've...
This new Roald Dahl line by Mini Boden is scrumdiddlyumptious.
If you think your kid is terrifico magnifico splendifico, have we got the designer kids clothes line for you! Mini Boden has combined their 25th anniversary with what would've been Roald Dahl's 100th birthday to create a fantastic line of kids clothing based on the...
Our 6 favorite baby carriers and slings, in honor of International Babywearing Month
October is my favorite month, because: hot cider, changing leaves, and sweater weather. And let's go ahead and add International Babywearing Month to that list of loves too. As a new mom, I had plenty of unwelcome advice from strangers to not "spoil" my babies by...
The 13 most outrageously awesome carved pumpkins you just have to see. Because, whoa.
Let's be honest...I'm lucky if I can get two eyes, a triangle nose, and a mouth carved into our pumpkin each year, but for some truly talented and dedicated pumpkin carvers out there, insanely intricate carvings become a masterful work of art. If you want to try your...
Are we excited about the newest Mo Willems’ book, Nanette’s Baguette? You bet!
For those of you still mourning the final installment of Elephant and Piggie, there's good news. Mo Willems has delivered to us a new heroine who's equally lovable. His newest children's book Nanette's Baguette follows Nanette as she embarks on her first big...