If you like the Okee Dokee Brothers, meet their friend Paul Spring
If you've read Cool Mom Picks for any length of time, you probably know how much we adore the music of the Okee Dokee Brothers. So, when our favorite Grammy-winning kids' music duo asked me to check out the new release from their friend, Paul Spring, I decided to give...
Keeping it real, Viewmaster style
Because ironic baby tees featuring all sorts of devices that they will never entirely understand are all the rage these days (you know, rotary phones, Polaroid cameras, I like this one that plays off the retro Viewmaster in a fun new way. Not that you can't still get...
Landfill Harmonic: Turning trash into beautiful music
As a former music professor, I'm well aware of the transformative power of music in the lives of children. But this unbelievable Kickstarter campaign is unlike anything I've ever seen. Or heard. Landfill Harmonic is the story of a garbage picker and musician in...
A personalized gift for Mother’s Day from the whole family. Even the ones with the funny names.
Personalized gifts are an interesting challenge in our home. My long-suffering children have the unusual kind of first names that turn heads in the grocery store when I'm hollering for one of them to climb down from the produce bins. Which means we aren't exactly...
It’s a chair! It’s a dollhouse! It’s genius!
Welcome to our home full of teeny kids' chairs that are good for one thing. Or two if you count tripping over them. But these cool handmade chairs from CMP-fave Paloma's Nest are good for three, or more. Just when I thought we were done with kids' furniture, I spy the...
Homemade with Love: Simple scratch recipes so full of love that you might just find yourself making homemade ricotta. Seriously.
Some of you may already know Jennifer Perillo, the food writer and recipe developer behind the wildly popular food blog In Jennie's Kitchen. If you don't, allow me to introduce you to one of the most talented and expressive bloggers--and now cookbook authors--this...
Poppin: Desk organization that actually gets you psyched to organize
If you've got spring cleaning your desk or home office on the brain, I'm so happy to have this fabulous new website that's all about desk organization with colors and styles that will just make you happy. Poppin feels like the IKEA of office supplies with a little DWR...
Birdhouse trailers = Home tweet home!
One of the cardinal rules around my house: birdwatching is better than television. My little chickadees love to sprinkle seed on the back porch and see who comes a-peckin', especially when that family of wrens returns every year to nest in our grill. But if you can...
The best, toughest natural cleaner we’ve found, hands-down
What's all-natural, odorless, has a bajillion uses, and can even clean up that two-year old cat barf that's ossified under the couch? Answer: the last cleaner you'll ever buy, Mamas. Really, it's that good. We've covered oodles of the best natural cleaning supplies to...
April showers bring 7 of the cutest kids’ rain boots
Playing in the rain isn't as much fun with wet feet, so along with a styling raincoat, grab your kids some keep-dry boots for their fast-growing feet. Then, when they go to walk through the biggest puddle on the block, you can relax and let them go. -Christina Bogs...