6 great gazpacho recipes to beat the heat
It's about to start--talk of back-to-school, sweaters, and other signs of fall--but, make no mistake: summer's going strong. The heat is still on and we've got seven refreshing gazpacho recipes to cool you down. It used to be that you could only find tomato based...
Guest Pinner alert! Rachel Faucett of Handmade Charlotte
We've been so obsessed with Pinterest lately, we thought we'd try something fun this month and welcome a guest pinner: the amazing Rachel Faucett of Handmade Charlotte. We've been huge fans of her design blog for ages now, in fact, we featured her own adorable...
The 2012 Flite of the Bumbleride
We love Bumbleride strollers and gear. We've featured their stuff quite a bit because it is consistently fresh looking with updated features, colors and the kinds of accessories that actually get used. Plus their customer service is just--well, nice!Back in 2010, we...
Plush and pillows with the perfect sense of humor
As a professional decorator, one of my favorite spaces to take on is a kid's room. You can go as creative and whimsical as you want; where else could I use every color in the rainbow and indulge in prints that are easily deemed "funny?"Now there's an Etsy shop I'm so...
You’ve got to know when to fold M.
"Free" is one of our favorite words. And now you can spell it out in three fancy dimensions, thanks to this clever series of papercraft templates. And did we mention that they're totally free? And that M is for Monster? Digitprop is a website by parent and biochemist...
The Lego set so cool you won’t let your kids touch it
I've got four words for you: Steampunk. Lego. Monster. Fighters.I haven't even gotten to the part about the castle. Thank heavens I was alone when I found the new Lego Monster Fighters display at Target this week. Why? Because I blurted out HOLY [deleted]....
Astronaut food is taking over! And now, it’s organic.
As someone who hates mushy fruit with a passion, I wholeheartedly embraced the recent popularity of the pouch. Finally, my kids can eat applesauce without me locking myself in the bathroom. (Because it's all about me, right?)But as it turns out, pouches can hold more...
Cool Olympic tees for our own future Olympians.
Whether or not my kids will one day stand on the podium of some future Olympics is not yet determined----have they started a category for intense video gaming or speed LEGO building? For now, though, I love these shirts that let them profess their love and...
5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week
It's summertime, and the tech is easy! Here are a few of our favorite picks from the last week, just in case you missed them.1. Your iPhone wants to look like the gorgeous camera it is. This cool iPhone case can help. 2. Need a free educational app to keep the kids...
There’s a whale in the tub!
Having just returned from a week at SeaWorld--during which we were splashed by sea critters no fewer than five times--I can attest to the fact that, to kids, whales rule. This whale may not be doing twists and turns in the air, but it might do something that's...