by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
I swear, we don’t have a house filled with junk food (so back off, Sanctimommies). Yet for some reason, my toddler already equates each holiday with what crap she will get to eat that day, and candy hearts are on the horizon. Maybe I need to temper...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
If the sigOth skipped the flowers this year and came home with a permanent heart on his arm with my name in it, well I’d just be tickled. But since the bicep is already claimed by the outdated tribal armband (yeah, he regrets it) I’d be satisfied enough...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
When you’re looking for figurative art for a nursery, the selection is often limited to happy kids playing with happy animals under a happy sun. But I’m intrigued with taking a more Waldorf approach to the art, in which the kids’ expressions leave...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Upon scoping out the selection of Valentine’s Day cards at our local card shop, I was nearly eaten alive by the sea of licensed characters professing their love. Eek! I can’t believe I’m actually saying this, but I think my daughter and I might just...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
It’s not coincidental that Bloom: A Little Book About Finding Love, comes out just in time for February’s Hallmark holiday. And yet Dutch-born author/illustrator Maria Van Lieshout’s sweet little tome on loving the one you’re with will delight...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Valentine’s Day is the kind of holiday that challenges progress. In other words, Snoopy is about the most cutting edge character I like on my cards. When there are so many beautiful, vintage-y, lacey tokens of the day to be found, it’s hard to succumb to...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
I tend to avoid buying friends and family plush animals as new baby gifts. I figure that like me, the last thing they need is another stuffed bear to collect dust on an already full shelf. But then, browsing online shop Petit Baby, I saw the new organic bears...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Let’s face it, the last thing I want to be doing February 14 is baking cookies. Especially now that we’ve discovered the adorable Sweet Lil’ Gems Valentine cookies, available exclusively at Tiny McSmall. Bakers Lisa and Margie make each tin of eleven...
