Budget doesn’t have to mean brown bag
Sure, you can pay all kinds of money for a fancy reusable lunch bag, but why would you when there’s Neela Bags. This purveyor of a variety of earth-friendly polypropylene reusables now offers their lunch tote as a $5 standalone product (edited to add: currently...
What do I think of Bunny Clogs? More! More! More!
I think that one of my roles as a parent is to expose my kids to music that doesn’t suck, so when I see one of them reaching to put on Bunny Clogs’ CD, More! More! More!, I breathe a little sigh of relief that they are choosing something so unique, funky...
Bumbleride Indie Twin – Redefining the Double Stroller
I had forsaken double strollers because, let’s face it, they are gigantic monstrous beasts that can hardly be tamed by one poor mother. The front-to-back strollers made me feel like I was pushing a huge shopping cart, and the side-by-side strollers inevitably...
Francophiles rejoice, for Nicholas is here. And he speaks English too.
Every kid needs a Nicholas in his life. That is, the endearing French storybook by René Gosciny (of Asterix and Obelix fame) with charming illustrations by the beloved New Yorker cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé. The series was an instant hit from its first publication...
Psst…I know a mom…
At Cool Mom Picks, we love to cheer on our fellow moms, spreading the word about cool stuff created by parents we know and the ones we wish we knew. Whitney Hill, founder of iknowamom.com, has brought together hundreds of those moms she knows in an ever-growing index...
Central organization even shirkers can’t escape
You know that woman who’s always at school functions, the one who walks up while you’re manning the ticket table or dishing the chili, and says, “Oh, I should’ve signed up to help! I must have missed the flier!” Hopefully her flier...
When a shirt is a shirt and a book for a needy kid
I realize you might be getting tired of kids’ message t-shirts just as much as I am. With a selection ranging from store logos (eh) or ridiculous sayings such as Looking for my prince charming (ugh) I’m glad to find waaaaaay better options, like the...
You’ve gotta keep them excavated
When my second born, a boy, joined our brood, I entered the fascinating world of Things That Move. I point out the backhoes on our drive to school, and we clamor to the window on Mondays to watch the garbage truck come by our house. You should hear the squeals...
The Alterna-pack
With my daughter starting school for the first time this month (we do things early in the south), she’s super excited about every little thing — plain old #2 pencils, generic brand crayons, and her regular backpack. I can only imagine what’s to come...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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