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21 inspired ideas for a two-hour date night
If we hear one more relationship expert tell us that busy parents need to make time for date night we're going to...listen. It's true. We know it. Whether you're working on keeping your relationship fresh or starting a new one, making time for dates is important....
Over 20 of the best bunny gifts for Easter, whether you’ve got toddlers or tweens
Ready for Easter? We weren't either until we started searching the web for ideas, and got excited when we found so many totally adorable bunny gifts for Easter out there! And there's no chocolate, Peeps, or jelly beans in this bunch -- not that there's anything wrong...
Turning kids into readers: 3 simple tips from LeVar Burton to help your kids get excited about books
As avid readers ourselves, it's probably no surprise we try to get our kids excited about reading every chance we get. But, some kids are harder than others (funny how that works), and finding creative ways to motivate less eager readers can be tough. And that's where...
Pi Day pencils: Geekery at its most pointed
With today being Pi Day, I cannot advocate for scribbling the first 10 or so digits of Pi on one's sneaker soles before a test in math class. (Not that I'd ever know of such things.) But I can certainly go for the transparency of the awesome set of Pi pencils found at...
Modern floral Easter dresses for girls: 8 picks our girls love as much as we do
Easter is coming, and for my daughter, that means Easter dresses. She can't wait to pick out a new dress that she'll feel beautiful -- and comfortable -- in. For her, that means a more modern Easter dress, without smocking or seersucker or itchy crinoline. No lace, no...
Trend alert: diaper bags are going chic with black and white this spring
We're happily getting ready for kid number four at our house, and with that, a return to diapers. While I'm not exactly excited about the wiping bottoms part, again (because, really, who is?), I am excited to find a new chic diaper bag to tote around all my stuff....
7 drugstore beauty products that are better than the expensive stuff
Recently I shared my top 7 beauty splurges that I think are worth the money. And I still do. but to be clear, I think there are tons of great drugstore beauty products out there, and I don't think that everything in the world is worth a splurge. In fact, there are...
10 super simple tips for modeling healthier behavior for your kids.
We admit it, we're not always the perfect models of healthy behavior. And we know our kids take in eeeeverything. But old habits die hard, whether it's making a few questionable food choices in front of our kids (ahem), or driving two blocks to the store when we...
8 flattering fit and flare dresses that curvy women can wear this spring.
So I get an email this weekend from Nordstrom informing me that the new spring dresses are coming in, and I have to admit, my excitement about warmer weather tends to be tempered a bit with, oh man...please tell me it's not a pencil dress year. And that peplums have...
11 creative painting projects for kids who need something new. Get out the brushes! Or…bubble wrap?
We admit that sometimes we avoid the really fun painting and craft projects that include supplies other than the box of nice, neat, perfectly sharpened colored pencils we know will minimize cleanup time. (The glitter glue, that's a whole other story.) But then we...
The NSFW socks from Blue-Q
We love seeing crazy fun socks for women have become such a massive trend. And since I'm hoping that my socks continue to be not-boring, I started digging around for more statement-making socks. And naturally we fell down laughing when we saw the sassy socks from...
One good thing you can do in one minute today to change the world.
If you've been reading Cool Mom Picks for a while now, you know we're strong advocates of increasing opportunity for women and girls across the globe in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it's promoting businesses that support women in need, like FashionABLE, Raven &...
9 fun, easy Easter crafts you can make with everyday household objects.
Spring is in the air and our kids are clamoring to make some easy Easter crafts -- the holiday will be here before you know it! So this year, I'm looking for some fun, realistic (ahem) craft ideas for Easter that incorporate things I have at home already. These easy...
Sharpie Easter eggs! 19 of the coolest no-mess ideas that make Easter egg decorating easy.
Sharpie Easter eggs are some of our favorite no-mess, no-dye Easter egg ideas over the years. What's cool for us as parents is that not only is there less to clean up but hey, what kids don't jump at the chance to play with a forbidden Sharpie? So, I've sought out 19...
An honest review of Marie Kondo’s newest book, Spark Joy: Does it light a fire or lack a certain spark?
It was with immense excitement that I ordered Marie Kondo's newest book, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up. After all, it's been a year since I wrote about her first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese...
The political baby onesie that hopefully every party can agree on.
I know I'm not alone in wanting to hurl my laptop out the window many times during what's probably been the most contentious election cycle of my lifetime. So I had to just stop, smile and breathe a little sigh of relief when I saw the new Let's Be Friends baby onesie...
Micuna’s cool modern baby furniture from Spain, now finally available in the U.S.
I've had my eye on Micuna, a popular, gorgeous line of eco-friendly, modern baby furniture made in Spain, for a while now. But shipping from Europe is kind of a nonstarter. Well, now parents of new babies -- at least who happen to have an ample nursery decor budget --...
The Gift of Failure: 3 tips from Jessica Lahey to help you raise more self-reliant kids
With the prevalence of helicopter parenting these days, it's no surprise we're seeing kids becoming much more dependent than independent -- and let's face it, we're seeing more really tired parents. But it can be challenging for parents who are used to doing so much...
The Ruth Bader Ginsburg coloring pages. Free, printable, and making history.
You can't have a conversation about Women's History Month without including second female Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She's fought tirelessly for women her whole career, and following the success of the best-selling Notorious RBG by Irene Carmon and...
My First Book of Girl Power. Lasso of Truth, not included.
Hold on to your bracelets of submission, ladies. We've found a smart new gift for girls. My First Book of Girl Power by Julie Merberg teaches our little girls what it means to be strong, important, and powerful. The geek in me loves that I've found a cool, comic...
More than 40 cool Star Wars The Force Awakens birthday party ideas: invitations, decor, treats, and activities. Now THAT’S how the force works!
Since the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, kids all over planet Earth and Jakku are begging for a Star Wars Force Awakens birthday party that incorporates Rey, Finn, BB-8, and yeah, Kylo Ren along with our favorite pals from the original franchise....