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Here’s to you, four-hour conference call survivors.
It's not like I was thinking of you when I laughed my head off at this I survived another meeting that could have been an email coffee mug. I mean, even if we do conduct business together, and we do have conference calls that seem to go on for hours, and we have sat...
Winter hats for babies and toddlers that are so cute, you’ll want to go outside more often
The weather outside may finally have us shaking in our boots, but I'm feeling kind of warm inside just looking at the cutest handmade winter fleece hats for babies and toddlers from Mrs PTB on Etsy. They'll almost make you want to leave the warmth of your house just...
The coolest Star Wars Force Awakens coloring pages: Found them!
Total Star Wars score! I just discovered these awesome printable Star Wars Force Awakens coloring pages from Etsy's DJ Penscript and I know my kids will be clamoring to get their markers on them, stat. This is no rudimentary clip art; New Mexico illustrator Devyn...
20 pretty, printable 2016 calendars to start your year out right. Lots of them free!
It's amazing how many printable 2016 calendars there are online now -- although admittedly they're not all style. Now that I've finally investing in some good thick paper and become like a printable maniac, I spent a ton of time looking for the printable calendars...
Becoming more mindful: 5 things you can do right now.
Last week, I wrote pretty candidly about the stress in my life and how it's been affecting me both emotionally and physically, so it's probably no surprise that one of my New Year's resolutions (yes, I really do make them!) is to do something about stress in 2016....
The best strollers to buy right now: What to look for, what to avoid, and which brands we’d buy again
If you're trying to figure out the very best strollers for your family at this moment, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. There are hundreds of models from dozens of brands, and it can be hard to tell which ones are worth heftier price tags -- and which aren't. Over the...
Move over adult coloring books: Make way for 1000 Dot-to-Dot books
While we still have a lot of love for all the cool adult coloring books we featured this year -- and saw everywhere this holiday season -- I realized there was another relaxing drawing option for us big kids, when my teen daughter unwrapped a copy of 1000 Dot-to-Dot...
One-word New Year’s resolutions: The trick to making one you can finally keep. | Spawned Ep 27
This week on the Spawned Podcast, we closed out our year (or, we're opening the new one if you're listening now) with a really good talk about New Year's resolutions: The good, the bad, and the very very broken. First, don't call them resolutions I like Kristen's...
The top 10 Cool Mom Picks posts of 2015: From kitchen shortcuts to cool gifts to parenting tips of all kinds.
We admittedly get a little nostalgic looking back through our entire calendar year worth of posts each December to see which ones most resonated with our readers. All we can say is, looking at the top ten posts of the year? You all have great taste! Now we do...
The coolest kids’ music of the year: Our 15 top albums | Editors’ Best of 2015
2015 was a very good year for kids' music, with new releases from favorites like They Might Be Giants and Recess Monkey, as well as new-to-us bands like The Bazillions and Jazzy Ash. And if you have kids, but no idea what I'm talking about, well, you're in for a...
Stress and Parenting: A Confession
Hi, I'm Kristen and I'm stressed out. Why is it hard to admit that? As if I'm somehow not as competent or together as I'm supposed to be, whatever that means. Yes, I'm a single mom with four kids and my own business, so you might say, well duh, but I think it's...
The 22 best kids’ toys of the year (and other playful gifts) : Editors’ Best of 2015
When you think back to the best toys of the year (and other playful gifts for kids) you probably think about tech, tablets, and things that require cords and batteries. And yet there's so much more, from wonderful board games, to handmade dolls, to decidedly unplugged...
The best children’s books of 2015 : Editors’ Best of 2015
What a treat it is to put together our list of the best children's books of 2015. Not that it's easy; we've collectively read hundreds of great kids' books this year -- from cute, sweet board books, to excellent picture books for early readers, to heart wrenching YA...
The coolest accessory brands and shops that we fell in love with this year: Editors’ Best of 2015
You might say we've got a little thing for accessories. And you might say that's a huge understatement. Which is why we have the best time all year poking around the internet, cruising the trade shows, and poking our heads into local jewelers, artists' studios and...
The coolest baby gifts and gear of the year: Editors’ Best of 2015
We're so excited to wrap up our year by featuring our very top picks in all sorts of categories, starting with our very favorite cool baby gifts and gears that were new or new to us in 2015. This is a tough category to be sure, so we went through our archives, talked...
Merry Christmas from Cool Mom Picks!
Here's hoping you get everything you hope for this Christmas, whether it's in a box under the tree, tucked into a stocking and hung from the mantle, or something that can't ever be gift-wrapped at all. Warm holiday wishes from everyone at Cool Mom Picks, Liz, Kristen,...
Dozens of last-minute gift ideas for Christmas, hold the $49 overnight shipping charges
Are you still looking for a few awesome last-minute gift ideas for Christmas? We know you're out there, and we're here to help. So if you're like us, and you're still finishing up your Christmas shopping, do not panic. Heck, do not panic if you're just getting...
Last-Minute holiday shipping deadlines: Because yep, we’re still shopping, too.
It's just four days until Christmas and even the procrastinators are sweating. Yes, we are talking about our ourselves. Since we don't think we are alone in the holiday hustle, we've been scouring the web to find out the shipping deadlines of some of our favorite...
16 of the prettiest modern 2016 planners, to help start the new year with a little positivity.
Is it really almost 2016? And time to look for a brand new 2016 planner? Whoa. Every year it's like the change in the calendar year blindsides us, as if it doesn't happen every single year at this time. When will we learn? This year if you're committed to getting more...
Sesame Street + Tattly = Best stocking stuffer ever. For the kids, too.
I have a longstanding love affair with Sesame Street, so you can imagine my excitement when I discovered that our friends at Tattly recently teamed up with the Sesame Workshop to create a Sesame Street character set of temporary tattoos. Yes, I understand that they're...
Fun holiday party ideas that we put to use at our our own Cool Mom Picks shindigs this season.
We had the best time over the past month, partnering with Amazon Free Time to throw a couple of fun press and blogger holiday cocktail parties in Philly and Atlanta. Our aim was to give parents a little more me time (Get it? Free Time for me time?) in...