More coolness from recent weeks…
Marc Jacobs Twinkle Pop Eye Stick: Time saving beauty product alert
Trying to get four kids out the door in the morning means I need a super quick, super easy makeup routine (hello, time saving beauty products) which is why the Marc Jacobs Twinkle Pop Eye Sticks I picked up during a rare solo trip to Sephora a few weeks ago are my new...
How to roast pumpkin seeds: 6 amazing recipes from sweet to salty, mild to spicy
With Halloween behind us, it’s time to collect our gourds and go home. If you haven’t already carved yours, now is the perfect time to gather your pumpkins and put them to (actual) good use by roasting those pumpkin seeds for a nutritious snack. Here is our favorite...
Happy Halloween, cool parents!
Looking for the original "I gave you life, you give me your Reese's" Halloween meme? Well, here it is. Because we wrote it. Even if you see it out there with someone else's name at the bottom (ahem). Happy Halloween to all the cool parents out there. Or...
An adorable doll carrier for future babywearers
I'm a veteran babywearer, so it's no surprise that the first thing my daughter thinks about when she wants to take her dolls for a walk is putting them into a carrier. We've always had cute little doll pouches for her babies, but with whyknotmom's Reversible Doll...
14 of the very best kids’ Halloween apps: Perfect distraction while you sneak into the candy stash
You know what's hard to find? Awesome Halloween apps for kids. So we've spent a good deal of time on Cool Mom Tech tracking down some of the very best ones apps you and your little ones, whether they prefer silly or spooky fun. Click over today and you'll find 6 fun...
If you can’t get to the spa, Spa Heroes brings the spa to you. In a box.
I'm really digging the newest spin on beauty subscription boxes, which are now providing full sized products instead of appealing to the dabblers with a bunch of trial-sized samples. Along with BeautyDNA, the newest beauty subscription service to enter the full sized...
The ultimate last-minute Halloween idea guide: Costumes, treats, recipes, printables, crafts, decor, pumpkins and more.
We have featured so many fun Halloween posts this year--and years past, too--featuring our favorite Halloween ideas of all kinds. Including the last minute ones. We're talking dozens of recipes for treats both healthy and uh....well, you know. Plus costume ideas,...
8 Halloween cocktail recipes to die for.
Candy may be the only Halloween treat that my kids are interested in, but with Halloween falling on a Friday night this year, I’m also looking forward to a fun Halloween cocktail to usher in the weekend. Whether you want a sweet sip, a serious drink, or a cocktail...
Temporary hair color for Halloween: 3 good options you won’t be washing out by Thanksgiving
With my daughter finally (finally!) deciding on going trick-or-treating as Iris, the Goddess of the Rainbow, we've been trying out different temporary hair color options to figure out what makes sense for her. Especially on her dark brown hair. So far we've narrowed...
Gorgeous modern home accessories that give you an excuse to redecorate
In a galaxy far far away before I was foremost a wife and mother, I managed a gallery of handmade artisan crafts and I adored it. I still miss being surrounded by beautiful handcrafted pieces every day, but sometimes I come across an artist who takes me right...
Our new favorite couple: aden + anais and Stokke. Aren’t they cute together?
We've been longtime fans of aden + anais and all their lovely textiles for our babies, plus the modern nursery furniture and stroller designs from Stokke are some of our favorites. So when we heard the two of them were partnering to bring us oval Stokke crib sheets...
Ideas for cool Halloween classroom treats that aren’t candy
My kids came home this week excitedly telling me they could hand out something in school to their classmates for Halloween, provided it was gluten-free. So I started perusing the candy aisle before I thought...wait a minute! I'm supposed to give out Halloween...
A Halloween story so spooky it might even give mom and dad the creeps.
As a kid who saw creatures in my bedroom shadows at night, I always identified with the protagonist of Bedtime for Frances, who saw monsters in her bathrobe and had all kinds of other excuses for not going to bed. The new scary story for Halloween that's sending...
Organic Slammers are a slam dunk. Yeah, I went there. (Sorry.)
Let me start by saying that I have to make four school lunches every night of the week, so if there's anything to make the whole lunch packing process easier--and of course, healthier--I am willing to try it. That is how I ended up with a new BFF (best food...
You’ve got very cute mail
If your kids get as excited as mine when they get something in the mailbox, then check out this adorable and free printable mailbox from TinyMe that will let you send and receive notes from your kids anytime, no stamp required. This printable craft looks like it could...
Keep Halloween fun-spooky for little ones with mad scientist party treats. No scary-creepy allowed.
When celebrating Halloween with little ones, there’s a fine line between fun creepy and scary creepy. Lucky for me—a firm believer that the creepier the better—my kids are finally old enough to handle scary Halloween. I’ve spent a lot of time perfecting the safe...
Creative no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas that go beyond Sharpies and glitter glue.
Pumpkin decorating might be my kids' favorite part of Halloween--second only to gorging on candy, of course. So I've been on the lookout for new and different ways to dress up our pumpkins this year, and in addition to last year's round up of awesome no-carve...
The Crocodile Dundee of Australian skincare is luxe, all-natural, and super effective.
Remember when Crocodile Dundee said, "That's not a knife; THIS is a knife?" Yeah. That's how I feel about cheap face wash right now, because this new jojoba oil skin care line straight out of Australia is giving me major results. Every day is a g'day when I'm...
5 candy corn recipes — because you can never get enough of a good thing.
Of all the throwback candies, candy corn reigns supreme. More than just nostalgic, it is among the most popular Halloween candies year after year. (Because it's awesome, that's why.) It’s also the inspiration for these fun, delicious candy corn recipes. When it comes...
5 of our favorite Pinterest pins: Halloween edition
Looking for last minute Halloween awesome? Follow our Pinterest boards for these 5 fun Halloween pins, plus lots more of our daily picks and more coolness from around the web. 1. Helpful tips for taking great Halloween photos of kids. 2. A huge round-up of free...
The best new all-terrain strollers: We see you rollin’.
Having been the resident stroller expert around here for years, believe it or not, I still get excited when I hear about cool new jogging strollers. It's great to know that stroller manufacturers are increasingly thinking about us who want to push our kids around more...