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The ultimate cashmere shrug for the world’s cutest flower girls and imaginary ballet legends.
If you're starting to think special gift for a special girl, especially one who likes to dance around the living room to the Nutcracker the second the weather gets nippy (I am familiar with this phenomenon, intimately) then our good friends at Ivory Row have...
10 funny mugs to help you celebrate National Coffee Day in style
Every day is National Coffee Day for some of us, which means that every day is also Wow, I Need Something to Put All This Coffee In Day. We've rounded up some of our favorite funny coffee mugs that might make you smile when there's basically no reason to smile. By...
T-shirts from J Crew that help support two of our favorite educational charities
I don't need a reason to cozy up with the new J Crew catalog or website, multiple times a day, so give me that plus an awesome cause and you have my complete attention. Their new fall kids collection includes two t-shirts that support partnerships with education-based...
Love letters to your baby. Future you will thank you.
If we ask my four-year-old to help out with something, he's taken to tipping an imaginary hat and saying, "Happy to sublige." As in, happy to oblige. How Downton Abbey of him. He's always cracked us up, but when I try to think of specific things he's said, all I can...
Kid and Coe helps you find family vacation rentals right out of a magazine
A week after our summer vacation rental, I still couldn't get the musty smell of the house out of my clothes. I also couldn't forget the splintery deck, scary spiral stairs, and tangle of electrical wires that stressed me out as much as it enticed my three- and...
The Ella Jenkins documentary: Let’s help get it made
We are always on the lookout for the best and brightest new kids' music makers on Cool Mom Picks, bringing you everyone from The Not-Its! to Shine and the Moonbeams. But today we want to honor one of the longest-enduring stars in kids' music, the incomparable Ella...
Cool travel accessory alert: The reinvention of the travel neck pillow
I don't travel light. It's hard to with two kids and an affinity for shoes, which is why a neck pillow is one of those useful travel accessories that never really make it into my carry-on. For the first time I'm reconsidering, now that I've discovered the new Sleeper...
3 healthy hot cereals and breakfast ideas that go way beyond oatmeal
Everyone's always talking about how hard it is to get a good dinner on the table, but I find that breakfast is way more hectic, with less time and no delivery options! There's always cereal, but unfortunately most cold cereals completely lack what we need to start the...
Need a Hunger Games alternative for your tweens to read? Find an unlikely heroine in The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee
The lead character in Barry Jonsberg's excellent new book for tweens, The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee, isn't as strong as Katniss in The Hunger Games or as fearless as Divergent's Tris, but Candice Phee is still my new favorite literary heroine. And the quest...
Handmade baby blankets with a truly wonderful design
I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for nice baby blankets -- which is why you see a lot of them around here. Especially handmade ones. I mean, what's more sweet than wrapping your little newborn up in a soft bundle that's one-of-a-kind, too? For lightweight...
Jen7 Jeans: Jeans for moms that aren’t mom jeans.
So you should know a couple of things about me right off the bat. I live in jeans all fall and winter, like every single day. And I will happily spend a fair amount of money on them if I find a pair that fit me really well, which after having four kids is no easy...
Check out what Laurie Berkner is serving up on Kids’ Place Live this weekend
If your kids can't get enough of Laurie Berkner's music, they're going to eat up the news that she's coming to Sirius XM's Kids' Place Live this weekend--and throughout the year--to promote healthy eating. Oh, and play lots of tunes, too. Her new hour-long...
DIY with the Makr app: Getting crafty in an app-happy world
We love finding gorgeous designs from indie artists, but sometimes what you really need is a way to make your very own custom design--preferably without hiring an artist or earning a degree in graphic design. The new Makr app for iOS helps you do exactly that, and...
Cookbooks and baking blends to make a gluten-free diet delicious
My experiments with gluten-free cooking and baking have taught me that it can be a seriously tricky endeavor. Not only is it hard to find great gluten-free breads and pastas, but avoiding all of the foods that surprisingly contain gluten—from soy sauce to sausage—can...
Cool hostess gifts: Handmade tea towels you’ll want to keep for yourself
You know what's awesome? When a favorite artisan or etsy shop of mine decides to brand out a little beyond their regular spate of offerings. That's exactly what happened with Foxy and Winston, whom I loved for their cool letterpress and now for their kitchen textiles,...
Don’t hate the cold. Love Winter.
The hardest person to keep warm in winter always seems to be the baby--they're just too small to layer too much, and I hate trying to wrangle them into a coat. So other than layers of baby blankets, I turn to hats, booties, and mittens. This year I'm already obsessing...
ToGoKins: Little cloth napkins with a big impact
My kids' backpacks are filled to bursting every morning as they leave for school, with books, lunch, snacks, and whatever else they can find to cram in there, it seems. Adding something else to that haul might seem ludicrous, but I love the environmental aspect of...
Minted foil pressed holiday cards: Order now at a discount, personalize later. (We know, you’re busy!)
Even though it's just the beginning of fall, before you know (and we hate to say it) the holidays will be here soon. If you're like us, that means when they crees up, you'll be doing your best to frantically knock as many items off of your holiday checklist as...
Plant Stamps: Seeded stickers that do more than ruin your car windows (says this mom)
Stickers can be the bane of a parent's existence, especially when they're plastered to the car windows or gumming up the vacuum cleaner. Ask me how I know. But a mom-and-pop company from Massachusetts caught our attention among the Martha Stewart American Made...
Banned Books Week: Rallying book lovers right down to their toes.
If you love the written word, if you're an avid supporter of your local library, or if you think Fahrenheit 451 should be required reading for anyone over the age of five, you might already know that this is the start of Banned Books Week which, honestly, it's hard to...
Brown bagging it
Even though we've entered an age of eco-friendly everything, especially when it comes to lunch bags and school supplies, I still have this nostalgic fondness for the brown paper bags of yore. So I am utterly charmed by the reusable brown paper lunch bag, from...