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Run 10 Feed 10: running with a purpose
I'm a huge fan of FEED. If you're not familiar with this amazing company run by Lauren Bush, let me give you the CliffsNotes version: you buy a funky bag, shirt or more, and you are directly helping to feed a school child through partnerships with organizations like...
Raise a Ruckus with Hullabaloo’s latest CD for kids
Steve Denyes of Hullabaloo has the kind of cool Johnny Cash-esque voice that would be right at home in a honky-tonk country bar. Fortunately for our kids, he and his childhood friend Brendan Kremer have decided to make great kids' music instead of crooning...
Turning kids’ art into accessories with My Pretty Monsters
There's an avalanche waiting to happen. Somewhere in your house, a pile of drawings and paintings is teetering, just waiting to collapse and terrify the cat. At least, that's what happened to me. Here's a better way to honor your kid's creations: by wearing their...
A stylish solution for storage needs
Finding storage solutions is one of our obsessions. I love buckets and bins, but I need them to be on budget and, just as important for me, not boring to look at. Chewing The Cud has solved both of those problems by creating these adorable fabric storage buckets...
What’s new (and awesome!) for families at Azul Beach Hotel
My family's trip to Azul Beach Hotel in Cancun a few years ago was one of our all-time favorite vacations. And that's saying a lot, considering we traveled with our (then) three kids under the age of 4, including a 3-month old. Since our first visit, this boutique...
A Rosh Hashanah craft for kids that’s very sweet indeed
With Rosh Hashanah starting Sunday night, this is a perfect weekend to work on some New Year inspired crafts with your kids. In other words, if you've forgotten to send cards? No worries! Nothing inspires as much forgiveness as something handmade just from the kids....
One apple worth picking this fall
When I was pregnant with my first child, my neighbor gave me a cassette tape full of traditional kids' songs, and I thought, This is what I'll have to listen to when I have a baby? Interesting. And then I sobbed. Maybe a little.This could be one reason why I get...
The animal blocks that might lead to Tetris greatness
First, the bad news: when you get all these block animals lined up just right, there will be no fireworks over the Kremlin. The good news: they're seriously cute and probably won't obsess you like Tetris. Oh, and your kid can play with them, too. We're always big fans...
Sweet savings on Tea Collection and their stunning new clothes for kids
With the air already getting cooler, it's time to pack up our our kids' tank tops, shorts, and summer dresses and replace them with new warmer clothes. Fortunately, we have some awesome ideas in that department, as you might have guessed. Like so many moms, we've been...
Can you help your favorite crafter or small business owner win $10,000?
Recently we introduced you to the wonderful Martha Stewart American Made Awards which is offering crafters and other small business owners a chance to win $10,000 to support their dreams. Well, we are just thrilled to find out that some of our very own readers...
How do you put together a great kids’ birthday party without a design degree and 600 hours of free time?
I confess: I have a love-hate relationship with planning birthday parties for my kids. While picking a theme can be fun, I also find it a little exhausting to sift through website after website looking for cool activities for a superhero party or the perfect...
5 energy-boosting drink recipes, all coffee alternatives
I'd completely forgotten how much energy--and energy-boosting drinks--it takes to keep our school year routine running smoothly. Summer wiped away the evidence of our hectic September-May life, but, just like having a newborn again, back-to-school reality hit hard and...
Getting stylish to help support Baby Buggy
Even if you're nowhere near New York's Fashion Week, let alone teetering in a pair of too-high stilettos over New York's cobblestones this week (always good for a few giggles), you can help support one of my favorite organizations, Baby Buggy, the same way the...
Custom embroidery on just about any kids’ gifts you can imagine
We all know that personalized items make a baby's or kid's gift ten times more special. While many of the big catalog stores offer custom embroidery, they'll usually only personalize their own brand's items--which is kind of limiting. So I'm so happy to find a shop...
Gorgeous quilts that look great beyond the nursery
One of my most favorite items is a quilt made by my great-grandmother, handed down to me by my grandmother. There is something so special and meaningful about a handmade quilt, although quilting for most people seems like a talent reserved for other people. I feel...
Reach for the stars: galactic growth charts track rocketing kiddos
When I was a kid, instead of a growth chart, my parents measured us old-school style on the doorframe between the kitchen and the dining room. Quaint they were, but old-school doorway measurements had their drawbacks. Before my folks eventually painted over our...
Remembering 9/11 with charities and causes that make a difference
For many of us, this is a sobering and painful day, one that we will always remember. Whether we lived through the darkness in NYC and DC 11 years ago, or we watched the terrible events unfold from our homes and offices far away, 9/11 will never be far from our...
Good Food on a Tight Budget, EWG’s new shopping guide
The Cool Moms (me especially) always check EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database before reviewing a product to make sure the ingredients meet a persnickety mom's health and safety needs. Now we're excited to announce that EWG is going further than Skin Deep--straight...
Our favorite fall baby clothes from Zutano
Don't miss an exclusive discount just for Cool Mom Picks readers, below!We can't help but get nostalgic seeing the wonderful new fall baby fashions for Zutano, since all of our older kids, now too big too fit them, wore so many of their amazing designs which were then...
The Sh*tty Mom book: you don’t even have to be sh*tty to love it
I admit, I'm a little over the "Yay, let's celebrate moms who suck!" thing that seems to have grown in popularity over the last few years. However, the hilarious new book Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us may be one of the very excellent exceptions....
The biggest sale ever at one of our favorite shops ever
One of the awesome things about this job is getting to discover so many wonderful small businesses run by the most amazing people. One of the hard parts: hearing that they're closing shop to move onto new ventures. This is the case with one of our longtime favorite...