by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year
One of the fun things about planning for a baby is planning how to decorate the nursery. Then, planning on how to transition it from a baby room to a kids’ room. Allow us to present some of the coolest art and decor ideas from 2011. Creative Thursday Growth...
by Christina Refford | Uncategorized
I’m one of those diehards (or gluttons for punishment) who still orders hard copies of digital photos so that I can shove them into a photo album. I’ve used Snapfish for years for these prints, including last month’s order of 1,370 prints. (No,...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’m always looking for cool alternatives to our current growth chart – pencil markings on our kitchen doorway. Classy, huh? I suppose anything would be a step up. But the amazingly cute personalized ones we just found are a huge, welcome leap....
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
With the last shopping weekend before Christmas and Hanukkah, we’re down to the wire. To save you from the dreaded rush shipping costs, we’ve asked our editors, contributors and some of our favorite savvy shoppers around the web to offer up their...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
When it comes to growth charts, we’re the pencil on the wall type of family. Believe me. It’s not like we love to write on our walls, but we have yet to find a growth chart that is both functional and is something we’d actually hang somewhere other...
by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Random Coolness
I failed Baby Book 101. I started with good intentions: She rolled over! Must write this down in the baby book! Then something would distract me, and I’d forget until the next milestone occurred. Which I’d forget to record as well. I wish I had...
by Cool Mom Team | Random Coolness
I’m terrible about knowing my kids’ vital stats. When someone remarks that one of my girls seems to have grown taller, I just smile and hope he doesn’t ask me her actual height. The problem is, I haven’t been keeping track – somehow I...
by Christina Refford | Father's Day Gifts, DIY
Homemade Father’s Day cards are so perfect, whether they’re from kids old enough to manage their own craft supplies, or you know, “from the baby.” In fact we all feel like a homemade card should be part of any Father’s Day gift...
