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New luggage for child-free getaway? Reader Q&A
My husband and I are taking our first real vacation since our honeymoon without any of our three children! I'm in desperate need of some new luggage and I'm wondering if you have any recommendations. Thanks, Rhonda First, congratulations on your upcoming getaway! I...
This schoolhouse rocks
Today I was so desperate for a new project to pull the tiny whiners off my knees that I gave them a huge cardboard box and some Sharpies. They ended up just stomping on the bubble wrap inside, much to my headache's eternal sadness. But if you plan ahead a little, you...
Better than a twirly dress – a fair trade twirly dress
Leave it to Grandma to buy my girls two dresses so adorable, they no longer have eyes for any other in the closet. Not the expensive ones, not the cheap ones, not anything but their new "grandma twirly dresses" which they both want to wear so often, it's forcing me to...
I can’t wait to be on the road again
Sometimes, full-sized baby skincare products can be intimidating for me. Like that enormous tube of diaper cream, or the half-gallon jug of powder that I can all too easily imagine scattered over my floor. I like my products like I like my kids: short and cute. At...
Mary Jane socks that are cuter than your average Mary Jane socks.
We are obsessed with mary janes for little girls around here. Seriously, search our site for mary janes and uh, yeah. Lots of them. So of course I'm flipping out in love with the fabulous new socks from Trumpette. Why? Well, they look like the mary jane socks that the...
Not just a nightlight, a magic nightlight. Magic, I tell you!
My kids are in that nightlight phase right now. (They're also in a Silly Bandz phase, a make me a sandwich and then I won't eat it phase, and a fighting about who gets to drink out of which princess cup phase. But that's besides the point.) So when I see something...
Gimme an oi! for punk music for kids from Candy Band
The next person who simpers that kids' music is just too watered down to really rock is getting locked inside my minivan with the Candy Band's new CD -- cranked up to 11 until they cry uncle. Because there is nothing wishy washy about these four motor-city mamas whose...
Great games to take along on your late-summer trip
There's nothing like finally taking that summer vacation and then getting stuck in the hotel while the skies rain down on your plans. To save us from extreme hotel ennui, I make sure we take along a few easy-to-pack games to help us pass the time until the sun comes...
Organization solutions that balance pretty and practical
I'm in a bit of a storage kick these days, trying to get all of the toys and games and stuffed animals and books that are out in our apartment, into something. Anything. Aaaaanything at all. Okay, maybe something pretty. Is that too much to ask for? I think the...
Now Yo Gabba Gabba will have to do an episode on not rubbing it in when your shoes are cooler than everyone else’s.
Me, oh, I'm just sitting here coveting some sweet new Vans with cartoon characters on them. Okay, so they're not just any cartoon characters; I do have my standards you know. They're the totally rad-meets-wtf Yo Gabba Gabba Vans. They're not coming out until November,...
The Cool Mom Picks guide to a cooler Orlando vacation. Part 1: Money saving tips.
An Orlando vacation is pretty much a requisite at some point in your life once you've had kids, right? It's like you hit the L&D ward and they give you breastfeeding advice, a swaddling tutorial, and coupons for Sea World. While an Orlando vacation may be less...
Because a good night’s sleep makes everything better
I don't know about your family, but around here, there is no faster path to a terrible day than not everyone getting adequate shut-eye the night before. And if just one of us is cranky, everyone ends up cranky. Bad news.Of course, a great night's sleep is a...
Preschool prep can be easy, young grasshoppers
I admit that I was a little nervous about my 3.5 year old starting preschool this fall because he's the second kid and well, I'm just amazed that he knows how to count to ten. But thanks an ingenious new learning tool, I'm feeling confident that he'll be more than...
Style, comfort, and karma.
What do you dress your baby in when you want something that's good for the planet, totally comfortable, and also totally cute? We've found quite a few of them over the years and I'm so happy to add Urban Munchkin to the list.[don't miss the giveaway after the jump!]...
Free money management help just got more helpful. If not more free.
You may already know that Mint.com is a fantastic one-stop destination for money management on the Net; it's as close to a bookkeeping genie as most of us mere mortals are going to get. I love that you can sync up your bank accounts, credit cards, stock portfolio, and...
Celebrate good times. Like, uh, the first day of school.
With my kids rapidly becoming tired of our regular summer activities, I can't be more excited for the start of school. Or at least, that's the story I'm going with. So to celebrate your kiddo's first day back (you know, other than the sound of your screeching tires as...
Dan Zanes rides the XM waves to your radio
Family-friendly Grammy-nominated musician extraordinaire Dan Zanes apparently had a secret desire to be a disc jockey. Which is a coincidence, because I had a secret desire to hear awesome radio music that wasn't pure dreck (mainstream kid music) or me fake-sneezing...
Stitch by Stitch – Proving that everyone can indeed sew
I've often joked that I'm devoid of the crafty gene, but that's not completely true. I actually do enjoy crafting; it's just that I don't often have the time or the individual instruction I need to get me over those challenging humps. Well, thanks to Atlanta-based mom...
Baby Loves Disco, now with extra added boogie
Why did the handkerchief dance? Because you put a little boogie in it. (Heh). And why does my kid dance? Because she's a ballerina/ninja/cheerleader/doctor/dinosaur-tamer. And that is why Baby Loves Disco keeps on rockin' with some super cool news for families all...
Easy, comfy, Euro-cool
I spent a lot of time in airports last month, and one thing became as clear as an airplane-sized glass of Sprite: Europeans are just uniquely cool. I think they must be born with it. The scarves, the sunglasses, the bags -- and definitely the shoes. [don't miss a...
Kids’ tees with teeth. Fierce.
After she watches Lion King, my kid spends most of the day running around in her pink underoos and roaring. She's being Simba, of course. But it's not really a costume she can wear out in public when she's feeling fierce. These t-shirts by Kit and Lili, on the other...