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Funky lunch – that’s a good thing
I do not have six million free hours in my day but if I did, I just might consider turning my kids' sandwich into a giraffe. Or a caterpillar. Or Sponge Bob. Just because I could. And if I were to do that kind of a thing, I would have to hit the website Funky Lunch,...
The gift the kids will love to ruin
With the kids heading back to school, the birthday party circuit will be starting up again. If your kid is old enough to read, you may understand my temptation to give other kids books rather than more toys. The problem is that while their parents might love you for...
Photo learning books that seem like they’re made just for your kids. Because, well, they are.
We've been huge fans over the years of Shutterfly's photobooks which make affordable gifts guaranteed to bring the tears (in a good way). And now they're getting the word out about the ability to turn the photobooks into make-your-own photo learning books for the...
Back to school dresses that go way beyond dresses
Yes, I know that the dresses from Pink Chicken are not the least expensive in all the land, but I'll tell you why I love them beyond nearly anything else in my girls' wardrobe:They're well made, the styles are adorable and I can toss them in the wash along with the...
Our house is a very very very fine house
My husband has a bit of an obsession with graphic representations of homes, making no effort to hide his loud praise for them when he sees them on our friends' walls. I wasn't entirely in his camp until discovering the handmade little city hoops from Little...
The Mad Men diaper clutch
Smaller diaper bags and diaper clutches tend to be sporty, so if you prefer something more stylish and on trend, you're often left to fend for yourself with a small purse stuffed with baby stuff, praying that the bottle doesn't leak onto your not-quite-waterproof...
Hope in a bottle. Seriously.
Every year, without fail, I make the same New Year's Resolution: To drink more water. And every year I fail miserably. However Project 7 water may provide me with just the motivation I need to succeed. Project 7 is a small Texas company created by Tyler and Taylor...
Stokke enables eating, playing, and learning all in the same spot. Though you may want to keep the eating and playing separate.
Stokke's Tripp Trapp high chair is a classic that's been around for 37 years--in fact, my daughter recently sat in the one that I had used as a kid. How's that for longevity? The basic principle behind it remains as popular with parents today as it was in the 70's--it...
Soft books for babies go green
Since I've become a parent, my delight with Peter Rabbit has been replaced with a desire to give him a time out for eating Farmer Brown's veggies and disobeying his mama. He's figuring out how to win we me over again though, by going green with his new eco-friendly...
Shake, rattle and bark
I make no apologies about dissuading people from giving stuffed animals as baby gifts because the damn things just seem to spawn and multiply overnight. But I could easily make an exception when it comes to the gorgeous plush baby rattles that are a result of an...
Threadless + Childhood = BFFs
I have a giant soft spot in my heart for Threadless, already--my kids and I all wear the community-centered shop's artist designed shirts--but now there's one more reason to love them. Threadless Kids has recently teamed up with Babycenter to create the Threadless...
B Designs’ gorgeous letterpress birth announcements for twins just look expensive
I had three kids in under four years, but it's the parents who have twins who earn my respect for living with double the chaos. Maybe that's why I love B Designs' minimalist letterpress twins birth announcement which conveys the joy over the new arrivals without any...
Three cheers for custom pennants!
I used to love the show Happy Days--remember Arnold's and all the sports pennants hanging all over the walls? (You do remember Happy Days, right? I can't be that old.) I guess that's why I loved these personalized felt pennants from Kristine Kaye which made me feel so...
What’s the baby going to look like?
So you're pregnant, and every blurry black-and-white ultrasound photo of baby is up on the fridge, and you spend many a quiet moment imagining what your baby might look like. Will she have your eyes? His chin? That funny little dimple you get in the corner of your...
Backpacks and lunch boxes and monograms oh my.
So okay, we've been fawning over Dante Beatrix way too much lately. First it was their fabulous eco-backpacks made out of 100% recycled bottles which now come in little kid sizes. Then it was their adorable wheelie bags for kids. Next up it was their super cute BPA...
Back to school discount codes? Yep, we’ve got them.
Back to school shopping is rarely cheap (we know, we know) which is why we've made an effort to secure you mamas exclusive discounts on our back to school shopping guide. For starters:Our premier sponsor, Moxie Kids is offering $10 off orders of their fabulous kids'...
Invisibelt goes girly
We totally dug the Invisibelt when it first came out (seriously - half of our writers bought one and they all rave about it) because it lies flat and gets rid of that lumpy bumpy crazy stuff that goes on under your untucked shirt. And now, behold! For there is a an...
When is a stuffed animal not just a stuffed animal?
The only thing more impressive to us than an adorable handmade stuffed animal is one with an awesome do-gooding backstory. Like the one behind Kathy Chereck's "critters" at the shop Ashley Petite.When Kathy Chereck lost her grandson, Nicholas, to a rare medical...
Through the drinking glass
With my oldest daughter's recent transition from sippy cups to regular cups, I'm having to scrounge around for our collection of BPA-free IKEA plastic cups that tend to end up in our bath tub as play toys instead of filled with milk on our dinner table.So that's why...
Green: A great color for every baby
There's so much advice for new moms to wade through, and after being pregnant and told you can't eat spicy tuna rolls or a good brie for ten months, it would be easy to throw up your hands by the time you get around to choosing the safest, most earth-friendly fabric...
Cloth napkins for kids that don’t look like cloth napkins for kids
One of biggest and easiest green changes I made in our house was that I started using cloth napkins instead of paper. But it's amazing how hard it is to find cute cloth napkins for the kids, let alone ones that aren't so big they might as well have a whole table...