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Green Toys – A new line of eco fabulousness in the form of toy trucks
If you had told me a few years back that I'd be counting the days until a toy company released their new trucks, I would have said you were nuts. But if you've seen Green Toys then it's not so hard to believe that I've had the date marked on my calendar. And if you...
Shirin Genius
Artist and designer Shirin Roubeni has been called a tee-shirt couturier, which I suppose is her fans' way of saying that no, all tee shirts are not in fact created equal. I recently got a look at some of the tees from ShirinKIDS, her pint-sized offshoot of Shirin NYC...
Gift baskets for Mother’s Day filled with hope
This Mother's Day, you can honor thy mother (or a mother you love) by helping mothers in crisis. And I don't mean "oh no, the babysitter canceled at the last minute." More like women affected by humanitarian emergencies around the world.The wonderful International...
Still Tasty – Answering the age old question, Does this mayo smell okay to you?
I'm going to go out on a limb, here, and say that nothing strikes fear into my husband's heart quite the same was as those three little words: Honey, smell this. Try as I might to keep track of what's in our fridge and use it up in a timely manner, sometimes things...
Presenting our Mother’s Day Gift Guide -New! Improved! Recession friendly!
Okay, you can stop emailing us already! Our annual Mother's Day Gift Guide is finally here and we're extra excited about it this year. We've put together a discerning list of fantastic gifts for Mom, Grandma, your BFF and more in every price range. We've even got an...
Get a green start to your Earth Day
This year for Earth Day, instead of confusing my four year-old son with talk of his "carbon footprint," I plan to mark the day by sharing the four age-appropriate "Green Start" board books from Innovative Kids. The adorable soy-based ink illustrations seem to pop off...
The Swedish Invasion – Polarn O. Pyret hits the states and parents everywhere rejoice
For more than 30 years, Swedish kids have been lucky enough to frolic around their IKEA furniture in the iconic stripey clothes from Polarn O. Pyret. And now we've just learned that they're primed for a massive US takeover in 2010, but lucky us, we can start ordering...
Even ye olde fashioned dolls are going organic
Someone gave my son an old-fashioned yo-yo. (As soon as I figure out who it was, I'm going to hurt them. Or at least ask them to spackle the new dents in my walls.) But a yo-yo doll has nothing to do with yo-yos -- it's actually a classic quilter's doll made out of...
Video game rentals for the Wii junkies among us (ahem)
When we finally joined this century and got a Wii, the kids received a pile of games over the holidays from family. And do you suppose that the most expensive games--the ones the kids begged for for months--are the ones that they play the most? Of course not.No...
Baby blankets that are soft on the eyes, skin and wallet
We're not usually big pastel gals around here, but looking at the Cover Me baby blankets spotted at Little Milk Junkie you can see why we made an exception.These super soft, cuddly, knit cotton stroller blankets are made in the US by two moms, and come in sweet...
The most charming necklaces for Mother’s Day
I'm not one to wear a lot of jewelry -- -heck, I don't even own an engagement ring -- but I still love unique, sentimental items, which is why the one-of-a-kind custom charm necklaces from Heart & Stone Jewelry would totally make my Mother's Day.The cool thing...
The awesome Omni Kids Suite, a.k.a a room of their own
My girls have reached the age where they'd prefer not to share a hotel room with us when traveling -- and to be honest, we'd prefer not to share with them either. So when we heard about the family friendly Omni Kids Suites available on a recent trip to Los Angeles, we...
The Mother of all Easter Mothers
The last thing we ever thought we'd be featuring on these pages is a a Virgin Mary softie, or an eco-friendly one at that, created by hand from eco-fi felt made completely from recycled water bottles. But the way we see it, some pewter statue of dubious origin just...
Basics for those of us without yachts
I love Egg by Susan Lazar baby clothes as much as the next regular person -- which is to say that I adore the designs and the commitment to eco-friendly fibers, but those adorable designer baby onesies and jumpsuits in premium organic cotton are pretty well out of my...
Get on track with Mommytrack’d (for free)
I'm unlikely to buy any sort of paper planner, because I'd probably lose it, for one thing, but also because I prefer lists and diagrams and other things scribbled on the backs of napkins. (What?) I like organization in front of me when I need it, ready to be tossed...
Collages have just been elevated to a whole new level
As the veteran of countless "fancy collages" made for me by my children out of magazine pages and Elmer's glue, I'll confess that I never knew something as delicate and lovely as Linda Solovic's creations were possible under the "collage" moniker. Yet her Etsy shop is...
Zutano goes big for the littlest people in our lives
I've always loved the durable, comfy, mix-and-match style of Zutano, ever since I was first pregnant and my BFF tipped me off about this mom-and-pop run boutique brand for kids. And now they've launched a new Itzy Bitzy boutique online with an extended line of clothes...
Clean Freak Confessions – Ours and hopefully, yours
Most of our sponsors are kind enough to run banner ads here which help support us so we can keep doing that thang we do. But sometimes we have a sponsor like Hoover who does something really cool like develop a site as fun as Clean Freak Confessions. Essentially, it's...
Happily getting Dizzy
Listening to Molly, Jay and J.P. of Lunch Money sing about the stuff of childhood makes me nostalgic for the days when spinning around in a circle didn't leave me feeling queasy. In fact, their new kids' music album, Dizzy, is an ode to all kinds of things kids love,...
Natural baby products – The more the merrier
When my local supermarket carries twenty different baby skin care lines, it's clear there's a lot to choose from out there. I can't keep track of what should or should not go on my baby's skin and who is or who isn't using the most environmentally-friendly...
3-D t-shirts? Now we really have seen it all
It's getting tougher and tougher to rock our worlds with kids tee shirts, but when we got a load of the kids tees from San Francisco based Invisible Stripes, we realized that nope, we haven't seen it all. Not by a longshot. First of all, the new spring toddler tees...