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Top Chef Comes to Your Kitchen. Yes, Sam Too.
Yesterday, both my kids' daddy and my own daddy opened up their brand new copies of Top Chef: The Cookbook. Which is why I held this review until today. Publisher Chronicle Books always does an outstanding job with their titles and this canvas-covered tome is no...
Wall Papers
When you spent every waking moment of your pregnancy searching for crib sheets in just the right shade of persimmon, and tormenting yourself over the weave of the nursery rug, you're not going to put up some poster on the wall, right? All the better if the artwork of...
E-Cards That Don’t Make You Cringe As You Press Send
For those of you who woke up this morning thinking Oh [your favorite expletive], I forgot to send a Father's Day card! we've got you covered with the hilarious free e-cards from Rattlebox. Click over now and you have a whole selection of honest-to-goodness, very funny...
Reigning Men, Hallelujia
We could tell you that instead of set of boxers this Father's Day, a better idea would be to have gotten your guy a pair of organic cotton fair trade drawstring trousers for lounging around the house, from the very stylish UK shop Love Eco. And that would be true. But...
Summer Sling
The SolarVeil sling from Mamma's Milk has taken up permanent residence in my pool bag, right next to the sunscreen. Because my baby boy has that pale porcelain skin that absolutely must be shielded from the sun, but with two older kiddos who adore the pool (okay, I do...
Read This Right After the Kids Draw the Line Down the Middle of the Back Seat
Brothers and sisters? They fight. Sometimes a lot. Sometimes even when they're grown-ups. (ahem) So when you find a book that makes you want to not fight, you better cuddle up and read it out loud to those darling children of yours.One City, Two Brothers, written by...
Nursery Themes That Don’t Suck, Even Though They Sound Like They Might
If you like the idea of traditional themes for a nursery like firefighters, astronauts, or fairies, you might have found that a lot of what you're seeing out there isn't quite your cup o' tea. We'll let you in on one of our secrets: If you want to avoid the cheese, go...
Education.com: Just Tell Your Kids It’s Called FunStufftoDo.com
Summer can be l-o-n-g when the weather is bad, the kids are bored and I refuse to turn the television on to pass the time. Thankfully, I have just discovered hundreds of activities on education.com. With a neat feature that lets me choose activities for kids based on...
Sundresses That Aren’t So, Um, Sunny
It's hard not to be smitten with sundresses for little girls - they're so sweet, so springy, so totally age appropriate. I could, however, live without the Laura Ingalls fabrics. So when a friend bestowed my youngest daughter with a totally awesome sundress made from...
The Captain of the Hooks
My kids are masters of The Heap. Think: The coat that just missed the peg on the entryway wall. The wet towel they couldn't get onto the rack in the bathroom. The backpack they left carelessly on the floor because. . .well, where is that supposed to go?...
Publish or Perish
For years, "organize photos" has been at the top of my to-do list.Between piles of printed snapshots and folders chock full of digital pictures, I can never seem to make the time - meaning my piles and folders grow bigger, and the project more intimidating....
Metal Mania: Fun For the Whole Family!
I don't do themed nurseries. In fact, I don't do nurseries at all. The typical baby decor out there is way too baby-ish for me and I really don't want to redo the kids' rooms each time they grow out of one obsession and into another.Crib Rock Couture's new Metal Mania...
A Reusable Swim Diaper. For Real.
We're year-round pool goers in this family, and the water-worshipping indoctrination starts early. Out of the womb and into the pool, I say. That is, once I've gotten you out of your diaper, out of your clothes, into your swim diaper, and into your suit. Sigh. My...
Racecar Chic. Who knew.
It is definitely a certain kind of fellow who has the need for more than one basic pair of cuff links in his wardrobe. And it is definitely a certain kind of fellow who has a thing for Formula One race cars. So file this under "oh-so-specific Father's Day gift...
Dante Beatrix: Putting our kids on the front lines of the eco-fashion wars
Believe it or not, moms are already starting to ask us about back to school shopping. (Seriously, chill moms! We're not even up to camp ideas!) Backpacks of course are on top of the list, and we've got our eyes open for options besides PVC or heinous licensed...
Doodle Do’s
My daughter is destined to be the artist of the family, no doubt about it. If she's awake, she's got a crayon in her hand. This is great news when we take her out to restaurants because she's easily occupied. But it's bad news when I forget to pack some crayons which,...
Shopping Gets Greener by the Second
Well it's about time that someone finally developed a decent shopping engine for more eco-conscious consumers. That honor is going to Greenzer.com. At first glance (the site is still in beta), they seem to have relationships with relatively progressive brands...
Smart Sheets
It's exhausting enough to drag yourself out of bed for the 2am feeding, but add a leaky-diaper induced crib sheet change and nighttime becomes painful. Or, you could get yourself the Clouds and Stars super genius zip sheet.Setting it up will...
Dolls After Your Children’s Own Hearts. And Drawings.
We've found a whole lot of companies that transform your children's art into everything from custom lamps to chic jewelry to delicate handbags. It's so cool to us that those favorite scribbles and stick figures can have a life beyond the refrigerator door. So I am...
Dad, You’re the Best. Can I Have Five Dollars?
We're a book family for sure. If I'm ever short on a gift idea, a book is always a home run provided it's suited to the recipient (i.e. I'm not getting my sigOth the new Sex and the City book). With Father's Day fast approaching (T minus 6 and counting mamas, get on...
Happy Feet
We've had a heck of a time trying to find summer sandals for my daughter. Combine her in-between shoe size with fairly narrow feet and you basically eliminate most of the better shoe options out there. So when I slid a pair of Kuuru Shoes on her narrow tootsies...