by Christina Refford | DIY
Happy Mardi Gras, mamas! Even if your kids won’t go near crawfish etouffee, or do anything with those shiny beads except put them in their mouths (don’t let them, by the way), you can have a fun Mardi Gras celebration at home tonight by making some...
by Christina Refford | DIY, Valentine's Day
With Valentine’s Day coming up, many of us are frantically searching for free printable Valentine’s cards to get our kids ready for the Annual Valentine’s Day Card Exchange that’s a tradition in so many schools. Get ready with this carefully...
by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media
We are so thrilled to learn that last night’s Grammy for best children’s album went to a longtime favorite of ours, the Okee Dokee Brothers’ Can You Canoe? In fact, our own kids’ music expert, Christina Refford, called it the best kids CD...
by Liz Gumbinner | Valentine's Day
Last week I discovered the adorable world of finger puppets from Lindy Brown of Stay Awake when I included her adorable finger puppets in our round up of awesome hedgehog toys and gifts. But it turns out, the Ontario artist is pretty good with the cute inanimate...
by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech
From helpful apps to the gadgets and bling we’re swooning over for Valentine’s Day (hint! hint!), you won’t want to miss our favorite picks from the past week. 1. If you love your tech, this will be the best $19.99 you spend, hands down. 2. Got...
by Liz Gumbinner | Valentine's Day
If you like your Valentine cards less frilly pink and more, uh, dark, then would you perhaps consider these Hunger Games Valentines? French graphic designer Yenniper has created these Hunger Games Valentines as free printables, which means even District 12 could...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Living, Storage + Organization
If you’re worried about scary chemicals around the house, you’re going to love the new organic cleaner so safe that you can use it to wash fruit, shine the counter, or wipe out your dog’s ears. Or, yes, even lick it. And I know, because I totally...
by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes
It used to be that Valentine’s Day meant a romantic breakfast in bed with my husband. These days, we’re lucky if we wake up without a sneaky child nestled between us. And by nestled I mean sleeping perpendicular to us with with his heels firmly planted in...
by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor
When we first started this site it was birds. Then owls. Then foxes. Now, neck-in-neck with the fox, the cutest animal trend to emerge is definitely hedgehogs. (Not that owls show any sign of going anywhere.) If you think the spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae...
