by Cool Mom Team | School Gear
Trying to keep the kids hydrated this broiling hot summer? Here’s one option that may help: The world’s cutest new animal water bottles for kids, just released from Uncommon Goods. (You know how much we love Uncommon Goods.) While they’re ideal for...
by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
Browsing through the early Prime Day deals on Amazon and looking for some camp care package gifts for my kids, I came across a deal that was made for me: The hands-free, USB-charged neck fan I have been craving for ages. After sitting through the hottest, sweatiest,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Kid Style
It’s that time of year: Camp clothes shopping! Or more accurately, the time of year I look at the kids’ camp clothing checklist and realize we have outgrown everything and gah, where am I going to get those non-itchy navy shorts again at this late date? If...
by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics
Truly, I always imagined The Original Makeup Erasers were just washcloths with a gimmick and now I realize that 1) I was wrong and 2) I am hooked! Since I figure I can’t be the last person to try them after being bombarded by ads and reviews, so I wanted to...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion
Browsing Target this morning, I was surprised to come across these Morgan Harper Nichols designed hair scrunchies. In fact, I did a double-take to be sure it was the MHN referenced on the packaging. Considering I know Morgan from her wildly popular Instagram feed...
by Caroline Siegrist | Kid Style
One of my favorite things about taking my son to swim lessons is seeing all the fun swim googles for kids that have become so popular over the last few years. Eyelashes goggles! Rhinestone goggles! Shark’s teeth goggles! Sequined goggles! Where were these when I...
by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
When I send care packages to my boys at summer camp, I generally include snacks and silly toys for them to goof around with. And in Liz’s post packed with the best ideas for summer camp care packages, she talks a lot about sending fun board games the whole bunk...
by Lisa Barnes | Doing Good, School Gear
Two years ago, Crayola introduced the Colors of the World crayons, which included a veritable rainbow of 24 skin tone crayons that not only celebrate diversity, but create an opportunity for kids to learn respect for others and more fully represent themselves. The...
by Georgette Gilmore | Doing Good
November 11 is Veterans Day, and while every day is a good day to honor our brave veterans and give thanks to retired soldiers for their service, it’s always good to have a national holiday to inspire us to action. So many of us here come from military families,...