M y husband and I are taking our first real vacation since our honeymoon without any of our three children! I'm in desperate need of some new luggage and I'm wondering if you have any recommendations. Thanks, Rhonda First, congratulation…
Leave it to Grandma to buy my girls two dresses so adorable, they no longer have eyes for any other in the closet. Not the expensive ones, not the cheap ones, not anything but their new "grandma twirly dresses" which they both want to we…
We are obsessed with mary janes for little girls around here. Seriously, search our site for mary janes and uh, yeah. Lots of them. So of course I'm flipping out in love with the fabulous new socks from Trumpette. Why? Well, they look li…
My kids are in that nightlight phase right now. (They're also in a Silly Bandz phase, a make me a sandwich and then I won't eat it phase, and a fighting about who gets to drink out of which princess cup phase. But that's besides the poin…
Sometimes, full-sized baby skincare products can be intimidating for me. Like that enormous tube of diaper cream, or the half-gallon jug of powder that I can all too easily imagine scattered over my floor. I like my products like I like …
There's nothing like finally taking that summer vacation and then getting stuck in the hotel while the skies rain down on your plans. To save us from extreme hotel ennui, I make sure we take along a few easy-to-pack games to help us pass…
The next person who simpers that kids' music is just too watered down to really rock is getting locked inside my minivan with the Candy Band's new CD -- cranked up to 11 until they cry uncle. Because there is nothing wishy washy about th…
I'm in a bit of a storage kick these days, trying to get all of the toys and games and stuffed animals and books that are out in our apartment, into something. Anything. Aaaaanything at all. Okay, maybe something pretty. Is that too much…
Me, oh, I'm just sitting here coveting some sweet new Vans with cartoon characters on them. Okay, so they're not just any cartoon characters; I do have my standards you know. They're the totally rad-meets-wtf Yo Gabba Gabba Vans. They're…
An Orlando vacation is pretty much a requisite at some point in your life once you've had kids, right? It's like you hit the L&D ward and they give you breastfeeding advice, a swaddling tutorial, and coupons for Sea World. While an Orlan…
I don't know about your family, but around here, there is no faster path to a terrible day than not everyone getting adequate shut-eye the night before. And if just one of us is cranky, everyone ends up cranky. Bad news. Of course, a gre…
I admit that I was a little nervous about my 3.5 year old starting preschool this fall because he's the second kid and well, I'm just amazed that he knows how to count to ten. But thanks an ingenious new learning tool, I'm feeling confid…
You may already know that Mint.com is a fantastic one-stop destination for money management on the Net; it's as close to a bookkeeping genie as most of us mere mortals are going to get. I love that you can sync up your bank accounts, cre…
What do you dress your baby in when you want something that's good for the planet, totally comfortable, and also totally cute? We've found quite a few of them over the years and I'm so happy to add Urban Munchkin to the list. [don't miss…
With my kids rapidly becoming tired of our regular summer activities, I can't be more excited for the start of school. Or at least, that's the story I'm going with. So to celebrate your kiddo's first day back (you know, other than the so…
I've often joked that I'm devoid of the crafty gene, but that's not completely true. I actually do enjoy crafting; it's just that I don't often have the time or the individual instruction I need to get me over those challenging humps. We…
Family-friendly Grammy-nominated musician extraordinaire Dan Zanes apparently had a secret desire to be a disc jockey. Which is a coincidence, because I had a secret desire to hear awesome radio music that wasn't pure dreck (mainstream k…
Why did the handkerchief dance? Because you put a little boogie in it. (Heh). And why does my kid dance? Because she's a ballerina/ninja/cheerleader/doctor/dinosaur-tamer. And that is why Baby Loves Disco keeps on rockin' with some super…
After she watches Lion King, my kid spends most of the day running around in her pink underoos and roaring. She's being Simba, of course. But it's not really a costume she can wear out in public when she's feeling fierce. These t-shirts …
I spent a lot of time in airports last month, and one thing became as clear as an airplane-sized glass of Sprite: Europeans are just uniquely cool. I think they must be born with it. The scarves , the sunglasses, the bags -- and definite…
I'm never far from a good sale, but a great one - well, I just can't pull myself away. And thus is the case with the awesome moving sale at natural boutique UrthChild . You can score great deals on all sorts of fantastic eco-friendly bra…
Every few months (okay, every year or so) I take my son into New York City and hit one of the many art museums. After all, who doesn't want their child to have an appreciation of art? Evidently I'm not alone. New Editions believes you sh…
Words I never thought I'd hear come out of my husband's mouth as he strolled by our living room: Whoa, that's some cool-looking pack-and-play. While I've never thought of a portable crib as particularly cool, I do admit this is one that …
One of the most all-time hilarious family moments of ours was the time my mom (the awesome elementary educator ) got my kids (the hams) into handmade masks and acted out Little Rabbit Foo Foo for the whole brood. Let's just say a kid's c…
