We are so excited to relaunch our popular Baby Shower Gift Guide 2020 , featuring all the best baby gifts of 2020 in every price range . Whoo! From sweet deals on baby gifts under $15 to luxury splurges the make us go, whoa , you'll find…
We have spent more time listening than talking this difficult weekend. But I woke up this morning knowing I want to make it perfectly 100% clear where Kristen and I stand: Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. This …
Next up in our Father's Day Gift Guide Pandemic Edition ™ , we're sharing Father's Day gifts that support indie bookstores. Because investing in our local brick-and-mortar bookshops now, means they'll still be around when it's safe to wa…
We've rounded-up some of the funniest Father's Day cards for the dad in your life, no lawnmower, golf, or fart jokes to be found. We hope you find the perfect Father's Day card for the partner, dad, father-in-law, or grandfather in your …
Whether you need a graduation card to honor a high school senior, a college student, or maybe even a middle schooler, things are...a little different in 2020. While Christina has shared some amazing ways to honor your 2020 graduate durin…
There's so much in the news right now, you might have missed that today is International Diversity Day. (Not that every day shouldn't be International Diversity Day but that's another story.) Which makes this the perfect day for Crayola …
This is a sponsored message forCandlewick Press With Father's Day right around the corner, there's nothing more special than the gift of time together, reading Hike , newest book written and illustrated by Pete Oswald, the New York Times…
As we look for the best Father's Day crafts for kids to make for their dads, grandpas and stepdads as part of our annual Father's Day Gift Guide , one thing becomes evident: While not all dads have mustaches, or wear neck ties, or play g…
Over the last few months, we've shared some informative posts to help the newbies among us succeed more with homeschooling -- or more accurately, helping us to guide our kids through the at-home learning they're getting from their school…
We've all had a lot of (ahem) together time recently, and we're honestly starting to get a bit bored the same board games . There's only so many rounds of Apples to Apples I can play before it's not so funny anymore. So lately, we've tur…
It's hard to argue the fact that Hamilton has done for musical theater ( and for American history) what Harry Potter did for reading a decade or so before, turning an entirely new generation of kids -- and especially kids of color -- int…
We've played countless rounds of cards and assembled literally thousands of puzzle pieces lately, but our new favorite obsession in my house has been paint-by-number kits. So when I discovered these custom photo paint-by-number art kits …
While many of us will wake up on Mother's Day to breakfast in bed , a few handmade cards and crafts , or hopefully at minimum some well wishes and a day of semi-relaxation, we are also thinking about all the grandmas on Mother's Day. The…
I don't need to share any Coronavirus charts or "the world is sucking right now" articles, that's for sure. Instead, here are the articles, stories, essays, and videos I've been bookmarking, passing along to friends, or just saving for m…
This year definitely feels like an e-card year when it's come to Mother's Day. While we love supporting the post office all we can , some of us have just been too overwhelmed to remember to pick out a card in time. And plenty of us aren'…
On Mother's Day for the past few years, I've always loved my kids' homemade gifts and cards most of all. But, this year, I don't want my family to worry about shopping for craft supplies to make, or to have to go anywhere to buy me somet…
Anxiety had already been a concern for many of our kids before the Covid pandemic hit, and as we all know, the current situation isn't helping. All of us are having to navigate an entirely new way of life right now, and it can be particu…
If there is any year we should all be making sure we send an extra thank you to our favorite teachers, it's this one. They're reimagining their entire spring curriculum so that kids can continue to learn from home, they're getting up to …
This year for Mother's Day, we wanted to be sure to round up some of the best subscription boxes for mom out there. After all, mail is a bit delayed right now, making standard shipping a risk for last-minute gifts in some cases. We also …
With about six weeks into this COVID-19 quarantine, we're all desperately longing for the connection of faraway friends and family. And while texting, phone calls, even writing letters (yes, remember those?) are a great salve to what we'…
This past weekend, during a (responsibly socially distant) walk around my neighborhood, I saw a little kid wearing an adorable animal face mask just like the ones I just discovered from Cubcoats . (In fact, it may have been from Cubcoats…
My three-year-old son still thinks the Novel Coronavirus is something he can defeat with a solid dropkick. (Oh, how I wish that were true, buddy!) But as cute as he is, his confusion about COVID-19 and quarantine best practices has creat…
We've always had a heart for Mother's Day gifts that give back, but this year, we're focusing on gifts that give back to Covid relief efforts, including donations to frontline healthcare workers, food banks, restaurant workers, and all k…
As we keep saying, this year's Mother's Day gifts from the kids are going to be something extra special. If you're sheltering in place together, you'll have to secretly have something delivered or find the time -- and space! -- to help t…
