Holidays
Family Photo Ornaments for your Christmas Tree
We teach you how to turn your favorite family photos into clever (and fun) Christmas tree ornaments that you can gift as keepsakes and/or use to decorate your own tree.
Holidays
The Treat Tray Thief (an adorable and heartwarming holiday story)
A heartwarming story of how thanking delivery and service folks during the holidays with treats led the discovery of an unexpected but adorable local thief.
Products & Services
Gift Ideas for Family and Friends (Holiday 2017)
These are the gift ideas we’re eyeing this year for our friends and family. Hope you find some holiday gift inspiration here.
Products & Services
Gift Ideas for Kids for Holiday 2017
It’s that time of year again when you’re looking for inspiration for gifts for the kids. Here is what is on our holiday lists this year.
Holidays
Holiday Teacher Appreciation Gift: Adorable Terrarium (free gift tag printable)
Looking for a something easy to make with your kids to gift their teachers? How about an easy-to-care-for terrarium. Or, just use our gift cards and attach to a plant you buy.
Baby
Holiday Hot Toys: Hits and Misses of 2015
We tested many of the toys found on retailers’ Hot Toy Lists for 2015. And we’ll tell you the ones to buy, consider skipping and avoid all together!
Holidays
Chocolate Snowflake Pencil Toppers
Super cute Holiday and winter treat makes a great gift for kids to give to their classmates and friends. It’s deceptively easy to make.
Holidays
“Holiday Hot Toys:” Hit and Misses of 2014
This year we pick a dozen toys on a various Holiday Hot Toy Lists to test out ourselves. Learn which toys we would recommend buying, consider skipping and avoiding altogether.
Holidays
Why The “Best” Holiday Gift For Teens Isn’t For Us
Teenagers are notoriously hard to shop for, and mine insist all they want is money. I refuse to give up and just fork over the cash, and I’m okay with that.
Activities
Fitness Gifts that Keep Giving in 2014
Great fitness gift ideas by Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks and Cool Mom Tech. These gifts keep giving back into 2014.
Holidays
No Junk. Just Awesome Stocking Stuffers!
If you’re not sure what to put in the Christmas stockings this year, we’ve got some fabulous and creative ideas for kids stocking stuffers!
Crafts
DIY Paperweights are Easy-to-Make Holiday Gifts
These colorful paperweights make the perfect handmade gift that a child can make.
Products & Services
Do These “Hot Toys” Really Deserve the Honor?
Every year the big-box retailers announce their lists of the top toys for the holiday season. You know, the ones on the “hot lists” that promise to make your kids the happiest on the planet. Do they deserve those honors? Are those toys worth the money? We take a look at some toys found on many of the 2013 lists.
Activities
Toy Review: Sphero Robotic Ball
Have you heard of the Sphero? It’s a new gaming system masquerading as a robotic ball. Download different games and have lots of fun.
Holidays
Alpha Mom Holiday Gift Guide 2012
We have been testing out toys and games for the past several months, and together with my personal recommendations for other gifts have compiled a list for inspiration this holiday season.
Young Child
Beginner Card Games: The Yay to the Nay
For my toddler’s first foray into the world of games, I played four different toddler card games to see which she responded to the best.
Products & Services
Our Annual Family Photos
Making our annual photo album is a favorite tradition. Key is making sure we schedule a photo shoot so we capture we are all in the pictures, especially Mom.
Holidays
Holiday Gift Ideas for 2010 (or any year, really!)
If you have been reading along with me all year, some of these gift items may not surprise you. These are items I would either buy myself or own already.
Products & Services
Personalized Photo Notepads for Holiday Gift Giving
Once I find something I love, I want to buy one for everyone. I did go ahead and order these gorgeous personalized photo notepads for all close family members for the holidays (I hope they’re not reading). Now, I can’t buy one for all of you, dear readers. However, I do have a nifty discount code to offer!
Activities
Give the Gift of Storytelling
A Story Before Bed allows you or an absent family member to record and read a storybook (including holiday ones) to that special child.