Design Envy: Shoe and Coat Rack
Now that our daughter is starting to crawl, we've started to be more diligent at taking off our shoes at the front door. It means, however, that eyesore clutter of shoes when you first walk in the house, which I hate. My wife's solution is to run to Target or Ikea and get a shoe rack - bleeech! If we had the room, I'd love to have a solution like this coat and shoe hanger wall in a NY penthouse designed by the architect team at Manhattan Produce.
Meanwhile, we still don't have a great solution for our shoes.
May 14, 2008 in Decor | Permalink | Comments (1) | Tags: new york
Top Posts from Car & Caboodle
Here's some recent top posts from our sister blog, Car & Caboodle - the site all about the family car.
- Run Your Car on Water and Save Big at the Pump?
- Maxi-Cosi Priori Car Seat Review - Relax, Recline, Rest!
- News Roundup: Car Seats, New XUV's, Thrifty SUV's and Hatchback Face Off
- Ali's Picks: Clek Booster Seats - Think Small
- Reviews - Mazda CX-9 and Pontiac Vibe
May 14, 2008 in Quick Picks Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: car
Alphabet Poster by Decoylab
3-color silkscreened alphabet poster by Decoylab ($40 via Supermarket).
May 13, 2008 in Art Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: abc, poster, silkscreen, supermarket
From Around the Mom Blogs - May 12, 2008
Boston Mamas: Win a Britax Convertible Car Seat!
Does your kid need a cool new ride? Enter to win a Britax Diplomat Convertible Car Seat in the style of your choice!
Classy Mommy: Win $100 Gift Card to Toys R Us
To celebrate VeggieTales:‘Lessons from the Sock Drawer’ DVD Release we're giving away....
Clever Parents: Operation Shower Mother’s Day Celebration Kicks Off
The Operation Shower Mother’s Day celebration is officially underway as 50 Marine Corps...
MomFinds: Win a Giant Gift Basket from Neat Solutions
Always on-the-go? You'll love this week's goody basket filled to the brim with fun....
One Chic Mama: You're Jingling, Baby
Hurry - enter to win a mother/daughter set of Cambodian jingle bells anklets from Baby Emi Jewelry.
Suri’s Drinking Habits Becoming “Bottle-Gate”?
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter, Suri, was spotted sucking on a bottle in NYC earlier this week
The Nest Baby: Book Club -- Porn for New Moms
We love this non-stop laugh fest. Pick up a copy and join our discussion now!
May 12, 2008 in Quick Picks Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: mommy blogs
Kimochi Dolls Help Children Understand Their Emotions
Nina Rappaport-Rowan calls her Kimochi Doll creations the "toys with feelings inside". Inside each of the four Kimochis are emotions that can help children express and understand what they are feeling inside of themselves. Emotions range from happiness, to hunger, to sadness, anger and sleepiness. Even cranky, proud and frustrated are represented in little emotion buttons that can be put inside a Kimochi. Word has it that child therapists are embracing Kimochis as a communication tool when working with children. They're also pretty cute too.
Kimochi Emotion Dolls | $55 from Uncommon Goods
May 9, 2008 in Toys Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: dolls
Thanks Cookie Magazine!
Over the last two days we got a lot of traffic from Cookie Magazine and upon investigating, I found out that they named Coochicoos their featured site of the week. That's too cool. Thanks Cookie!
May 8, 2008 in News Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: cookie magazine
Follow Coochicoos on Twitter
After a few weeks of trying out Twitter under the radar, I've finally concluded that using Twitter is a live version of blogrolling. Following my colleagues and friends through Twitter is a window on who we like and what we're interested in. So it's finally time to let our readers know - if you like coochicoos, you might like our friends, and if so, follow my Twitter stream here and see my Twitter friend feed.
New to Twitter? Here's a few tips for newbies and bloggers.
May 8, 2008 in News Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: twitter
Creating Art from a Cardboard Box
I love the creativity of the box art entries at the Box Doodle Project. Taking common objects to create something new is a great exercise in possibility and creativity for kids. As a adult, you'll enjoy these creations too.
May 7, 2008 in Art Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: art, cardboard
Etsy Find: Suki Suki Plushes
Seeing what's happening in other countries is always a chance to break out of our usual patterns and also provide some inspiration. Here are handmade plushes called Suki Suki's from the Netherlands.
Suki Suki Handmade Plushies at Etsy | Suki Suki Website
May 5, 2008 in Toys Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: netherlands, plushies
Is Your House Messy in the Dark?
I came across this blog post - Clutter War: Attack of the Giant Baby - and it brings to mind a lot of our own household struggles to fight the battle of clutter. Before our baby, my wife and I had our own clutter, now we have baby clutter. Look around your house and assess your own situation.
Sometimes to really get a sense of the landscape, change your perspective and stand up on a chair and look around the room (like Robin Williams did in Seize the Day). Better yet, walk around the house at night in the dark - I recently discovered if you can tell your house is a mess in the dark, then you really have issues with clutter and too much stuff.
Face it - is this familiar in your household?
Oh my, the stuff. The baby stuff. Everywhere. Means of conveyance, swingy seat, Bumbo, squeaky toys, fuzzy toys, toys for biting and bending, jammies, jackets, socks that do and don’t look like shoes, amusing hats, blankets, books, rattles, pacifiers, cleaning supplies, extra diapers — plus of course, there’s the raw tonnage of stuff belonging to the caretaking adults that has been displaced or disused as a result of the occupying baby’s needs. It is a scene, man, I can assure you.
For me, I'm inspired to purge a lot of our stuff, and begin really asking "do we need that" before actually buying it. That's why I avoid going to BabiesRUs because I'm convinced that I don't need half the stuff in that place. But that's a whole other story.
Start your own clutter war today with Attack of the Giant Baby and It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
May 2, 2008 in For Parents Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: clutter
