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Turn every day into a kid-sized celebration with My Princess Closet's yummy-looking 33-piece Birthday Party! Play Cake set (shown at top left, $20) by Melissa & Doug. With enough slices and toppings - strawberries, jellybeans and gumdrops (dew drops according to Wills) -  for every party guest, kids ages 3-5 can enjoy all the pretend ...

Although in this case, it's the chat (French for ''cat'') on the shirt that's really stirring things up. Enter Blabla, a perennial Cosmotot fave, and irreverently nifty purveyor of tops, bottoms, sweaters, pillows, dolls, rattles, blankets, mobiles, backpacks, and other endearingly offbeat accessories for kids handmade, hand-knitted and ...

No doubt the kiddies will be putting the pedal to the metal to get to the table when they get a load of the red-hot, super-soft Car Lunch bag (shown at top left, $15) from baby- and kid-centered gift company Bestever, Inc. Equally ideal for carrying a yummy tuna on rye as it is for toting a mini-car collection to a friend's house, this cherry red ...

School might not be in session just yet for a few families out there, so while you're out and about making the most of the last day's of summer, make sure to keep the kiddies cool and comfy in a Sun Smarties Terry Romper (shown at top left, now on sale for $19.95) from Cosmotot fave and local yokel, One Step Ahead. The oversized romper packs a ...

Well, that, and mud. Lots of ooey, gooey have-a-boot-stompin-good-time mud. As I'm sure you moms and dads out there already know, the stuff's like a kid magnet. So instead of having your younglings spend rainy days with their little noses smashed up against the windows just itching to get outside and puddle jump, outfit them in a Splish Splash ...

With so many retailers riding shotgun on the bio-friendly bandwagon, it's no wonder parents are at a loss when it comes to making a single store their one-stop organic shop. Thanks to Nubius Organics - think of them as conservationists with good fashion sense - it takes just few picks and clicks to outfit your whole abode with eco-friendly, ...

I think it's still going to be a while before I don't need thermals on to make it to the mailbox without turning into a snowmama. With that said, I really wouldn't mind lolling on Rome's sun-baked Spanish Steps with a drippy, absolutely delish Hazelnut gelato the size of Wills' head right about now. But, when not in Rome - since a trip a tois ...

The holidays can be stressful, especially when there's way too many people crammed into one hot, cramped straggly little line at the mall to see Santa; or there doesn't seem to be enough time in just one freezing, rainy weekend to get your poor hub to hang up all those intricate holiday lights on both stories of the house; and don't forget the ...

Lead is scary. Come to think of it, a lot of things seem to be getting scarier these days, especially when it comes to kid's playthings. I'd love to be able to go back to the days of simply being afraid of little things like house spiders, heights and balloons (don't ask), instead of feeling like I have to be some sort of all-knowing high-tech ...