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This Mother's Day, breakfast in bed took on a whole new meaning. In addition to my homemade, slightly smeary hand-drawn card, Wills and Daddy presented me with what I think has to be the best way to show frazzled, hard-working mamas some heartily deserved love and  appreciation .... jammies. And not just any jammies either. Nope, I got ...

Buds are blooming on the trees, bunnies and birds are doing their crazy love dances on the front lawn (not with each other - but you know what I mean), the smell of rainy freshness is in the air, and saving a planet that looks so deliciously dewy this time of year is on our minds. Well that, and it's Earth Day, so what better time than the ...

As if you could be anything but after taking a peek at the endearingly impish, bright and colorful organic cotton collection of tops, bottoms, cutie patootie leggings, dresses, kimonos, onesies, ruffled chemises, hats and more (infant garments shown at top left in Blueberry/Sky and Watermelon/Sky motifs, $9.50+; toddler designs shown at bottom ...

Just ask Ugly Betty's America Ferrera and anyone else who has managed to revive that iconic 70s-era classic - the poncho. Yep, I'm sure you all remember that homey looking, messy yarn fringe bearing, peek-a-boo crochet-style afghan with a head opening. Not one of our best fashion moments.Until now. Ugly has gotten a major overhaul in the form ...

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 ...

I see every cool city Gwen Stefani's ever traveled to. They're all over her luxe L.A.M.B. City-Names Slip-Ons (shown at top left, $60, on sale for $54) available exclusively at Spunky Sprout, a contemporary, thoroughly modern, one-stop online shop that specializes in all things fabulous for fashion-forward tots (think Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Leni ...

If summertime ever makes its way to the Midwest (I spy some crocuses sprouting in our backyard, so I think it's starting to look promising that at least Spring has sprung, so I suppose warm weather is sure to follow), there's no doubt Chicago will treat us to its typical hot-and-sticky summer weather specialities. On the upside, soon the ...

I don't know about the shareef, but I sure like it. Well, that and pretty much everything else at the small, but super stylish e-boutique, My Anchovies, a place that makes a big, fabulous cannonbally splash in an average-looking pond. Wills is totally digging their Rocket Man tee (shown at top left, $18 - also available in a onesie style), which ...

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, ...

Going green or turning hybrid is branching out to include more than just four-door modes of transportation. Yep, now little feet can join the crusade against climate crashers, thanks to hybrid baby shoes from Robeez, the premier soft-sole shoemaker - and Cosmotot fave. Their new line of what I like to call geotogs - which is really just fancy ...