by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Even on years when the kids have to wear snow boots for the egg hunt, Easter has always felt like the start of spring. So my pick this week is a perfectly-timed song off of Frances England’s much-loved 2008 release, Family Tree. The gentle acoustic guitar...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
I’ve tried to teach my kids to look beyond the color of a person’s skin, or their clothes, accent or taste in music, and treat everyone the way they’d want to be treated. But, it turns out, I’d neglected to remind them of one major group that...
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
If you read Eva’s Lorax movie review on Cool Mom Picks, you’ll know she loved (we’re talking loooved) it. We know the reviews have been mixed among adults, but one of the things I hope that everyone can appreciate are the number of environmental...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Look out Peter Cottontail, my kids have a new favorite on the block. And this bunny is really a monster who only thinks he’s a bunny in this adorable collaboration between a rabbity monster and one exasperated little girl. Listening to musician Todd...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
I’ve never been able to see the real constellations in the night sky, which is one reason I love this new song from The Pop Ups. Instead of talking about Orion or the Big Dipper, it encourages kids to use a healthy dose of imagination to play an outer space...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment
Though my kids generally loathe being dragged along from store to store when I have errands to run, there is one store I have no problem getting them into: The Apple Store. In fact, I usually have to drag them out when I’m ready to leave. So when I read that...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Though you’d have to go pretty far back in my kids’ family tree to find any Irish blood, they still get as excited about St. Patrick’s Day as kids do with any holiday. And while I love lists of kids-friendly Irish jigs and folk songs, I also love...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
I heard a collective sigh of sadness when news of the death of Davy Jones, lead singer of 60’s pop-rock band The Monkees, started working its way across my Twitter feed. And while there are some lovely covers of The Monkees’ songs (take a moment for...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
Before tonight’s Academy Awards, download the two songs nominated for Best Original Song and let the kids play judge. Will they go with a sweet duo from The Muppets or with a little Latin-flavored number from Rio? The Muppets’ Man or Muppet has the...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment, Kids
When I told friends that my son and I were headed to Skywalker Ranch to see an early viewing of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D, a startling number of them wanted me to find George Lucas and ask him “Why???” Why Jar Jar? Why mess with Yoda?...
