the kidalog

It ain't a party 'till somethin' gets broke!

Since slumber parties always include a movie and usually resemble a circus, popcorn themed invitations are the perfect way to announce to Junior's friends that he might need some help with the demolition of your basement.

$24.00

Dibs on Bibs

These graphic bibs are more guest towel than bar mop. Stage One Lamb on these beauties would be a real shame. I call the red one with the slug trail!

$18.00

Handy Hint

Each one of these clever hardware alphabet cards is a generous 8" x 10". With strategic placement above her crib they will be a subtle reminder for Daddy that, until she can wield the hammer herself, perhaps Mommy's honey-do list could use some attention.

$25.00

Crumby Character

COOKIES by Amy Krouse Rosenthal teaches "bite-size life lessons". How does a child of four know what patience really means? Character qualities are exquisitely illustrated with one cookie and an everyday situation. Brilliant in its simplicity, it is certain to be an award winner. Go ahead, take a bite!

$10.39 at Amazon

More Chins Than Chinatown

Infinitely more forgiving than a cheap school photo, this silhouette kit will help you hide the stitches he's sporting on his chin. Or if he's one of the statistics Richard Simmons won't stop carping about, his chins. Of course, it can help you hide those too.

$32.95

Take a seat!

Hunky Hub thinks orphaned vintage chairs should stay in the crap heap and not be brought home to live at his house. Junking is an illness for which modern medicine is agressively seeking a vaccine. Wait until he gets a load of MOMA'S challenging game of skill and balance. Grab the gaffer tape, he's gonna blow.

$20.00

Draw For Your Supper

They can either enjoy what you were nice enough to spend three hours and two Band-Aids cooking, or draw their fantasy meal on these cool chalkboard place mats . And eat chalk.

$32.95

Vive la Boredom

When your whiny adolescent claims to have nothing to do, after he alphabetizes your pantry, set him to work on expanding your knick knack collection. This Eiffel Tower ERECTOR SET will entrance him for hours and produce a kid craft you can actually showcase. Sit-abouts never had such panache.

$54.95

No Helmet Required. Yet.

Its big. Its red. Its back. The somewhat ORIGINAL BIG WHEEL of your childhood has come roaring out of the 70's in a feeble attempt to whisk your kids into that ethereal realm of bliss achieved only with fast pedals and a dangerously effective handbrake. The Safety Nazis took the handbreak, but they couldn't steal the fun.

$29.99

Plays Well With Others

Her belly button stump and first curl must live somewhere for all eternity. They deserve better diggs than a nursery themed cardboard box with six pounds of ribbon on top. This solid cherry commemorative box can be engraved on both the inside and outside of the lid. It will play so much better on the desktop with her stapler and pencil cup when she is forty and the CEO of her own Fortune 500 company. She will thank you.

$58.00