the kidalog

Eiffel Redux

There is nothing more serene than a drive through Amish country. Endless miles of grass, cows, windmill wells and not an effete Frenchman in sight.

$17.95

Newborn Nosegay

Flowers die, but this baby bouquet is a sweet, permanent reminder that baby is on the way. As if your Vienna sausage toes aren't reminder enough. The new "diaper cake"for hip moms.

$48.00

Is there a Doctor in the house?

When she tells you that she and Joey played "house" all afternoon, you'll be relieved that it was only schoolhouse. If she goes on to tell you about playing "Doctor", the principal might need a word with old Joe.

$299.00

High Art

                          When he is wee tiny, its a ZOLO mobile that can hang above his crib. When he grows into a big boy, its a ZOLO mobile that can hang above his bed. When he is all grown up, its still a ZOLO mobile---but he'll be able to pull it apart and reconfigure it a zillion different ways and hang it above his conference table. (A zillion is roughly equal to or less than a Brazilian billion, depending upon current exchange rates.)

$48.00

Hurry Robin, the Bats Mobile!

Holy Hanging Rodents, Batman! When you promised him you'd get him his very own Bat Mobile if he'd forgo the matchy Batman poly sheet set from Mega Lo-Mart, you weren't lying.

$21.50

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

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

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

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

Barrel O' Nightmares?

You committed to giving birth, but nursery decor...not so much. These groovy wall clings won't mar the walls as much as they will your psyche. While not as creepy as the flying monkeys of OZ, they may well give a whole new generation of youngsters the skeeves. So drop some nickels in the therapy jar and decorate Junior's room with wild kingdom abandon.

$40.00