What do you do when it's really, really hot? You take your favorite mode of transportation- the tricycle- to the car wash and cool off.

I didn't come across this seat when I was looking at booster seats for my daughter, but I wish I had. Each SweetSeat is handmade and the perfect height so those little legs won't get squashed. It also meets my #1 criteria: easy to clean.

You don't need a playhouse that costs thousands of dollars to create a cute outdoor space. A small shed will work perfectly and adapt well over the years.

After we wrote about Making Your Own Play Doctor Kit, Jo wrote in with a cute tutorial for making X-rays for toys. For example, this is the broken leg of one poor little stuffed giraffe. Here's how to make them:

We happily stumbled upon this mushroom kit at Whole Foods today and had to bring it home. It couldn't be simpler to grow your own mushrooms right in the box in just ten days. And guess what the mushrooms grow in as soil?

We love the large world map that hangs on the wall behind our kitchen table and our daughter happily learned all of her continents from it while she ate. So, a map is always high on our personal list of recommendations for wall art. And this one has a little something extra special.

What could be better than a popsicle on warm summer day? A rainbow popsicle of course.

And we thought we loved Trader Joe's! Amida created this fun mini TJ's complete with the sample table we know and love- with items from around the house.

If you're stuck in a rut bringing out the easel and paints and want to try something new to liven things up, you'll find plenty of inspiration at Roopa's blog, Putti Prapancha, and all you need are materials you probably already have around the house. Can you guess what these flowers are made of?

At first glance, we thought this photo had something to do with those embroidery hoops we see everywhere, but they're too deep for that. Turns out they're bamboo steamers with the bottoms cut out.