M is for Metal: The Loudest Alphabet Book on Earth and Never Mind Your P’s and Q’s: Here’s the Punk Alphabet Okay, so once you’re a parent, you know that the best gift your kid can get is a new book—because you cannot bear reading the same ones over and over again. And while the classics are still classic, there is a new series of books that I am living for. With titles like M is for Metal: The Loudest Alphabet Book on Earth and Never Mind Your P’s and Q’s: Here’s the Punk Alphabet, we’re still talking classics here—classic rock. Come on! How great are they? They are totally the de rigueur of any parent formerly known as hipster, thanks to lessons like: “A is for Angus whose riffs are a hit. He’s a grown man in a schoolboy outfit” and “C is for Clash, with a strummer called Joe. They’re playing tonight, should I stay or should I go?” For those who still kinda wanna be anarchy, I salute you. ($32, www.shoptoughcookies.com)

< PREV 26 of 41 NEXT > Tough Cookies Between carpool, soccer and Christmas shopping (yes, we said it), now may be a good time for a planner to keep you on schedule. Tough Cookies Children's Boutique will donate 20% of proceeds from their 2009-2010 Mom Agendas to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. ($44, ShopToughcookies.com)

 

 

Rockin’ Alphabet
Rock your way through the ABC’s with M Is for Metal: the Loudest Alphabet Book on Earth and Never Mind Your P’s and Q’s: Here’s the Punk Alphabet. The Aussie books have landed stateside and are tearing it up.

 

Jason Preistley & his wife Naomi shop the Tough Cookies Boutique at the Silver Spoon event... they are expecting baby #2 in July.

Ali Landry stops in to check out the goodies at Tough Cookies during the Silver Spoon event.

The Family Groove's Five Easy Pieces

#5 THE GIFT
Shannon Komsky of cutting-edge cool Tough Cookies in Sherman Oaks, Calif., says that these kits are the gifts that keep on giving.

“These Mini Baking Kits by Sassafras make the best gifts. Kids of all ages love to get in the kitchen and spend quality time with their parents making cupcakes, pizza, cookies, pudding and brownies. They have baking kits with sports and alien themes, fairy princesses and more. The kits are only $15, so they are the perfect price for every budget. We have customers who come in and stock up, buying six or seven kits at a time, and then put them away for when those party invitations arrive.”
$15, Sassafras Mini Baking Kits
Tough Cookies Children’s Boutique
www.shoptoughcookies.com
13638 Ventura Boulevard Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 

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UrbanBaby Buzz

Lola & James flutter sleeve tee in Parenting Magazine School Years Feb '09 Issue

Lola & James Recycled Vintage Concert Tee Clothing for Kids Where is the warehouse where Lola & James gets their amazing vintage concert t-shirts, that’s what we want to know. Because if this line’s got Nirvana’s classic cover cut down into a kid-sized shirt with thermal sleeves, then they’re sure to know where to get Prince’s Parade or The Breeder’s Pod in mommy sizes. All fantasy aside, the eco-couture, one-of-a-kind shirts and dresses crafted from recycled vintage concert tees by Lola & James are so all about the parents. Your six-month-old could care less who Ozzy Osbourne is, but the irony is all yours when he’s having a conniption fit in the strawberry aisle while wearing a shirt from the singer’s bat-eating era. And a flutter-sleeved Foo Fighters dress for your toddler is equally hilarious when she’s throwing, well, foo. www.shoptoughcookies.com

Thanks to Tough Cookie Children's Boutique, there's an easy way to Barack-ify your little one. The comfe cotton "Barack-a-Bye Baby" onsie comes in pink, blue, brown, black, and yellow along with a 3-snap bottom for easy diaper-changing access. The 100-percent-cotton onsie allows your little one to roam around freely and comfortably on his or her side of the political aisle.

STAR BABY: GWEN STEFANI'S SON KINGSTON PLAYS IT TOUGH

How does the hipster son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale tough it out? With his Bandit Knit Hat made by Sand Cassel kids from the Sherman Oaks Boutique Tough Cookies. This soft knit but structureed hat totally says "rock star in training". It's totally cool but keeps them cosily warm. You can get yours direct from Tough Cookies!

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