Kiddie Soirée: Gingerbread Man Cakelets


Updated 12/05/08 10:41 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 5 comments

Kiddie Soirée: Gingerbread Man Cakelets

Some moms have the time and patience to carefully plan out elaborate holiday desserts for upcoming parties and events, for everyone else there is the Gingerbread Man Cakelet Pan ($20). This handy little non-stick pan creates perfect lil gingerbread man desserts in a snap. Create your own recipe, or just use the pre-made kind that comes in a box from the grocery store. Add a touch of frosting, Read more

Jennifer Connelly Celebrates Her Birthday


Updated 12/12/11 11:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty News For December 12, 2011

Jennifer Connelly turns 41 today — InStyle This adorable gingerbread man manicure is good enough to eat — Stylelist Wearing different perfumes for different times of day — Refinery 29 The biggest celebrity makeup bloopers of 2011 — Beautylish The conditioner that saves curls from cold weather — The Cut Go back in time and see what was hot in 1983 — Glo Meryl Streep is Vogue's Read more

Texts and Tunes: Books to Usher in Passover


Updated 02/08/12 2:59 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

Children's Books and Music for Passover

With Passover Seders just a week away, Jewish families are preparing their homes for the eight night commemoration of the exodus from Egypt. The holiday is one of the few religious holidays that has a distinctive role for children with both the reading of the four questions and the search for the afikomen (the broken middle piece of matzoh that is hidden prior to the Seder). While your tot may Read more

Are Classic Fairy Tales a Thing of the Past?


Updated 02/08/12 2:59 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 13 comments

Are Fairy Tales Passe?

Are the fairy tales we grew up with (not to mention our parents and grandparents) too scary and politically incorrect for our children? According to a nationwide survey in Great Britain, The Baby Website found that one in four moms forgo classics such as Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood over The Very Hungry Caterpillar or The Gruffalo. Traditional fairy tales were first popularized Read more