SavvyMom

You know how it goes—“a picture says a thousand words” (although at SavvyMom, we try really hard to keep it short).
All moms love pictures, especially ones of their own perfect angels. So, for Mother’s Day, we’ve discovered some great, photo-related gift ideas at a range of price points. Each provides a way to bring your favourite pictures into different aspects of your life, because we know you’re not sitting around flipping through albums much these days (let alone have those pictures in albums).
Turn your loved ones into works of art with Pop Art Portraits from Toronto Pop Art. Toronto-based artists and moms Claire Redden and Peggy McEwen take your favourite photos and turn them into pop art treasures to enjoy forever. Simply send your photos to them (head and shoulder shots work best) at torontopopart.com and they’ll transform them into art even better than Andy Warhol’s.

‘No hands, who’s the man?’ is the end goal for sure—but before getting them to that (scary) daring stage, they should master the art of riding without training wheels at least. Has it occurred to you that the old saying “as easy as riding a bike” doesn’t ring so true?
So after a ‘spring is finally here’ weekend chasing around our three savvy testers (age 2, 4, and 6) on some of the new run bikes, we have found a new strategy for learning the art of the “two wheeler”. And while perhaps not quite as easy as falling off a log, it’s pretty close!

These pedal-less bikes, designed for children aged 2 to 5, are a new concept in training bikes that have swept across Europe in popularity and are just now available in North America. The little rider sits on the bike seat but moves the bike with feet on the ground rather than on pedals.