by Kate Etue | Life and Home
My thirteen-year-old is keenly focused on our family being more environmentally conscious, which I’m all about. Currently, the recyclables in my kitchen are balancing precariously on a tall black kitchen trash can stuck in the corner of my kitchen. At least, I...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment
I’m part of the micro-generation Xennials, for whom there was no better reward in middle school computer class for finishing your typing drills and DOS coding worksheets early than getting to play a game of Oregon Trail. It’s one of the classic 80s video...
by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps
In our Out Tech Your Kids group on Facebook, a parent recently asked for recommendations for great news podcasts for kids. Our readers replied with some really good suggestions, so we wanted to round them up for you…and add a few more we discovered too. These...
by Kate Etue | Mother's Day Gifts
My favorite Mother’s Day gifts usually involve a day to go recharge with some spa treatments, but I’m thinking this is the year to bring the spa home, right? I’ve been scouring reviews and reading up on the very best high-tech beauty gifts for...
by Kate Etue | Educational Apps, Best Apps
Do you have a struggling speller? As a homeschool mom, I know first-hand how hard it can be to try to explain spelling rules to a kid who doesn’t quite get it, which is why I had to share the Wordcraft app that my kids have been playing lately. A vocabulary app...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment
In a typical Oscars year, I’m pretty much an expert on the (ahem) animated film category, but when it comes to the best picture or documentary feature film categories, I’ve maybe seen one or two movies. But 2020 was anything but typical, and one silver...
by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks
We talked last week about tips for spring-cleaning your phone, and this week I’m taking a stab at my email. I’d never let my actual snail mail pile up in a massive overflow of unanswered bills and letters, but for some reason I let my email inbox become an...
by Kate Etue | Tips and Tricks
With spring nearly here, I’m getting antsy to clean up my yard and go through all my closets to get rid of all the junk we’ve accumulated over the winter. But I’m going to start small, literally, and follow these tips for spring cleaning my phone...
by Kate Etue | Entertainment
We’re huge board game geeks in my family. Our stack of strategy games is up to the ceiling. And while we’re always up for a new game, they’re expensive. So my new solution has been playing board games online before I buy! I get the full experience of...
