Serenity now! A free meditation app offers help for busy modern parents and their kids.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

Life can be crazy for me as a working mom of multiple kids. And even though it’s good-crazy, sometimes I really want just a few moments away from the clutter in the living room and the constant pinging of my iPhone to just get a bit of calm back into me. But I...

A free puppet show app to let your kids get creative

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

Cate & Levi are the artists behind those gorgeous upcycled hand puppets we’ve seen at craft shows, and higher-end stores like West Elm and Red Envelope. The puppets are locally sourced, upcycled works of art, so how wonderful that they’re taking the...

The Cal Calendar App makes scheduling your crazy life a little more pretty and a lot less crazy.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

I need a calendar app that is going to make it easy to schedule multiple kids in different sports, clubs, dance classes, and music lessons, not to mention my work commitments. Oh yeah, and I’d like to have some time left over for fun. Or at least to just sack...

Endless Reader app: Even more endless love for one of our favorite apps

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

We’re huge fans of the Endless Alphabet app around here. I mean, it was created by the same team of people who made Sesame Street’s The Monster at the End of this Book, one of my childhood favorites. So I’m excited they’ve launched the Endless...

What to do with your digital photos? Tons of fantastic ideas

by Kate Etue | Photography

If you’re like me, you probably have taken upwards of 2,000 photos of your kids, your house, your pet, and even your food in the last year alone. And like me, you’re wondering what to do with your digital photos and hoping you can find a fun, creative way...

Buh-bye compact fluorescents: 3 remarkable light bulb innovations to save you money and energy

by Kate Etue | Life and Home

Wow, now here are three new light bulb innovations for the home that Thomas Edison never dreamed would exist. Mainly because he didn’t have a smart phone. Which he probably didn’t dream about either. Lumen TL800 First check out the Lumen TL800 (above)...

Comparing the hot new child friendly entertainment sites online. Which one is right for your kids?

by Kate Etue | Entertainment

Are your kids going as stir crazy as ours are with this Polar Vortex and other crazy weather? We’ve exhausted every board game and put together every puzzle we have in our house. So, TV. And child friendly entertainment on our computers. With more parents...

Foreign language apps for kids get as beautiful (and funny) as we’ve seen with Count the Animals

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Studies (and real life experience) show that kids learn foreign languages so much easier than adults do, which is why there are starting to be so many great foreign language apps for kids. I think it has something about their brains being more plastic. Or maybe...

Wordplay Shakespeare: ebooks that make ye olde Shakespearean text clearer than ever.

by Kate Etue | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Shakespeare’s plays are some of the most difficult pieces of literature your kids will study in school. English has changed significantly over the last 400 years, so try being 10 and having to know what the Bard meant by phrases like “Fie, my lord, fie, a...

Statigram vs. Flipagram: Which is better for the end-of-the-year photo videos we’re seeing all over Instagram?

by Kate Etue | Best Apps

Just in case you needed another reason to check your Instagram feed over the holidays, now everyone is creating these adorable slideshows of their most liked photos of the year. And I have to admit, I’ve watched every one that’s popped up on my feed. I...