Best Apps

Do you ever have a moment where your kid says something so funny that you think "that would make a great poster?" Or do you have a great picture to display and you want to include the perfect caption? Now you can do both easily through t…

One of the joys of summer vacation for me is having a break from packing lunches and cooking every single night. Meals just seem easier in the summer with the days not being as rushed and dinners taking a backseat to outside play time. W…

As we hit the middle of National Breastfeeding Month , we thought it fitting to pull together a list of useful apps that will help you nursing moms keep track of those feedings, after feedings (after feedings). Ah yes, I remember those d…

If you're like me, you've got Facebook friends, LinkedIn contacts, Twitter people, friends who aren't on anything, a few scribbled on paper--let's say it can get really hard to keep up with everyone. But thanks to a really unbelievable c…

I am all about tools that transform math problems into games that keep you engaged and thinking. So I am digging this new math app, Go Sum, because it is just perfect for kids that may be a bit math-phobic, while still keeping it interes…

Have you ever wanted to turn all of your friends' various Instagram photos into a gallery on your tablet? What about finding a way to share your Instagram, Facebook, Shutterfly and iPhone galleries with your family in an easy way--emphas…

My daughter loves to play house and has lately taken to using my car keys - for carpooling, of course. While she is usually good about putting them back, there have been times when she has left them somewhere on her "route," resulting in…

Who invented the alphabet? is my son's latest impossible-to-answer question. I've tried to placate him with some smart talk, but the creators of the much loved ebook The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore have come up with a much …

My kids have used their fingers and toes to help them understand numbers and counting from the days of 10 Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed through basic addition. And now there is a new app that uses technology to help reinforce these con…

I admit that I never thought I'd use the weather app on my iPhone when I first got it. But now I check it almost constantly, thanks to a son who's weather obsessed and a husband whose job (and getting home to us) depends on it. So since …

The more kids I've added, the worse I've become at sending paper thank you notes. Sorry mom! But now that I've downloaded this cool new app to my iPhone, I have absolutely no excuse any more, considering they even deliver the card right …

My subpar geography skills are one of my husband's favorite things to tease me about. Could I fill in that blank map of the 50 states we had to do in 6th grade? Note to self: 2013 resolution! But I still find our planet completely fascin…

Planning a road trip? Here's a great way to find out what you might be needing on the way. Including Zombieland. On the Way [ EDITORS NOTE : Now seems to be called Along the Way ] is a free and handy web-based app allows you to plug in y…

I fondly remember trying to track all the "activities" when my first was born, namely, diaper changes, feeding and sleeping. Back then, I had to rely on writing things down on Post-Its (and then forgetting where I left them). Now, there …

When we go on long car rides, I like to pack a bag of activities of things that keep the kids occupied for as long as possible before they resort to the eventual "are we therrrrrre yet?" One of the things I always throw in is our set of …

One of the things I like least about traveling is the very initial phase of planning and researching flights, comparing fares, and figuring if it's worth paying $100 more to have a non-stop flight (it always is). The new Orbitz app , as …

Someone recommended I purchase the "Total Baby" app and it doesn't look like it's available anymore in in iTunes. Any similar apps you know of and could recommend for parents of newborns? - Kelly Hi Kelly! When we checked, the Total Baby…

If you've got a busy summer ahead of you with adventures in new and exciting places, and you like to share your every move with your closest friends and family, a new app called Trip Lens is one to add to your packing, er, download list …

The Fodor's guides have been travel essentials for anyone traveling anywhere for the last few decades. But can the Fodor's app become a reasonable substitute for those pages and pages of great info? I gave it a shot. In preparation for a…

I decided to buy an iPad 2 for my eight-year-old to use in our homeschooling lessons. That's right -- it's for educational purposes, kid. And no, Angry Birds Space does not count as a physics lesson. So I've spent the past few days scour…

My kids are now at the age where the questions are getting harder than simply, "what's that?" The fun part is that when they ask about evolution or the number of stars or the life cycle of a butterfly, we get to explore the answers toget…

Every time I see toddlers wildly tapping and swiping at their moms' phones, I wonder how much they're inadvertently racking up in iTunes purchases--or perhaps which international country they're dialing. But it's not just toddlers that a…

One of the many things I love about summer is the enticing and oh-so-summery smell of things cooking on the grill. Mmmm...meat. My husband is the house-appointed grillmaster, but I'd like to start expanding my grilling horizons beyond ha…

Talking to parents of older kids makes me want to build a machine that will stop time in its tracks. While I look forward to my kids getting older (kinda), there is so much comfort in their ages right now and not having to question where…