by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
As savvy as my husband is with his smart phone, he’s a bit challenged in the texting department. (It’s true, honey.) But now that we’ve both got this handy new app installed, we can exchange free voice messages instantly–no fancy thumb work...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
One of my kids’ favorite things to do with the iPad is draw. Actually, one of their favorite things to do anywhere is draw. So I am always looking for fun coloring apps that can keep the artistry flowing, and that I find easier to justify than video games. And...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
During these long, unscheduled, fun-in-the-sun summer months, I’ve been on the lookout for some smart apps that keep my kids’ brains thinking and not turning into soft serve. That’s a big reason why I am so excited about this math app which we all...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
When my kids were little, I couldn’t wait to take them to see the fireworks on the Fourth of July. Unfortunately, they didn’t want to stay up that late, hated the booms and generally made it hard to relax and say my required “oooos” and...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I have my iPhone 4 to thank for the piles of home videos I’ve been collecting since upgrading last year, but I’ve yet to figure out exactly what to do with them all. Since I don’t really want to upload every cute spaghetti on the head moment to...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Our first child was born perfect. Ten fingers, ten toes. Still, we had to wait a couple of years to see if she had inherited one very important trait. When she picked up her first lightsaber at age nineteen months, we knew. We had a nerdy baby. And there was much...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps
As soon as I could turn my back on my kids with the safety scissors, I knew it was only a matter of time before they decided to give themselves (or each other) a trim. A far better way to scratch their itch to play hairdresser, comes in a handy go-anywhere app where...
by Christina Refford | Best Apps, Educational Apps
Most of us know that George Washington was the first president and Al Gore was never one, but there are a whole lot of years in the middle there that are not my strong suit. That’s why I love a new app that helps my kids and me brush up on our U.S. history in an...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
This holiday season, my family enjoyed the spoils from my experimentation with the very cool Martha Stewart Makes Cookies iPad app, so you can imagine how excited they were when I decided to give her new smoothies app a try, just in time for fresh fruit season. Not...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
Every month, my husband and I comb through Netflix and try to figure out what to put in our queue. We generally give up and just end up putting in something for the kids. But since finding this new app, I’ve already got a slew of awesome picks, all recommended...