by Cool Mom Team | Life and Home
If I had a quarter for every quarter I dumped into that Donkey Kong arcade game in the 80’s…well, I suppose I’d have all my quarters back. And then factoring in interest and rate of inflation, I’d easily be able to by 100 sets of these super...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
If you woke up to snowmageddon this morning like we did (or more like a typical winter snowfall with a new 24 hour news cycle-friendly, alarmist name), your kids are probably begging you to get out there with them as soon as humanly possible. If they haven’t...
by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
Before the kids go to bed and Santa’s elves get busy wrapping gifts, we spend Christmas Eve drinking egg nog, playing games, and watching movies with the kids. But now that we have the iPad, we’ll probably add a round or two of a digital board game into...
by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
I admit that I’ve been completely sucked into the Angry Birds craze, as has my entire family. So much s, that my kids know exactly what level we’re stuck on.Level 16 on Angry Birds Seasons, if you’re curious. So I have to admit that my interest...
by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts
Best Buy Wish List is a sponsored series in which we feature the things we’re coveting at Best Buy–and then give away gift cards so you can buy them yourself. Whee!It’s no secret that we have a thing for gaming around here. Must be all those...
by Cool Mom Team | Games + Gaming
I’ve said it before: I’m not usually a big fan of small children playing video games. But I make an exception when they’ve got some educational value and they get kids moving. I’m pleased to see that Nickelodeon and Nintendo have teamed up to...
by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys
My near 4 year-old son has been eying my oldest’s Nintendo DS for awhile now, but he’s just not quite old enough to do anything but ask us to help him play a game. Sort of defeats the point of having it. But since the brand new MobiGo from VTech arrived in...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
We’ve only had our iPad for a week now, and already my homeschooled daughter and I are reaping the benefits thanks to so many of the cool, educational games we’ve discovered. Some of which, like Math Bingo, can be a fantastic addition to what can be a...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
To say my girls are obsessed with the range of cake, cupcake, Jell-O mold, and cookie making/decorating iPhone apps out there is an understatement. It’s like the EZ-Bake Ovens of the smartphone era: So fun for kids, it doesn’t even matter whether they eat...
