by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
With our long drives to and from school every morning, I’ve been meaning to grab some audiobooks for us to enjoy. Well lucky for me, just yesterday I scored over 20 popular classics as e-books and audio books on both my Kindle and my iPhone for free. Free! And...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
Since my job is primarily on the Internet, I’m pretty vigilant about my family’s privacy. So every now and then I’ll search my name to see what comes up. And even though I removed myself from the Spokeo database a few years ago, I was shocked by what...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
I was obsessed with getting the very best photos of my kids on my iPhone on their first day back to school. But since I happened to be away, my husband had to stand-in as family photographer–which doesn’t sound so bad until you see some of the family...
by Christina Refford | Websites We Love
When an IKEA opened a few miles from me, I became one of those devotees who believes one can never have enough EXPEDIT bookcases–provided you can figure out how to put them together. Not all of us have that gene (or understanding of Swedish cartoon instructions)...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Every year during the back-to-school season, I can’t help but get nostalgic whenever I see those black and white composition books. Which is probably why I buy a bunch, and now have a stack in my closet. Well, now I can feel that way every day with these two new...
by Cool Mom Team | Photography
I’m pretty sure we can claim to know cool mom, author, and photographer Tracey Clark “when,” since we featured her first book way back when we first started our site. She even took our first official Cool Mom Picks photo, back when we each only had...
by Cool Mom Team | Photography
A few years ago, I ditched my point-and-shoot camera for a fancy DSLR, and while I was almost instantly taking better photos of my kids, I really had absolutely no idea how to use any of the actual settings. Without time to read the huge instruction manual or take a...
by Jeana | Tips and Tricks
If you’ve recently noticed a lack of updates from your favorite brands, bloggers, or fan pages on Facebook (or maybe you haven’t realized it until just now), it may be because of the introduction of Facebook’s new Promoted Posts. But we can help you...
by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
This month I received several ominous warnings from my ISP, popping up to interrupt my web pages as I was browsing – We are replacing your wireless router! Order now or your service will be interrupted! You have T minus 14 days…13 days…12...
