by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
With a ton of trips coming up, including the big BlogHer conference in San Diego this week, I feel like I’m losing my mind trying to keep it all organized. In fact, last night I had a brief panic attack as I tried to track down my airline confirmation, and not...
by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love
Let’s be honest, air travel with kids is not the easiest. Between weather delays, checked baggage fees, and the fear that your toddler will kick the seat in front of you the entire time, I’d say it ranks on the anxiety meter somewhere around preschool...
by Jeana | Websites We Love
I love summer for so many reasons. Kids footloose and fancy-free, the fun in the sun, and no deluge of paperwork from all our school events, fundraisers, PTA meetings and volunteer opportunities. I love volunteering in the class and chaperoning field trips, but the...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” One of my favorite quotes by Marcel Proust. So the name Proust seems appropriate for a new website designed to help people share their stories with family and close friends...
by Mir | Websites We Love
Are you spending every visit home showing your dad how to turn the computer on… again? Fielding frantic phone calls from your mother about how her monitor is “broken,” when it turns out it’s just sleeping? Then you’re going to love...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
I never actually realized how much I relied on my print-scan- fax trifecta of printer features until the thing bit the dust a few months ago. Since then, I’ve been begging neighbors to scan docs for me, and hitting the local office stores to fax. Hello, pricey....
by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment
The Parent Show is hosted by Angela Santomero, whose name didn’t ring a bell until I realized that she’s the creator of Blue’s Clues and Super Why! Those shows I know. Verrrry well. She’s teamed up with PBS Parents to create short, engaging...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment
There was once a magical time. A time when children waited in breathless anticipation for their favorite Christmas Special to play on TV. There was no DVR or Video On Demand; no rewinding or fast-forwarding; no YouTube; no bathroom breaks. You had only one shot to...
by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love
Between after-school activities, weekend soccer games, getting Caleb a birthday present for his party on Saturday, flu shot appointments, sending in the permission slip for the field trip, and, uh, you get the gist, it’s a wonder I don’t leave my house...