Five Adventure Based Apps that Kids Love | #apps #tech
With popular companies like Disney and Pixar releasing apps along with the rest of their merchandise, there are plenty of adventure and character based apps for kids to enjoy. Frozen Free Fall- Featuring a game that's like candy crush for kids with your favorite Frozen characters, it's no wonder kids love this app considering the success of both Frozen and Candy Crush. (Free in the App Store) Minion Rush- In this app, kids get the chance to become one of Gru's minions and go on a race to catch all the bananas while avoiding obstacles. Based on the successful Despicable…
Tips for Taking Better iPhone Photos | #iphone #photography
It seems like more and more people are turning to their iPhone camera to record memories and special events. With the new iOS7 update, I can't exactly blame them. The new camera has a lot of great features like in camera editing and new grid options that the iOS6 didn't support. Even better, taking great iPhone photos is less complicated than ever before. Photography, even with an iPhone, is an art that requires patience. Remember to use a steady hand when capturing photos. Shaking and moving around will obviously result in a blurry, or distorted photo. If you need to,…
Four Apps that Every High School Student Needs | #highschool #teens
High school is stressful for both teenagers and their parents. Between homework, prepping for the SAT, and fitting in all the extra curricular activities, it's no wonder anxiety is on the rise among teenagers. Thankfully, technology is helping to reduce the stress and worry with some awesome apps. myHomework Student Planner- This app is the best thing since Spotify made mobile playlists free to use. First, it's very clean and user friendly which I love. Secondly, on top of keeping track of homework assignments and exams, students are rewarded with Amazon credits, movie tickets, and food coupons for completely assignments.…
Me-ify Potty Star! Potty Training iPad App Review | #pottytraining
This week, Jett's babysitter said it. "Mom, he's just about ready for potty training!" What she didn't know is that we already have a cool potty seat for him, and we've been asking him if he wants to use it since we got it. He loves the potty seat, but he's not quite ready to take the "plunge"! We were recently asked to review this really cool iPad app called ME-IFY Potty Star! Can I just say that I think it's genius to have an app that is specifically for potty learning? Get it now on iTunes! My husband downloaded…
Kidoodle.TV Kids Programming with Parental Controls for iDevices #MC #spon
I participated in a Blogger Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for I received a promotional item and a free trial as a thank you for participating. When tablets and phones first came out, we always had to be so careful what we'd let our kiddos do on them. Honestly, their minds didn't wander far from Angry Birds until they discovered youTube which proved to be one of the worst apps to let a child view unsupervised. Now, it's great to have fantastic apps out there that are no only fun for kids, but also educational and, best of…
80s Retro Tees for Kids | #80s #retro
I loving finding 80s Retro Tees for Kids! Most of the time they have no idea what they mean, but the tees make us happy, right? I love this first one! I found these great tees at Zulily! Which one is your favorite?
Minecraft Hide n’ Seek Rules and Instructions | #xbox #gamer
YAY! It's Thanksgiving Break this week! Our district is out for the entire week for Thanksgiving, and today, it's pretty nasty outside so it's an indoor day for us. Since we're not going to see any family until Thursday, the boys will be playing plenty of Xbox with their cousins this week. Right now, they're playing Hide n' Seek on Minecraft. Setup: Select the Peaceful Creative Mode. Turn gamer tags off. How to Play: Choose a seeker. Everyone else hides around the world. When the seeker finds someone, that person become a seeker, too, until everyone is found. Last person…
One does not simply out-tech a geek. | #geek #tech
I sooo feel for teenagers of geeks these days. The things we know how to do with technology makes it nearly impossible for our kiddos to pull one over on us! I was talking to a friend today, and I said something about not being able to out-tech a geek these So I decided to meme that phrase! I might make it my new tagline!
Does it really save money to rent LEGO Sets? | #lego #legos
So I just got an email with an offer for this site that is basically a Netflix-like LEGO service. It's called Pleygo. You choose a plan, pay their price, choose your sets, and they ship you the LEGOs. You play with them as long as you want, put them back in a ziplock bag that they send you, throw it into the pre-labeled return shipping box, and start all over. Good idea, right? Wait, what? Sure, your house is decluttered, but are you really saving money? FAN - Get small/medium sets - $15/month, free shipping SUPERFAN - Get small/medium/large sets…
iDeaPLAY Tablet Review – Fun, Safe, & Educational Tablet for Kids | #tech
I am beyond excited to announce the release of the iDeaPLAY Tablet by iDeaUSA!! It's the fun, safe, and educational tablet for kids, like that touch screen drawing tablet, and weighs in at one of this year's most affordable tablets for your little geeklets at only $129! I love that this tablet comes with a ton of preloaded apps for my kiddos, and I must confess that I actually played with it a while before handing it over! (For the record - I'm pretty good at Doodle Jump!) Safety First I don't know about you, but I want to know…