We have constant fights over who sits where in our van and it seems to be worse in the summer when we’re together in the car more often. When our baby was little and we were still trying to battle her acid reflux she screamed constantly in the car and nobody wanted to sit next [...]
The Road Trip Bingo app is a modern version of the classic travel game that I know as Car Bingo. The app’s screen shows a bingo card with twenty five squares. Each square contains a different picture of something you’d see out your window as you’re traveling by car. To play the game you watch [...]
Baby Travel is a travel app that has very thorough packing lists for traveling with baby. The app describes itself as “baby travel made easy” and while I don’t know if baby travel can ever be totally easy the app definitely makes the packing part simpler. There are several different parts to the Baby Travel [...]
My Little Suitcase lets your child pretend to pack a suitcase and pretend to take a trip camping, to the beach, a sleepover or a play date in the snow. They’re given a suitcase and four choices of what to pack. For example they’re shown four pairs of socks and they can drag one into [...]
Version 4 of Mom Maps was released last week. I haven’t given it an authentic test run yet because my schedule has been too tight and I’ve had no time for any fun outings. I’m looking forward to breaking out of my drive to school, WalMart, Costco, home and repeat rut and finding some fun [...]
I recently put the free Redbox and Southwest Airlines apps on my phone. So far, so good. The Redbox app lets you search for movies and then reserve them at a nearby Redbox. You will need to have a Redbox account to do this. You can also search for the Redbox that’s closest to your [...]
Summer road trips are now a thing of the past but soon it will be time for the holidays. Before we know it we’ll be back in the car heading over the river and through the woods with bored children in the back of our van. The Fun Kids Car Travel Game is an app [...]
The Hazel Mail app lets you create a personalized postcard from your iPhone. You create it and the folks at Hazel Mail will print, stamp and mail it for you. The app is easy to use. Just take a photo with your phone or choose one from your camera library. Then choose a background and [...]
Chalk Walk is a very unique iPad app. It has been developed to help your children improve the pincer grip they use to hold a pencil.
iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]
I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.