iPlay’n Learn – They should’ve named it iDistract’n Calm
A few weeks ago I had some friends over to the house, and one of them brought her three-year-old, who immediately commenced leaping around on the furniture like a chimp on crack. Given that my children are past that phase (or can be reigned in with a simple, Knock it...
Skinnygirl Margarita Review: The 100-calorie, 5-second margarita
My name is Mir, and I like a good margarita. Judge me if you must. I’m also kind of lazy, so my margaritas are generally limited to the rare dinner out with my husband. Can I make a margarita at home? Sure. Do I? Usually not (see aforementioned laziness). And...
Trusting your teen? There’s an app for that!
It seems impossible to me that I’ll one day have a teen or two whom I’ll allow to roam the world somewhat freely, but the truth is that teenagerhood will be entering my house very, very soon. Hold me.Vanessa Van Petten has been helping parents communicate...
Swapping + Handmade = Happy Holiday Barter
I’ve already shared my love for SwapMamas here, the great location for moms to meet up and swap their gently used items. But for the holidays, they’re adding a dash of Etsy and going positively medieval: You can check out the Handmade Mamas group there to...
Scrapbook masterpieces, no skills required
Look, we’ve discussed my SIS (Scrapbook Impairment Syndrome) in the past. I’m okay with it. There are tools available for me to do pretty things with my pictures in other ways.But if I want a genuine photos-affixed-to-beautiful-backgrounds, scrapbook...
Redbox helps you save your money for popcorn
Sure, there’s no shortage of ways to rent movies nowadays; whether you go in-store, via mail service, or even streaming over the Internet. Still, ’tis the season to be mindful of where every penny is going, so maybe it’s time to check out Redbox,...
Not your grandma’s recipe cards
My grandmother wrote recipes on flowery little cards expressly for that purpose, and my mother rebelled against the cute by using nothing more than plain index cards. Me, I fall somewhere in the middle–plain cards seem kind of depressing, but I’m just not...
iPhone cases for the terminally hip
I could count the many ways in which I am completely obsessed with Threadless, the original crowdsourcing art-to-product site, but who has that kind of time? Suffice it to say that the whole family enjoys their t-shirts, and I dream of rooms festooned with their Blik...
Congratulations – you’re a grandparent!
When I told my parents I was expecting, I didn’t tell them I was expecting. I told them we’d done some interesting sightseeing, and did they want to see pictures? And then I gave them my ultrasound photos.If The Grandparents Handbook had been around, back...
