Tomorrow— Tuesday, September 6— Splash Creative Media is hosting the Fill the Backpack Twitter Party and we hope you’ll clear your schedule for a fun evening with tons of prizes! Join us from 9-11 pm EST for the opportunity to win some of the $2000 in prizes that we’ll be giving away throughout the evening as…
Rockville Restaurant Week (9/10-9/18) as my DC Friday Fave
I love food. Shopping for it, growing it, preparing it, and eating it. Eating it is even better when during restaurant week deals that allow me to try new places that I’ve been wanting to visit in an affordable way. DC Metro readers get two weekends to experience the many restaurants that are being featured…
Fooz Kids: Convenient Kid Friendly Online Portal with Parental Controls
Thank you to Fooz Kids for providing me with an All-In-One pack to review. The opinions I’ve expressed here are solely my own and represent my honest viewpoint. About Fooz Kids Fooz Kids is a new application that allows parents to control their child’s exploration of the internet in an age appropriate way. It provides…
Hey JCPenney…It’s great to be a smart girl!
Update: A reader shared that according to NBC’s Today Moms, JC Penny is pulling the shirt from its site and issued an apology which can be found at the bottom of the Today Moms post. As a teacher and mom of a 7 1/2 year old who loves school and learning, I am livid about this…
Show Your Tech Savvy Love with a Vote!
I’m for Parents.com Best Mom Tech Blog and as much as I hate voting contests because they are often seen as popularity contests, I am going to shamelessly ask for your vote. By Best Mom Tech Blog It’s not too hard to vote- they do ask for you to sign up or sign in using…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with eBay to Declutter and Reclaim Money
How often do you eBay and when you do, are you a buyer or a seller or both? Regardless of how you use eBay, it is a great way to be green because buying and selling both help reduce, reuse, and recycle items that otherwise might be destined for the landfill. Over the years that…
Dara Torres’ 3 Pillars of Life Inspire Me to Reclaim Healthy Habits
I’m a firm believer in healthy habits like a well rounded diet, screen time limits, regular exercise through lots of outdoor activity, and a set bedtime for my kids but I feel like the biggest hypocrite due to my own lack of exercise and my 2 am bedtimes. In the past year as I’ve transitioned…
Friday Faves: Fab Products from Mom’s Fashion File Secret Style Suite, BlogHer 2011
Remember how I wrote about wanting to break out of my boring black conference wardrobe? Not only did Fresh Produce accept my challenge and provide me with an incredible wardrobe for Type A Parent, but my post won me a makeover in the Mom’s Fashion File Secret Style Suite at BlogHer! After a tech…
Marble Jar: App Now Free for Back to School
Did you ever have a marble jar in one of your classrooms? I remember our marble jar from second grade quite well. We eagerly anticipated a single marble to be dropped in to reward stellar behavior and for it to be filled for a class reward. Now there’s an app for that! Marble Jar…
Just.Be.Enough. Announces Link Up to Provide Pampering Resources to Breast Cancer Survivors
Today I have the honor of sharing a post by my friend, Elena, who always inspires me both personally and professionally. She’s a teacher, mom of a darling little girl, cancer survivor, triathlete, blogger, and recently started the site Just.Be.Enough. Just.Be.Enough was designed to celebrate the ourselves. As Elena says, “It’s time to carry the…
