Nintendo is thinking with the box in their announcement of Nintendo Labo, interactive DIY kits that will allow kids and families to transform sheets of cardboard into interactive creations called Toy-Con that will provide a new way to play with your Switch. Playing on the name of their Joy-Con controllers, Nintendo says their cardboard DIY “Toy-Con…
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How to Get Your Kids a Real Smartphone for Under $150
This post is sponsored by ZTE If 2018 might be the year you get your child a phone, it’s possible to get them a smartphone without breaking the bank. Look beyond their wish list of devices and ignore their pleas to keep up with their friends in favor of devices by manufacturers who offer phones…
7 Ways Technology Can Help Parents Organize Home and Family Life
This post is sponsored by Adobe Document Cloud. One of the most common questions I’m asked is “How do you do it?” Fellow parents want to know my secrets for parenting when my husband and I are constantly traveling for work, staying on top of my business as an entrepreneur, and still finding time to…
6 Features Tweens and Teens Look for in a Great Pair of Headphones
This post is sponsored by Motorola Pulse Escape. Headphones are a must-have accessory for today’s tweens and teens who are always listening to music from their playlists, songs from their favorite streaming service, YouTube videos, and streaming shows and movies on the go. Kids with ear bud cords hanging from their ears or donning headphones…
How Amazon App Empowers Teens to Be Savvy Online Shoppers
This is a sponsored post with Amazon. Art supplies, books, barrettes for her ribbon barrette fundraising venture, and even a new pair of boots are some of the recent items Emily has asked me to purchase using our family’s Amazon account. As often as we use Amazon, this process isn’t seamless because I often forget…
Why High Quality Batteries are Worth the Investment for Your Devices
This post is sponsored by Energizer® In the age of streaming, it’s rare that we sit down as a family and watch a show together but one of our new favorite shows is The Good Doctor. This drama centers around a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome named Shaun Murphy. Fellow fans will recall…
Sonos One: The New Must-Have Smart Speaker for Music Lovers
This is a sponsored post Thomas, our 11 year old guitar playing son, likes to use our Sonos speaker to play music from his iPod playlists loud. The rest of the family likes the ability to shout “Alexa, play some Tom Petty.” When I heard that Sonos was releasing Sonos One, a system integrated with…
Can Tech Make You Better Cook? Hestan Cue Smart Cooking System Review
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I love food and love to cook. Fresh ingredients from our farmer’s market are my jam and my family prefers home cooked meals over going out. Discovering new cookbooks, strolling through Williams Sonoma, trying different recipes, and kitchen gadgets that will make me a more efficient…
Why You Want Arlo Baby HD Smart Baby Monitor for Your Child’s Room
Netgear’s Arlo has been my favorite webcam for the last few years. The products are attractive, versatile, easy to setup, and once configured, they provide high-quality and reliable video recording anywhere inside or outside the house. I didn’t expect anything less from their Arlo Baby and found that it’s a full featured smart baby monitor that…
7 Ways to Get More from Your CVS Pharmacy App
This is a sponsored post Before the age of apps, I would always hand over my key ring to the person at the register to have them scan my CVS ExtraCare Rewards card. I loved the instant savings and the gratification of ExtraCare Bucks that printed at the register. But sometimes I’d walk to our…
