Cool Mom Team

It's hard to remember that there was a time that we simply snapped photos and had to be satisfied (gasp) with whatever it was that appeared on the film a few weeks later. No Photoshop? No Instagram filters? The horror! The new website, P…

I'm a little obsessed with the Instagram app , which means I have lots of cool photos and not much to do with them. At least until I discovered this new gift from Keepsy, that will be making many of my family members very happy this holi…

Rejoice, all ye children of the 70's and 80's, with memories of lining up quarters along those Centipede, Asteroids, and Super Breakout machines. No global leaderboards, no online cheats. Just you, a pocketful of coins, and the exciting …

You might be thinking, geez, what took him so long? when you first get wind of Mo Willems' delightful new interactive ebook, Don't Let the Pigeon Run this App . But after hearing him preempt that very question at a recent press lunch, I …

I only became familiar with html a few years ago, so imagine the advantage my kids will have now that I'm reading them HTML for Babies at bedtime. Okay, so I'm joking, but it might just be one of the best geeky baby gifts ever for your f…

I 'm so excited to finally have my iPhone 4S but I need a cool case. Any suggestions? -Kelly Mazel tov, Kelly, that's one pretty phone. And yes, we strongly suggest getting a case on it stat, especially if you'll have kids within 10 feet…

Last weekend, I co-hosted a fabulous party for the Atlanta Bloggy Boot Camp with our sponsor Best Buy , which was not just an excuse for me to pop on some super high heels and get a night out with some of my favorite bloggers. I also got…

Part of me is a little embarrassed at how many hours I spent playing Tetris. The other part of me wishes I could still just sit back in a bean bag chair and flip and drop shapes in the quiet of my college dorm. Since that won't be happen…

We were smitten with the Red Rover app even before it came so hugely popular, but even good apps have room for improvements. Which is exactly what we think has happened with their new upgrade that should make a lot more parents take a lo…

The idea of trips with the girlfriends or big family vacations sound amazing until you actually have to plan and organize them. Then, let's just say the magic disappears pretty quickly. That's why I'm super excited about a new site that …

O h Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week we're thrilled to welcome daytime Emmy winner and The View co-host Sherri Shepherd to share her favorite. When I eat out with frien…

I've seen no shortage of hilarious twin baby gifts, but if you've got a gaming geek or Nintendo lover who's got two wee ones on the way, these unique onesies definitely take the cake. Or the coin. The Super Mario Brothers twin set might …

Want to have the coolest pumpkins on the block? We think we've got you covered this year. Grab this free Angry Birds printable pumpkin templates courtesy of Brenda Ponnay at Alpha Mom, and just trace them onto your pumpkins to create a w…

Just when I thought it wasn't possible for my kids to love Eric Carle even more, CMP fave Night & Day Studios turns their all-time fave book into a cool iPad counting app that they just can't put down. The Very Hungry Caterpillar app fea…

I currently have over 600 photos on my iPhone -- and those are just the shots I love enough to keep. Like so many moms, I've stopped carrying my real camera because I snap the kids doing something totally cute on my phone, then send it o…

I'm hardly the video gaming type, but after I was introduced to Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 last year, I've been known to pop it in and shake my butt to Ke$ha even when no one's around. So when I heard that they launched Just Dance 3, well, y…

I definitely have a thing for gadget cases with a bit of old school irony to them. Like the turntable pouch , or the digital camera cases that look like like an old manual. And now there's a fabulous iPhone case I'm adding to my covet li…

We raved about the FitBit last year as the perfect holiday tech gift for fitness-obsessed family members, so I was thrilled to learn that they just launched a new, juiced up version this week. Especially with the holiday or what I call "…

My kids ask me each and every morning, without fail: "Is it the weekend?" Oh, how they wish and will for perpetual Saturdays and Sundays. But luckily, my kids are about to be woken up in style. By a celebrity. Hit the educational advocac…

I'm really not averse to plastic gadgets if they help make my life easier, but I'm always on the lookout for more eco-friendly options. And that's exactly what I found with this handy tool that will help you keep your headphone and earbu…

I do my best to try to avoid covering my kids and well, myself, in licensed characters as much as possible, but even I have to admit that these vintage cell phone cases are pretty darn cool. The PDP line of Collector's Edition Marvel iPh…

Every parent with an iPad (and that's a lot of us) has at some point asked the same question--something along the lines of man, why can't they make one that's just for kids that doesn't cost a fortune and isn't destined to be broken in t…

Gift cards tend to get a bad rap because they seem like an afterthought. I'm still of the school that it's the thought that counts, whether it comes after or not. And now, with this new website, gift cards just got a whole lot cooler, es…

Just when I had figured out how to spell Netflix's new DVD service Qwikster , Reed Hastings announced today on the Netflix blog that they're going back to their original service after all. In the post, Hastings explained that two website…