journals

Harness your thoughts (and maybe a New Years' resolution) with one of our favorite free journal apps.

Whether your travels this year take you halfway across the world, to your favorite beachside resort a few hours away, or to the campground you've been visiting since the kids were toddlers, I've found an easy, beautiful, and free app for…

Okay all ye mothers who felt guilty about not getting those baby books filled with photos representing every little milestone: You are no longer alone! Because now, you don't even have to have kids to feel the pressure of owning a photo …

If you have a baby, you've probably said i t's all going by so fast 20 times just this week alone--and then felt guilty at least four times for forgetting to record all those sweet moments in a baby book somewhere. We get it! We look for…

Even with all the great lifestyle and organizational apps available to us today, there are times that nothing really replaces writing with pen and paper, whether I'm writing down funny things my kids have said or just making my grocery l…

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that it took me about 9 months to print out pictures of my third baby and put them up around the house. When I think back to how diligent I was with baby #1 and (a little less diligent with) baby #2, I h…

As a full-time working mom of three, I can barely remember what I had for lunch today, let alone things my kids did three days ago, which is why I am so glad to have discovered the Heyday app . It's become my automatic rememberer (is tha…

I'm not a scrapbooker, journaler, or preserver of much beyond Instagram and Facebook, but I love the new Highlights of Your Life baby journal book created by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Sara Gillingham. In my own baby books, my children loo…

I always love seeing new tech that really benefits parents, and super smart newborn apps are one of those awesome advances I wish had been around 12 years ago when I was getting ready to welcome my first baby. Just out yesterday, the Bab…

As someone who has kept diaries and notebooks since I was a kid, I am completely enthralled with Mod Notebooks , a new service and app that helps you digitize handwritten notes when you use their special journals. All you need is a Mod N…

Now that I've discovered this amazing new journaling app, I know plenty of parents can make up for lost time without going out of their way. In fact, it might be the very best baby book app I've found. I pretty much ditched the baby book…

The cold weather and I aren't the best of friends. If I were to draw my expression from the beginning of 2013, the most predominant would probably be of a face with chattering teeth. And with this adorable emoticon calendar I can do just…

Considering I never leave home without my Moleskine and am completely addicted to Evernote , you can imagine how excited I was to hear about their brand new collaboration that's nothing short of amazing. And if you're not yet using Evern…

Oh, I used to journal. And I still do, kind of--if you consider typing out whatever memories and thoughts I can actually remember at the end of a long day. Like a lot of new parents, journaling has taken a bit of a back seat these days t…