Getting to the point where you ready to actually take off on vacation takes a little car maintenance preparation. Once your ready to hit the road for a family vacation, these best apps for road trip travel should be downloaded onto your smart phone. Not only will they help you save money, they can help you make it to your destination with ease. These are great choices for anyone traveling alone or with their family.7 Best Apps For Road Trip TravelGoogle Maps: There are many GPS apps … [Read more...]
Adventurous Gift for the Adventuring Dad
The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free.If you have a man on your shopping list for Father's Day who loves adventures, going fast, climbing, loves heights and see the world from a different perspective, I have the perfect Father's Day gift for you! Best Buy is the destination for drones, including the new Solo™ by 3DR. Now is the time to explore for Father’s Day.The Solo™ is more than … [Read more...]
Super Hero Assemble App Tutorial
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AvengersUnite #CollectiveBiasI've always been a big super hero fan. When I was younger I would read comics and watch all the super hero cartoons. As I grew up I always keep myself in the super hero "loop". I have loved all the movies and the super hero universe that Marvel has created and continues to expand. I look forward to these movies so much! Whenever there is a super hero app … [Read more...]
OurPact Helps Parents Manage Screen Time
There are screens galore at my house and everyone knows how to use them, even my two-year old and do his thing on a tablet without any help from me. Now I really don't mind all the screens we have and I don't mind my kids using them. The majority of the games on our tablets and phones are educational and we have some movies. The key to keeping Momma happy with the screens is by limited use.My 5-year-old is the worst offender. He loves to watch toy review videos on YouTube, so I'll tell him … [Read more...]
5 Reason I Love the VTech Go! Go! Smart Friends Busy Sounds Discovery Home
I received the product free for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Growing up I had a few friends whose birthdays fell right around Christmas. I always felt bad for them getting all their presents for the year in one shot! Then my youngest decided to be born a few days after Christmas and it became my dilemma to make Birthday separate from Christmas but still awesome! This year when Toys R Us sent the VTech Go! Go! Smart Friends Busy Sounds … [Read more...]
Take Your Workout to the Next Level with Jabra Pulse Sport Wireless at Best Buy
The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. With the New Year here many people have probably added working out, losing weight, becoming healthy and/or joining a gym to their New Year's Resolutions! Jabra wants to help make these goals a lot more fun and effective with the Jabra Pulse Sport Wireless earbuds found at Best Buy. Jabra Sport Pulse Wireless is an all-in-one training solution … [Read more...]
Gifts for your Gamer Girl – Animal Crossing:New Leaf & Tomodachi Life
Christmas came early at our house! I try to save some of my blogger perks for big occasions like birthdays or Christmas, but when I got the chance to try two games on our Nintendo 3DS, I couldn't wait or save them! I was just as excited as my daughter to download Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Tomodachi Life and start playing!I downloaded the games while she was at school because I wanted the chance to play. I knew once she got her hands on the Nintendo 3DS I wouldn't get it back for a while. … [Read more...]
Connecting with Family on Walmart Family Mobile
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HolidaysAreCalling #CollectiveBiasDo you ever want to give your kids Christmas presents before Christmas Day? I sure do. So this year I did! Because of how affordable Walmart Family Mobile phones and plans are I decided to get my kids a phone to use for calling their Grandparents, texting with them and skyping them. My kids are way to young to have cell phones on a regular basis. This … [Read more...]
My Favorite Features of the Sony Xperia Z3v
Occasionally I work with Verizon to review their new products. Right before I left on the Tuckaway Shores Resort press trip I was offered to review the Sony Xperia Z3v phone to review. Since I had learned it was waterproof, I thought it would be an awesome travel companion to the beach!Here are my favorite features from using the phone for 2 months:Call quality is fantastic. Verizon has excellent service and so it has worked perfectly wherever I have been in my travels. Waterproof! Like I … [Read more...]
LeapTV Gets Kids Active
I'm participating in a "Leap into Gaming" party from Mom Select. I received a free Leap TV for the party and to review. All opinions are my own.What if I told you your kids could play video games, learn and be active all at the same time? Would you believe me? Well, guess what? They can! With LeapFrog's LeapTV video gaming system your kids can learn, reinforce things they already know and be active.I was chosen to participate in a "Leap Into Gaming" party from Mom Select in which they … [Read more...]
Is the VTech Innotab MAX Right for Your Kids? + Giveaway
I received a complimentary product from VTech in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own.The amount of choices for kids electronics is ever-growing and can be quite overwhelming. It seems every year a new children's tablet comes out. How do you choose which one is right for you? Well, let me help by telling you about the features of the VTech Innotab MAX and why I love it!VTech sent me the Innotab MAX to include in my Holiday Gift Guide. I was super excited to try it out and … [Read more...]
Fun Ways to ‘Teach My Toddler’
Teach My has partnered with Making of a Mom in the 2014 Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless of compensation all opinions are 100% my own.You've heard the phrase "Kids are like sponges" right? Well it's true. My toddler who is 21 months old is walking proof of that. He loves learning. He loves doing any activity that will help him learn his numbers, shapes, colors or alphabet. Back when he was a little baby, he and I would play with the Teach My Baby Learning Kit. Now he has graduated to … [Read more...]
A Smartwatch for my Kids
Disclosure: The VTech product, gift card, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by VTech. All experiences and opinions are my own.I love getting to try out new toys for my kids. I am of the opinion that electronics can be used to really help teach our kids information, teach them new skills and capture their interest in learning in new ways. I like the for many reasons.Take a look at this list of features:Takes Pictures Has fun photo effects Take … [Read more...]
Using Technology for Fun Alphabet Education
Disclosure: This is a compensated post. Regardless all opinions and experiences are my own. Yours may differ. We have a lot of electronic devices in our home, probably too many. We have 3 old iPhones (they were hand-me-downs), 2 Samsung Galaxy S3's, and two Android tablets. Yes, now that I type that out I know it is too many things. The kicker is that each of these devices is loaded with educational apps for my kids. We have math apps, puzzle apps, spelling apps and my newest … [Read more...]
A Gift for your “Braun”y Man
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Father's Day is coming. For most Father's Day is celebrating an influential man in your life. This can be a Dad, Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend, Grandpa, or others. Whoever this special man is, he needs a special gift. How about the gift of a smooth, soft face with help from the Braun Series 7 shaver?My husband's face grows hair like a bear so he really … [Read more...]
