Happy Valentines Day

After visiting my 3rd grader twin boys valentines day party and seeing all of those cute valentines, I decided to share one with my readers. I think I had some influence from my tween son who regularly shows me pictures from the site “Damn You Autocorrect” (making fun of how phones “autocorrect” text’s people are sending to change what the sender had intended to say). But I have to warn anyone that reads that site – there are lots of inappropriate texts shared. The concept is true: auto correct does lead to some funny texts. So here is mine along with a meme on Twitter today where people are sharing candy heart reject sayings.

 

Happy Valentines Day to all.. Just don’t text your feelings to your loved ones – share it the old fashioned way with cards and telling them with a “live” conversation (or video chat only if they are far away). As I said on Twitter for another sharing theme on LoveNotes in honor of the Samsung Galaxy Note Facebook challenge: “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I will shut off all of my electronics tonight just for you.”

 

Ok, maybe no electronics just during dinner at least.

 

 

In Honor of Susan Niebur – Her Inspiration Will Always Be With Us

When people ask me about the parent blogging community, I say it is a diverse and supportive community.  Most can’t understand how online relationships can translate to friendships, but it does. I had the honor of meeting Susan Niebur (WhyMommy) through BlogHer. Beyond being a parent blogger, she was also also a scientist, mother and amazing friend to many. The first time I had an extended email conversation with her was on the night she posted about her courageous fight with cancer and that she was going in for a Double Mastectomy. When I read that post, I emailed her to see if there was anything I could do. She was so brave and took the time to respond to my email with information about Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I then followed her inspirational journey online at her blog Toddler Planet. When I had the opportunity to spend time with her at BlogHer events – my admiration grew – she was like a strong ray of light that touched so many. Or -as she put in her blog – a fighting princess. I even had the chance to take a picture of her at BlogHer 08 (above).

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Top Questions To Ask Mom Before Buying Tech

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and tech is top of mind for many moms. In the past I spent countless hours putting together  gift guides. But this year I decided to keep the momentum going with my well known use of Twitter microblogging at @TechMama. Starting today and this weekend I will be tweeting out articles about Mothers Day tech. So please follow me @TechMama to find out what gadgets are being recommended for moms. One of my favorite sites for this type of “cool tech for moms” is CoolMomTech.  Of course, I could not post without giving my own tips – but they may just be different then most. In fact, my tips will be the top questions to ask mom before buying her tech.

Anyone buying tech for their moms has to step back and think about what tech “infrastructure and requirements” their mom (or wife) has. How does that special mom use technology in her life? Just because an iPad2 is the hottest gadget being discussed for mother’s day – does not mean that it is the right gift for mom.

WHAT? Did I actually just say that the iPad2 may not be the right gift for mom? YES… I did…

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Beauty of the Talking Twins

I am the proud mother of three boys, two of which are twins. All siblings have a special connection (and sometimes special brawls), but twins have an extra connection that is hard to describe. When I think back to the days my twins were babies, there were many special moments that they communicated to each other in their own secret language. I could even call it babble with meaning.

The other day a friend, who knows I have twins, sent me a link to the new viral sensation: Talking Twins taken by Twinmamarama (hat tip to SFGate for helping me figure out who the brillant mama who took the video is).

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