Taking Kids to the Museum – Before You Go 11
Your next visit to the museum with kids can be a better experience with a little advance planning.
Travel Tips
How to Handle Gifts when Traveling over the Holidays 10
If you’re traveling over the holidays, then you probably are facing the conundrum of how to handle the gifts. Let’s look at your options. If you’re going to be away from home for the holidays, there are a few questions you have to answer. What is the plan for the […]
Make Traveling with Kids Enjoyable, Do This One Thing
Traveling in general can be an ordeal. Add kids to the mix and it can become a huge headache. But there is a way to make it better, and even enjoyable. It’s all about your perspective. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash One of the biggest problems parents face when traveling with kids […]
Road Trip Safety Checklist
If you’ve been following me for a while (especially on instagram), you know I love to travel. That’s probably because I was raised by parents who loved to go on road trips. I learned a lot about vehicle safety from my dad who was always meticulous about inspecting his vehicle before […]
Tropical Family Getaway Packing Tips
Are you planning a family tropical getaway? Use these packing tips inspired by our last family vacation to the Caribbean island of Roatán, Honduras. Bug repellent. Wherever there is humidity, there are insects. They are annoying and can carry extremely harmful diseases. You can find many different types of bug repellent; sprays, essential […]
Tips for Flying with Toddlers 9
I feel like my tot and I are pros at plane travel. I can’t count the number of times we’ve flown since she was born, and she’s only two! Most of those flights were just the two of us, so I had to get good at flying solo with a […]
Entertaining Young Kids on Road Trips 15
We recently took my two and a half year old daughter with us on a 350-mile road trip. I knew I was asking a lot for Pooky to sit in her car seat for hours on end. We planned in several stops to allow her to stretch her legs, but […]
What I Packed in my Toddler’s Carry-On 16
Pooky and I travel a lot, and since she turned two, I now have to buy her a seat on the plane. The silver lining to this added expense is that now I don’t have to cram a ton of stuff into my one bag that I take on board. […]
Packing Checklists for Kids and Adults 4
Earlier I wrote a post on the misadventures we had on a recent trip. Some of these problems could have been avoided if I’d had (and used) a packing checklist. I finally sat down and wrote out two comprehensive lists; one for me, and one for my daughter. I […]
Taking the Family to Spain 2
Our upcoming trip to France reminds me that I never posted about last year’s trip to Spain. (I wasn’t yet blogging back then.) My daughter was only 15 months old when we went. What were we thinking?! Actually other than a couple days of jet lag, I have no real […]