What I Really Remember from Our Family Vacations
The heat is on. The heat is on onnnn. The Glenn Fry 80s jam blares in my family’s blue Pontiac station wagon. We are on route to Virginia Beach…
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Don’t Let Mom-stress Ruin Your Family Vacation
The duffel bags are filled to the brim with every type of shoes we might need, rain gear, binoculars, insect nets, and beach towels. Tiny…
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Why we Ditched our Phones on our Family Vacation
I recently got back from a trip to Maui, Hawaii with my children (ages 2 and 4) and my husband. We spent our days at the different resort pools, the…
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Car Seat Options When Flying to Your Travel Destination
If you are traveling with a baby or toddler this summer, it is inevitable you’ll need a car seat at your destination. This then poses the…
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25 Reasons I’m a Better Mother in the Summer
As parents, I think we can all agree summer is a mixed bag. On the one hand, we’ve got the freedom of a relaxed morning schedule, no homework…
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10 Travel Tips Guaranteed to Take All the Stress Out of Vacationing with Young Children
Every summer I get a little stir crazy, looking forward to packing up the car and hitting the road for a little family time. And every summer I…
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The Grandmother Chronicles: Flat Stanley
The idea that I might someday become a grandmother didn’t hit me until I was in my mid-forties and our son found his very special lady. With a…
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Seven Essentials for Hiking…with Babies
It wasn’t a great morning to be outside, in fact it was pretty miserable. The temperature was cool and the rain was steady – certainly…
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Going on Vacation Without My Hubby and Kids
I’m getting ready to do something I haven’t done in my almost four and a half years of being a mom – go on a vacation without my kids. Excited,…
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The four stages of vacation prep
I am cursed when it comes to travel. My freshman year of college, a friend and I decided to drive to Arizona over spring break to visit another…
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