How to Plan Activities for Road Trips with Kids Ages 3-8

How to Plan Activities for Road Trips with Kids Ages 3-8

Does the idea of a family road trip excite you? Make you panic a bit? Do you look at the number of hours in the car and dread them? Wonder how on earth you, let alone you kids, will manage to stay entertained for that 

Essential Tips for Surviving Camping with Toddlers

Essential Tips for Surviving Camping with Toddlers

“You’re going camping with your kids?!?” If you have ever considered the idea of camping with toddlers out loud around other people, you are probably familiar with this response. Camping with young children can seem daunting. I know that I was nervous before our first trip and 

3 Simple Steps to Reset When Family Travel Goes Wrong

3 Simple Steps to Reset When Family Travel Goes Wrong

The flight attendant was giving me one of those “get your *%#+ together crazy mama” looks as I re-boarded the plane clutching my daughter’s kindle in hand. affiliate links are included in this post. It has been one of those days. You know the kind 

5 Math and Movement Games to Play While You Wait

5 Math and Movement Games to Play While You Wait

I had just said “stand still please” for the fifteenth time in ten minutes and my daughter sighed long and hard as she stomped her feet back to the space next to me showing me she was as annoyed as I was. We had been 

5 Top Tips for Surviving a Holiday Parade with Kids

5 Top Tips for Surviving a Holiday Parade with Kids

Holiday Parades have a been a favorite Christmas event for our family almost every where we have lived. We’ve also enjoyed Thanksgiving and St Patrick’s Day parades. Surviving them with little kids can be tricky some times. However, with a few tips they can become