monday dreaming of melbourne
Melbourne is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria, which is the second smallest but most densely populated state. Melbourne is a bustling vibrant capital city, with interesting neighborhoods to explore, good shopping and great dining. We visited Melbourne in 2000, when CAM was three and I was pregnant with BigB. My top-5 attractions Read the Rest…
travel, kids and cultural awareness
I read an interesting article the other day. It made me stop and think. So how do you teach your kids to be culturally aware? And is this even possible? I wrote a long response to the author’s question on this on the twittermoms forum, but I care enough about this topic that I thought Read the Rest…
how to avoid crawling under airplane seats…
…to pick up your child’s crayons/markers/pencils. The TRAYblecloth from the folks over at Love To Travel Products is a must-have for any mom juggling children, bags, snacks and toys on a flight. This is a product which your child will use from toddlerhood all the way through to middle school. The clear vinyl surface can Read the Rest…
planning a RTW trip with two kids
Courtesy: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Have you ever wanted to just pick up sticks and go? To pack your belongings in a bag and travel the world? I have. In fact, it’s been a lifelong dream of mine. I have done so once, when the WanderDad and I moved from Ireland to the Read the Rest…
but I thought we were going to rio for mardi gras
When BigB was just a few weeks old, we took our first trip with two kids, to Kauai. With a mid-summer baby, we had thought that any travel would be out of the question that year. And then there he was, healthy, full term and sleeping like a baby. For two travel-junkie parents, to stay Read the Rest…
traveling makes kids say the funniest things…
Like they need to be traveling to make them say funny things. Traveling just adds an extra fuel to the imaginative and verbal mix-ups they come out with. Kayt Sukel wrote a fun piece on why we travel with kids last week. It made me think of the whacky things my boys have said and Read the Rest…
celebrity pilot comes to the rescue and other travel tales
Who knew? Apparently Bruce Dickenson, lead singer with Iron Maiden, also works as a commercial pilot. He just had his own vacation cut short to help rescue passengers stranded in Egypt and Greece by the recent collapse of XL Leisure Group. Thanks to Lisa Mullins, the host of PRI’s “The World” for adding this tidbit Read the Rest…
mayan ruins and water parks in mexico
It’s Photo Friday again. Brought to us of course, by Debbie at DeliciousBaby. My photos this week were taken in Mexico in 2006 (when CAM and BigB were 10 and 6 respectively). We planned our summer vacation gambling on the weather that year: we vacationed on the Mayan Riviera (the Caribbean cost of the Yucatan Read the Rest…
family reunion in tuscany
Last summer, on the WanderDad’s birthday, as he was lamenting the fact that this was his last thirtysomething birthday, my wheels started spinning with plans for a 40th birthday party celebration. It would have to be something special. With most of our families in Europe it made sense to combine “the event” with a vacation. Read the Rest…
look what big eyes I’ve got…
I’m really enjoying hunting through my photos looking for wierd and whacky ones to include in Debbie’s Photo Friday on DeliciousBaby. CAM, with the treasures he found at the Lucca flea market. Here’s what happens when you let your kids loose in a flea market in a city in a another country: they buy stuff. Read the Rest…
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