It seems pretty daunting to bring young children out hiking or camping, what with all the dirty dirty faces, eating hot dogs for days,...
Flying with kids is complicated.
One of the biggest concerns when flying with kids is seating on the plane. Do parents need to spend the...
Looking for some kid-friendly and fun day trips from Northern Vermont? Hop across the border into Canada! Let me hook you up with some...
This year I made a New Year’s Resolution to step outside of my comfort zone more often. I’m a creature of habit, so I...
Who said camping with kids is fun?
Honestly, I have never been a huge fan of camping but when it was just me and my...
“Traveling alone is NOT for me.” I can’t even begin to count how many times I’ve said that to myself and others.
I can’t...
I recently read an article on Scary Mommy about what it’s like to have a traveling husband. It was hilarious and filled with humor...
A few days before my youngest son’s second birthday, in 1998, we moved to Southern Africa.
We’d been feeling cold and were facing some hard...
When I sat down to write this post it was suppose to go in a very different direction than it actually did. I sat...
A little over a year ago, when we moved to Vermont, I happened upon an article in Seven Days. The article was about the...
Or, why vacation, and escaping reality and your kids, is vital to your marriage and your sanity.
My husband and I recently went on a...
I have been thinking about going to Washington, DC for almost 6 years! Ever since my daughter came home in 2010, I have dreamed about...
My kids have been begging me to go camping for a few years now.
I haven't gone camping since I was a kid, so...
I read all the Harry Potter books in my 20s before having children. Much to my delight, Universal Studios opened The Wizarding World of...

















