Our latest trip in a nutshell (no, not around-the-world in a walnut!): Those of you following me on Facebook or Twitter may have caught wind of the whirlwind past couple of weeks, during which we adventured to Maui and Molokai, snorkeled with sea turtles, beached with whales, conquered the Road to Hana, and occupied 5…
Traveling with babies and young children can present many logistical challenges. Keeping that spark of romance alive and well, let alone fanning it into a flame during a family vacation, may sound like a ridiculous proposition on top of everything else to negotiate. Still, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in traveling with a baby,…
What’s got 418 pages, 58 photos, 25 chapters, 8 packing and check lists, 3 tables, and one huge reason to be on your Amazon wish list? The new revised and expanded Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Travel with Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler is now available at Amazon.com! And to my friends…
I’m trying something new today! I know there are a lot of you with QUESTIONS as well as great tips and advice to share amongst yourselves, and since Facebook began limiting how many page followers (likers) actually see what gets posted there, I’m excited about this new option of embedding YOUR questions right here in…
For the past several months, I’ve been coming to terms with how finishing a book is not like the metaphor of pregnancy and birth so many nice people suggest it is. Nope.
Sure, there is the frequent need to pop antacids and eat strange foods, the unpredictable mood swings, the feeling that you can never get good rest at night and need a nap most days, and as the due date gets closer you start to wonder how you can possibly last (or survive) another month at the rate you’ve been going–while in the back of your mind you keep wondering, “What is this new little creature going to look like?”
I’ve always been a fan of “experiential gifts” for family members, when possible – from signing my husband up for singing lessons (a shock to him) which caused a huge transformation in not just his singing but his confidence doing so solo in front of an audience, to a hair-curling seaplane ride with my mother…