Magic moments when (and where) you least expect them
It has been one of those days.
It has been one of those days.
Of the many unexpected tips I included in Travels with Baby, some of my favorite reactions have been in response to my suggestion to pack garden training wire. If you’re scratching your head, I’ll explain: It’s a fine, flexible wire that’s coated with plastic (usually green). Sure, training wire is great for supporting tender vines…
If you’ve been following the Temperament and Travel series so far, “Travel with the Mellow Child” may sound like a walk in the park. You might even be thinking to yourself now THAT is a temperament trait not even worth featuring in a post. But if you have a mellow child in your brood, you…
After we rambled on through Yosemite, catching waterfalls and wildflowers in their prime, we dipped down to Mammoth Lakes where we had the great pleasure of building a snowman on summer vacation (don’t miss my Mammoth tips & review on TravelSavvyMom.com—with video!). Then it was time to head north on our Eastern Sierra family road…
Salem, OR – Anyone who has ever held fast to his own vision against all reason and odds can appreciate the story of how Roger Tofte’s Enchanted Forest came to be (read it here). And most families traveling the I-5 corridor through Oregon with toddlers through tweens will find much to appreciate in this one-of-a-kind–and…
When I recently discovered the Poetry Speaks to Children book with CD, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the CD and listen to the likes of Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Billy Collins reading their own poetry. Then came the moment, when just a few tracks in, my kids tilted their heads and…
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?”