Photo Fave: Hiking Kilauea Iki Crater, Volcanoes National Park – pregnant
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Big island, big belly, big hike? Time for a big shave ice. |
All content of this blog (c) Shelly Rivoli 2007 – 2011
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Big island, big belly, big hike? Time for a big shave ice. |
All content of this blog (c) Shelly Rivoli 2007 – 2011
In celebration of national Arbor Day, I thought I’d post one of my favorite photos of one of my favorite trees. There are many trees to like at Big Trees Calaveras State Park in northern California, but I especially remember this moment when my daughters had been scurrying through the trees, happy as your average…
The sand beach and picnic area at Crissy Field, San Francisco. I just wrapped up a fantastic week where I got to play host to out-of-town and out-of-country guests, sharing with them many of my favorite places to take the kids in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. Let me tell you, we put some…
Kauai is home to three gardens that are part of the “National Tropical Botanical Garden”: Limahuli Garden, which is located in the wetter north of the island; and the McBryde and Allerton Gardens, which are both located in the south near Poipu, and share this entrance. If you’re visiting Kauai with young children, be aware…
It was a little awkward coming face to face with the celebrated mummies of the British Museum – with three young children. Until then, death had been easy to talk about in abstract, philosophical, and even flowery terms. But here at the British Museum, it was laid out on display in all its ancient bandaged…
One good reason to wear your baby facing forward? Blowing kisses to the crowd to pass the time in the airport line. Come on grouchy travelers, tell me you don’t want to see this baby boarding your flight? The girls were heartsick, however, after SO MUCH FUN in Jamaica and having to leave the vacation nannies they’d…
The great thing about dragging your three kids to Paris in winter? There is much to do inside! And no, thankfully, it didn’t rain the entire time. On this day, we took some obligatory photos by the Iron Asparagus before heading to… (click here to continue reading)