red lanterns for celebrating Chinese New Year in Taipei

Celebrating Chinese New Year in Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese New Year: The Biggest of the Chinese Holidays In addition to marking the beginning of each lunar (moon) year, Chinese New Year represents the most important holiday of the year in traditional Chinese culture.  You can find it being celebrated in Chinatowns all over the world. It’s naturally a huge event in my native…

Argentina’s tradition of Three Kings… and their thirsty camels

Argentina’s tradition of Three Kings… and their thirsty camels

Today, I invite you on a virtual visit to  Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the children anxiously await the arrival of the Three Kings … and their camels. Argentine native, Alejandra Vicco, first shared this Central and South American tradition with us in December 2011, when she was proprietor of Bebeba Baby Equipment Rentals in Buenos…

toddler at Walt Disney World

5 Expert Tips for Visiting Walt Disney World with a Baby, Toddler or Preschooler

Today’s guest post comes from Jeffrey Merola, author of three Disney World guidebooks, including his newest: The Busy Family’s Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2015, available in paperback and Kindle ebook editions. It seems nearly every parent wants to take their child to the family vacation capital of the world, but the question that…

Sara Stevenson the "Tini Yogini" offers tips to stay fit during family vacations

Five tips for staying fit in spite of your next family vacation

Today’s guest post comes from Sarah Stevenson, a.k.a. “The Tini Yogini.” I thought these tips were very timely with Thanksgiving travel (and general holiday gluttony) around the corner, though they can certainly help anyone planning an upcoming family vacation where they don’t want to lose their post-baby pound-shedding momentum. Sarah is mom to a 12-year-old…