My entire life I’ve watched my family—and later my in-laws—set up camp kitchens in the wilderness to put my own at home to shame (this includes a rafting trip we took through a remote wilderness area where we camped in a different site each night and all the food and gear traveled in our boats)….
Don’t miss Sydney: 5 Best with Kids Under 5 One common misconception among the American parents I hear from is that our car seats and our car seat laws in the U.S. are the toughest anywhere. Not so. In fact, the European branded car seats you may purchase here are manufactured to meet our FMV…
Reminder – Guidebook giveaway ends tonight! “Do you think parents should have to buy seats on airplanes for babies and toddlers?” Click here to share your answer and enter to win. If you’re preparing to fly with a baby or toddler this summer, particularly on American Airlines, the news that “you’ll no longer be able to…
Note: That’s not me in the kitchen. (Heheh.) While planning our Costa Rica trip, there were so many things to look forward to—an aerial tram ride, monkey sightings, wildlife sanctuaries, hanging bridges, beaches, volcanoes, butterflies, waterfalls—but one thing I especially looked forward to (as the uninspired cook for a family of 5) was the night…
Clearly one of the highlights of our entire Costa Rica adventure was our time spent on the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific coast (read all about the amazing first house where we stayed here). To get to the Nicoya Peninsula from central Costa Rica, including San Jose, you will either catch a short flight to Tambor…
While planning our trip to Costa Rica, I kept coming across tourism sites reminding Americans that it’s only a 3-hour flight away from Miami. That would have been fantastic. But for us, using primarily frequent flyer miles to accommodate six people traveling from San Francisco… we left the house in the dark of morning and…