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Gifts for Families That Travel: Gifts for Every Age
Most families who travel (and a whole lot who don’t) will tell you that it’s the experiences that matter, and we tend to agree. But that’s not always an easy gift to give. It can be expensive, time consuming, and difficult to plan. Luckily, we’ve rounded up some of the best non-experience gifts for families that travel, no matter what the age. Infants (under 12) Muslin Blankets There is just no item as versatile as a muslin blanket. In a single layer, it is thin enough to let air move while still keeping little bub’s skin free from direct sun. Folded over many a time, and its thickness becomes an…
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Must Have Gear for Traveling with a Newborn
Traveling with a newborn is bliss. I mean, really, it is. I don’t think it gets any easier as far as traveling with kids is concerned. They don’t really complain. They have erratic sleeping schedules so are pretty happy to keep whatever pace you want to set. Food isn’t a problem because they have yet to disavow anything green and pledge their tastebuds solely to chicken nuggets dipped in ketchup. Their clothes take up practically zero space. But their gear? Well, the gear for traveling with a newborn, it, you know, takes up space. Kind of a lot of space. And that comes from someone who despises carrying more than…
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Garden Grove Restaurant Character Dining: Disney’s Most Underrated Dining Experience
Things around the world of Disney change quick. Like Lightening McQueen quick (#dadjoke). So, even though I consider myself pretty expert at all things Disney, over the years I’ve come to understand that my expertise lies heavily in the realm of knowing that I don’t know everything about this magical place. This means I am constantly sourcing Disney boards, Disney blogs, Disney people, and everything else Disney I can consume in my waking, non-momming hours for information. And you know what the one thing I never hear mentioned is? It’s the Garden Grove restaurant character dining. And I just don’t understand why. We’ve sort of found ourselves at the Garden…
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Family Vacation Packing Tips: 10 Tips for Packing with Young Kids
No one needs that "What did I forget" voice nagging the folds of their brain. And there's few things worse than feeling exhausted and defeated by luggage, especially before the trip has even started. Just a little planning and plotting can quiet that voice and make dealing with luggage as easy as a walk in the park.
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15 Best Activities for Toddlers on a Plane
Oh flying. Flying isn’t so bad for most people. Now throw in a toddler or two (maybe even three). And that’s where parental fear sets in. Here’s the thing: it’s great when it’s over, but sometimes that in-between time can be, well, to put it nicely, difficult. Distraction is really every parent’s best friend, and it’s no different with flying. But what really works on those three hour flights? What about the seventeen hour flights? After setting off on fifteen hour flights and three hour flights, with one, two, or three little ones in tow, we’ve found a way or two to distract the wiggly ones. So read on to…
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Plimoth Plantation with Kids: the Perfect Pit Stop
We had no real plan on our weekend adventure to Plymouth, Massachusetts beyond going to Edaville Family Theme Park (also known in the Pre-K playground as ThomasLand). So what else should we do, we wondered…we had heard that Plymouth Rock was, well, just a rock. And Plimoth Plantation with kids? We had our reservations. Our middle little doesn’t understand the difference between yesterday and tomorrow let alone hundreds of years ago. Still, it was a sunny Spring day and we wanted to be outside. Plimoth Plantation is outside. And other than the basics of what we grown ups remembered from our elementary school days, we didn’t know much else. At…
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Massanutten Resort Review: 15 Family-Friendly Reasons to Book Your Stay
We’ve creeped and crawled our way up and down the east coast a million times this year…and last year…and before that. No matter which way we go, we always find ourselves in Virginia for…well…a lot longer than we had expected. The thing is, this isn’t because we make a ton of stops in VA; it’s because VA is deceptively large. Huge even. So there’s a lot of time to watch and think. As the road trip hours slide by, we inevitably have a conversation that goes something along the lines of, “Can we stop somewhere soon?” “I wish we had more time so we could make some stops in Virginia.…
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10 Travel Items We Can’t (Or Really We Don’t Want To) Live Without
I’d like to pretend we have this packing thing down. And we do. And then something happens, like a season changes or one of the little people gets a bit older and it’s like starting over again. Mostly. I mean, yes, there’s the clothes. Always the clothes. And the diapers. And the medicines. And all the other little travel items. But what about all that those other little travel items? Over the past seven years of traveling as a family, I’ve figured out that less is more. I always aim to bring just enough. Still, there are a few things that have stood out to us as travel items that…
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A Family and Fairy Friendly Stay at the Isle of Skye’s Uig Hotel and Lodge
We had been on a fairy hunt. And we were gearing up for another one the next morning. The hunt itself was intense. There were twisted ankles and muddy feet. We battled steep stoney hikes and hopping from slick stone to slick stone on rain-soaked rocks. We navigated tiny roads and the occasional cliff. We got lost. We got found. And then, just as dusk was rolling in, we spotted our hotel, Uig Hotel and Lodge, white and welcoming in the distance. Location Uig Hotel and Lodge is located in the northern portion of Scotland’s Isle of Skye on a hill overlooking Uig Bay, and this is the first…
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Why You Should Explore The Gulf Coast Exploreum
If you find yourself stuck with a cold day when you're along the Gulf Shores or if you need a break from summer sun, the Gulf Coast Exploreum has your back. All of our little people loved their time there and, frankly, there were a few times I had to track down the Three Kids' Dad too.
