We don’t have any swim practices or commitments at all on Tuesdays, so on our summer calendar, Tuesday is day trip day. Our first Tuesday day trip was to Kent Falls last week. While most of us would look back on our trip to Kent Falls and say we had fun, there was lots of […]
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Best Beaches In Connecticut — Compo Beach
I have been a beach person my whole life. I love the beach! I’ve been to beaches in Cape Cod, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Washington State, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and France. There are some amazing beaches in those places. Growing up in Connecticut, I’ve been to […]
Beach (Or Day) Trip Timesaver For Anyone With Kids
Getting out the door with even one child can be a frustrating task. When you have more than one kid and you are trying to go somewhere for the day or an afternoon and you have a bunch of stuff to pack up, it can become even more daunting. We love to go to the […]
Best Playgrounds in Connecticut — Dickinson Park
One thing I don’t take advantage of enough in the summer is going to the playground with my kids. But the town playground can get a little boring after a while and lose its excitement and appeal. Having the kids home all day and being on a pretty tight budget, when I was planning out […]
Tuesday Day Trip #1: Kent Falls State Park
In an effort to keep myself on track with work, to help myself stick to deadlines, to establish some boundaries, to help me from strangling any of the kids and to make this a fun, memory-filled summer for all of us, I made a calendar of events. I explained that all in this post, but […]
10 Lessons From Vacation To Apply To Your Everyday Life
I just got back from a two week vacation in North Carolina. And it was the first vacation since we’ve had kids where I had the opportunity to actually vacate real life. Not for long. A vacation with kids isn’t exactly a vacation. It’s more of a relocation. But there were no major catastrophes. Nobody […]