A couple weeks ago I declared that this upcoming school year was going to be the Year of No. A couple years ago I declared that I was going to stop working on Sundays and make sure I spent time recharging and connecting with my family. That Sunday thing kind of fell by the wayside. […]
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5 Things You Can Do To Make A Trip To The Beach With Kids A Little Easier
Kids are always excited to go to the beach. Then you get there, and it takes approximately twelve seconds for the whining to begin. Here are five things you can do to keep the whining, crying, and discomfort at bay. 1) Cut the liner out of boys’ suits. Grown men might need that netting in […]
A Day at the Beach
We’ve been on vacation for three days now, and I’ve captured some pretty fun moments on camera. But don’t be fooled. A day at the beach isn’t really a day at the beach. There is more crying down here on vacation than there is at home. There is crying about it being too hot outside. […]
Vacation Goals
We are officially settled into our vacation place. It’s a three bedroom condo about 1/2 mile from the beach in North Carolina, the same town I’ve been coming to every August since the summer before my senior year in high school. Every year, that is, except for the last five years when we couldn’t afford […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
More Lessons From Vacation
We have too much crap in our house. I have too much crap, and my kids have too much crap. We have too many toys and too many clothes and too many, well, too many of pretty much everything. And I don’t feel like we are really over-the-top. My kids have much less stuff than […]