Travel

When the doctor hands you that baby, or you sign those adoption papers, or even when you see the two pink lines on the stick, you are forever changed.  You've been a daughter, a granddaughter, a cousin, a friend,...

Anyone else struggle with budgets and family vacations? As a mother of four, I want to create opportunities for memories and bonding time with my family, but it can be expensive! For most of our family life we have...

When our first child was born, we lived in an apartment complex. There was no lavish backyard or pretty neighborhood, just a dilapidated courtyard, where school children would occasionally chase after one another.  Fast forward four years and here we...

Spring break is upon us! Do you have a fun trip coming up? If your plans include travel by plane, consider these air travel tips from a former “road warrior” to make your trip go a little more smoothly! Pack...

I have decided to take a brief hiatus from my "speech and language development" posts to write about something that I have been thinking about again and again in recent weeks. What is this new topic you may ask?...

I did something out of the norm a few weeks ago. (Well, at least out of the norm for me.) I took a trip alone to another country–Spain. This was not a trip that I had planned on my...

My husband and I know that it is important for our kids to have a good relationship with both sets of their grandparents, including understanding where they live and where they come from. My parents live nearby, but my husband's...

Holidays mean spending time with family both near and far. For some of us, the far part can mean that it's time for a road trip. With four kids, plane tickets for a trip to visit our families can...

Welcome back to our Disney 101 series! So far we’ve covered the WHY, WHO, WHEN, and HOW in the first part of the series and the WHERE in the second part. Now for the WHAT! Are you having fun planning...

At the end of the week, I’m embarking on an adults-only vacation to Jamaica with my husband and a group of our college friends. As I write this post, it’s two degrees in Iowa City. I haven’t taken off...