Tag: vacation

My husband recently spent a month in Des Moines for work. Since my kids and I hadn’t had much of a chance to explore...

I just returned from a ten day trip to see my family. Notice the use of the word "trip" rather than "vacation" to describe...

Guys, I have to be honest. Apologies in advance if I offend anyone. I hate summer break. There, I said it. Now, just to inoculate myself from...

What is scarier: Toddlers on a plane or snakes on a plane?? I vote toddlers. I recently embarked on a trip to Florida and took our...

You may have remembered from a previous blog post the internal debate I was having of whether we should vacation with or without our...

My husband and I are huge fans of day trips. They are convenient, relatively inexpensive, fun, and can be spontaneous. We often start with...

My husband and I both work in education, which means we only have two opportunities to take a vacation: spring break and summer. Unfortunately,...

If you’re lucky, you get to plan. You pick an ideal time, you hope for the best, and oh, happy day, it works! You’re...

Summer is here, and that means it's road trip season! I know that when it comes to planning our summer road trip, my main...

As far as school moms go, I'm definitely a rookie.  My oldest is in Kindergarten, my middle is in pre-school, and my youngest is...