Expanding Capsules as Travel Toys for Kids

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I was hunting through the dollar section at Target the other day, when these expanding capsules caught my eye.  They’re cheap, extremely light weight and unbreakable – they seemed like they should be the perfect travel toy.  Other ones I’ve seen have called for hot water.  That seemed like it could be a bit [...]

Howarth Park– a Wine Country with Kids Treasure

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Start with a great playground, add a lake for boating, fishing and feeding ducks, a carousel, a train ride, a petting zoo, a bounce house, pony rides, a real digging machine you can operate, and a splash pad and you’ve got a park your kids might just never want to leave.  Visiting California Wine [...]

Indestructibles-The Name Says it All for These Great Baby and Toddler Books

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For people on the go with baby or young kids, books can present a challenge.  Paperbacks aren’t very sturdy and have a hard time standing up to all the “love” that a toddler or baby can dish out.  Board books are a lot tougher, but even they can’t handle getting wet (or who [...]

The Skip Hop Spark Diaper Bag – Everything You Need at Your Finger Tips!

Our Skip Hop Spark hanging on our UPPAbaby Vista - ready to go for a day at the fair.

We have a Skip Hop Pronto diaper bag that we use all the time, and love.  We also have a bigger backpack we’ve used as a diaper bag – because travel with kids means bringing a lot of stuff with you!  However, we still felt something was missing.  True, we could easily attach the [...]

Make Summer Travel with Kids Fun and Easy!

Memorial Day marks the start of the summer travel season in the U.S.  School is almost out and it’s time for summer vacation!  While the kids are probably excited, the thought of long car rides and tiring flights can make travel with kids seem overwhelming.  Family travel doesn’t have to be stressful or difficult, [...]

On the Go with Baby – How to make impromptu travel with baby, even just out to a restaurant, easier and less stressful!

Once upon a time you could just grab your jacket and head out to dinner.  Throw a few things in a weekend bag and off you went!  But that was before you had kids.  When baby comes along, suddenly, even a quick bite at a local restaurant seems to require a mountain of diapers, [...]

Great Travel Toys for Kids that You Can Get at the Dollar Store

Travel with kids means toys and preferably new ones.  New toys are more exciting than familiar ones, but buying new toys every time you travel can get expensive.  Here are some easy ideas for travel toys that will keep your kids entertained while you travel for next to nothing.  In fact, you may already [...]

Beach With Baby–How to make the Most of Your Beach Vacation

While awaiting the birth of our second child, we decided to take another “babymoon”.  We spent our first babymoon in Hawaii.  The second time we chose another great beach vacation in Aruba.  We spent a great week relaxing on the beach at the Radisson Aruba which did its best to win our vote for [...]

Make Travel with Kids Fun: How to Choose Travel Toys

On our first trip with our daughter, we brought along lots of new baby travel toys.  Most of them were big hits, but some of the travel toys just didn’t interest her that much.  After all, we’re all different, and kids are no exception.  Given that some people don’t even (gasp!) like chocolate, there [...]

Travel with Baby: Flying Tips for Fearless Family Travel

Travel – especially air travel – seems to be full of hassles these days.  Between endless security lines, fees for everything and non-existent leg room it might be enough to make you think air travel with baby would be just too much to deal with.  But before you put away your Ziploc bag with [...]