Travel with Kids

Family Vacation Traditions: Collioure over the years

April 18, 2010




Whether close to home or far away, I think there is a lot of value in family vacation traditions. When I was a kid, we often vacationed in Maine and we have memories and photographs of our family there spanning decades. We have taken Julian there and hope to take Emma there one day too. [...]

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From Bacon to Bratwurst (and a vegan cafe)

April 9, 2010




My life is about to be turned upside down and inside out and I can hardly contain my excitement. You see, comfort zones bore me and I’ve been in one for way too long now. We’ve been in the same city for eleven years, living in the same house for seven years, I’ve owned my [...]

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Forget Dancing with the Stars…try Dancing with the Clown (Wordless Wednesday)

January 6, 2010




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Parenting styles on vacation

December 26, 2009




Over the course of any given day, I get many glimpses into how other people parent their children. But those moments in time, those little peeks, are nothing compared with being in an all-inclusive child-friendly resort for a week with a ton of other families. We recently returned from a week-long vacation in Cuba. It [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Chutes Coulonge Kids Aerial Park

September 8, 2009




A few weeks ago my husband took the kids to the waterfalls and aerial park at Chutes Coulonge in Fort Coulonge, Quebec (easy day trip from Ottawa). Here are some pics from the little kids obstacle park and the waterfalls. Want more fun in and around Ottawa? Check out: Mud Lake @ DaniGirl.ca Upper Canada [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Tubes & Jujubes

August 19, 2009




Having fun at Tubes & Jujubes in Gatineau. We love this place.

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Preschooler photo art

August 10, 2009




Over the weekend, our four year old son went canoe-camping with Daddy and a family friend. While the two men packed up the campsite or prepared meals, there wasn’t always a lot for him to do. With no toys, no TV and no little sister to harass play with, he turned to his artistic side [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: On Top of the World

May 19, 2009




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Shaking the Bush Out of America

March 5, 2009




As a child, we vacationed regularly in Maine. As a young adult, I went on many cross border shopping expeditions. We live less than an hour from the border to the United States and it is natural that we would want to spend time there. In the pre-Bush days, officials at the border would take [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Best Swing Ever

February 19, 2009




Photo Credit: My friend Derek

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