I recently did something almost anathema to being a modern parent: I don’t carry around a water bottle anymore. There’s…

June 29, 2016

Preparing your home to host kids can be dramatically different than preparing your home for a typical, adult guest. Kids…

June 22, 2016

With the El Nino rains coming through, Bean and I have been spending an inordinate amount of time at home.…

January 13, 2016

As everything is always new to a 2 year old, I like to prepare Bean for upcoming trips and holidays…

June 10, 2015

Remember when we had this conversation a few months back about “old” you versus “new” mom you? And once baby…

April 17, 2015

I know! Flying with children! It’s the worst! So, I think the proper way to go into this is to…

April 16, 2015

Dave and I were fairly committed to keep traveling even once Bean was born. Or, a big fear was that…

April 15, 2015

The day before a flight to Baltimore last year, I stumbled onto these stickers at a local kid store and realized…

April 13, 2015

Up until a few days ago, Bean and I traveled exclusively by transit, nearly daily. With all that experience under…

January 28, 2015

My heart goes out to all of you who might be traveling over the holiday weekend and are on a…

December 16, 2014

After several international and cross-country trips, I think Dave and I have this down now. We’ve gone to San Diego…

November 19, 2014

When Bean was 10 months old, we took her on an 11 hour flight to Japan. Huzzah! I have no…

October 31, 2014