Tag: Travel
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Rainy February Family Visit to Portugal with two kids 13 & 12
February in Portugal: When Life Gives You Rain and Residency Appointments We had to go to Portugal in early February for an AIMA residency appointment (you don’t get to pick the date), so we figured we’d escape the sub-zero temperatures at home and make it a family trip. The kids would miss a week of…
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The Versatile Waterproof Sneaker Every Sports Parent Needs
If you’re like me, you have very reasonable requirements for footwear: keep my feet dry when it’s below 60°F, survive the muddy gauntlet of youth sports sidelines, and maybe—just maybe—let me do something vaguely athletic while my kids are warming up. Is that too much to ask? Apparently, yes. Yes it is. The Waterproof Sneaker…
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A Scandinavian Family Adventure
A Scandinavian Adventure: When Grandparents Choose Sweden and Norway Delivers Magic When we asked Nonna and Grandpa Charles where they wanted to go for their big trip, we secretly hoped they’d pick somewhere warm. The kids had been lobbying hard for Italy or Japan, but Charles’s Swedish heritage won out – Sweden it was, with…
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Woom Bikes: The Ultimate Kids Bike Brand
When I was looking to get our kids bikes to get them started riding, I did a lot of research. I found that training wheels were a bad idea and that a balance bike was the way to start them off. After a balance bike, the most important thing was weight and the ergonomics that…
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NYC Family Staycation
A real parent’s guide to surviving New York City with tweens (and actually having fun) A Tale of Tiny Hotel Rooms, Subway Meltdowns, and Why Your Kids Will Remember the Pizza Forever The Setup: When “Staycation” Means Taking the Train to Chaos With our 11 and 12-year-olds on spring break and a big Scandinavia trip…
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Montreal with Kids: A Long Weekend Adventure That Felt Like Europe (With All the Real-Life Plot Twists)
November 4-7, 2023 | Kids ages 10 and 9 Sometimes you want to feel like you’ve traveled to Europe without actually crossing an ocean. Enter Montreal – our perfect solution for a long weekend that would give us that “foreign land” experience while keeping the drive time reasonable (well, mostly reasonable) from the Hudson Valley.…
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Jungle to Beach: Our Spring Break Family Adventure in Belize
After three years of chilly spring break destinations (Ireland, Iceland, and Germany), we decided it was time for some sunshine and warmth! Our family of four, including our 10 and 11-year-old boys, set off for a week-long adventure in beautiful Belize. Here’s our experience splitting time between the lush jungle and pristine beaches of this…
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The Great Washer Swap: Electrolux vs. Our Old LG
The Hunt for a Second-Floor-Friendly Washer Look, I’ll be honest—I had Electrolux earmarked as our next washer practically since we bought our LG back in 2010. Why? Because our LG, while generally reliable, shook our entire house like we were experiencing a minor earthquake whenever it hit the spin cycle. When you’ve got laundry on…
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A Family Learning to Snowboard. What Could Go Wrong?
I spent a good part of my teenage and college winters going skiing and had always wanted to share that with our kids. But here’s the thing: skiing (or snowboarding) is now REALLY expensive. Rentals, helmets, tickets, clothing—it adds up to more than $1,000 for a family of four. All for an outing that our…
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6 Days in Iceland with Kids: A Family Adventure
October 2-9, 2022 After the COVID lockdown lifted, we decided it was time for a real adventure. With Play Airlines now flying out of our regional airport, Iceland felt like the perfect destination for our family of four (kids aged 10 and 8). Since Jennifer didn’t feel like planning another elaborate trip and I admittedly…
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A Memorial Journey Through Germany: Adventure, Mishaps, and Memories
Originally planned for spring break 2022, postponed by COVID, transformed into a memorial trip for my mother – our family’s unforgettable adventure through Germany with kids (11 & 10) and grandparents (70s). The Journey That Almost Wasn’t Our German adventure had more plot twists than a soap opera. First planned for spring 2022 to visit…
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DC with Kids: A Winter Break Adventure (Ages 7 & 9)
December 2021 – When pandemic fatigue meets family wanderlust Between Christmas and New Year’s 2021, we decided to escape the Hudson Valley winter doldrums and take our boys (ages 9 and 7) on their first real DC adventure. Because nothing says “relaxing holiday break” like navigating the nation’s capital with two energetic kids, right? The…
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Our Williamsburg Adventure: A Family Trip with Two Elementary Schoolers
April 14-19, 2019 | Kids: Ages 6 and 7 The Great Musket Obsession (And Other Colonial Williamsburg Truths) Let me start with the most important piece of advice I can give you about Colonial Williamsburg with kids: Every single child will be running around with toy muskets. I’m talking about a full-blown colonial arms race in miniature.…
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Ireland with Kids and Family: A Comedy of Errors and Emerald Isle Magic
Ireland Travel Adventure: March 22-31, 2018 Disclaimer: I’m writing about this trip 7+ years after the fact, so I may not be remembering things exactly as they happened. But hey, that’s what makes family stories better, right? Time has a way of turning disasters into comedy gold. The Cast of Characters When Norwegian Air started…
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Tulum with Toddlers: A Family Adventure in Learning
January 2017 – Ages 5 and 4 Sometimes the best family vacations are the ones that teach you the most about your kids (and yourself). Our January 2017 trip to Tulum, Mexico was exactly that kind of adventure – equal parts paradise and parenting reality check, with a healthy dose of “what were we thinking?”…
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