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Hate to Pack? Try This “Hack.”

Jul 01 2016

When it’s a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence, I just have to share. Getting all three of my kids to agree to anything at the same time and in the same place is practically a miracle. As my mother-in-law has observed, not just with her own grandkids but in other families as well: one child is always unhappy. Not this time. And the task involved actual work. A request. And since the reward wasn’t a lego set (note: it never is)…well, I still can’t believe this project went 3-for-3.

I’m Driving With Kids, Guess What’s In My Glovebox?

Apr 29 2015

This week: a post on the lighter side inspired by a recent family road trip to California. It was great fun and the kids did really well riding the 2,000-plus miles. Which, pardon the pun, is a true milestone. My kids are in grade school and at this wonderful age teachers send makeup work along and this helps pass the time. It does so in theory, anyway. Friends named Pixar, Mad Libs and Motel Swimming Pool were indispensable as my husband and I bribed the kids into getting homework done. So in a nutshell, UN-caliber negotiations and movies and…

Several Thousand “Octibels” Above the Ground

Sep 23 2014

Not unlike many infants, my younger son at six months old had a penchant for squealing. His whole body shook with unbridled glee as he opened his little mouth wide and let loose, eyes shining with the head-ringing volume he attained. As proud as he was, and even though he was making the happiest of infant sounds, few others were as pleased as he was at his ability. Case in point: the crabby fellow air traveler who had the nerve to tell me he didn’t like being seated next to a mother and her baby on an airplane. So…

“Family” Vacations

May 06 2014

I need some feedback. And a serious dose of reality. Because I think when it comes to planning a trip that includes our kids, my husband and I are misguided. I would love to hear from you, my readers, your opinions on traveling with kids and how to work the tough yet inevitable situations where one of the children is super-unhappy. Or if all of them are double super-unhappy. Because we just returned from a weekend away in Moab, Utah. Hearing about the spectacular beauty of Arches National Park and the less-heard-of Dead Horse Canyon and that kids love the…

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