5 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for the Traveling Mom
May05

5 Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for the Traveling Mom

If your family is anything like mine, they have been asking what to get for Mother’s day this weekend, repeatedly. Here are Great Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for the Traveling Mom – also good for the Mom who wants to #travelmore Mother’s Day Gift Ideas 1: The Extreme Mother’s Day Gift – A trip! For moms to be – a babymoon. For new moms an overnight escape. For the mom of many – an all-inclusive resort, or one that offers nanny and...

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Join Us For #Girlstravel Chat

I am so excited to be co-hosting this weeks travel chat #girlstravel on twitter with the amazing hosts: Beth @sheswanderful, Colleen @AdlibTraveller, and Susan @travlin_girl. This is a super fun travel chat for women and I am honored to be co-hosting with these awesome travel experts! Here is how to do participate in #girlstravel: Starting at 6pm GMT, 11am PST this Monday April 20th search under the hashtag #girlstravel, click ALL at...

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Join us for #JAChat
Apr14

Join us for #JAChat

I am so excited to be co-hosting this weeks travel #JAChat on twitter with the amazing hosts: Pola @jettingaround, Francesca @workmomtravels, Romy @snoopsmaus, & Dave @cooksipgo. This is one of the best twitter travel chats around and I am honored to be co-hosting with these awesome travel experts! Join this week’s #JAchat to discuss visiting cities with kids and share your photos/tips!  Here are the questions: Which cities would...

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Healthy Travel Snack Ideas
Apr07

Healthy Travel Snack Ideas

No matter how or where you are traveling, snacks are an important thing to pack. What we eat affects us in a big way; who wants to be feeling crappy from that questionable airplane or gas station food on a travel day? Not me! So I find it best to always pack our own travel snacks. Here are a few things that usually travel with us and give us the fuel we need to arrive happy and ready for adventure! Healthy Travel Snack Ideas #1: Fresh...

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How To Be A Great Parent
Mar30

How To Be A Great Parent

Parenting is one of life’s greatest challenges. It is an emotional roller-coaster that keeps us on our toes at all times! Parenting can be smooth, it can be bumpy, it can be adventurous and it can be heart-breaking, but at the end of EVERY day, it is rewarding. Honestly, there is no one way to be a great parent. But there are a few things that you can be aware of to get you on the path to being the best parent to your children. 7 Tips...

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How to Raise Happy Children
Mar20

How to Raise Happy Children

We live in a world that highlights performance with a constant demand for more. Stress overwhelms most adults in today’s societies. Science tells us that happier people out-perform unhappier people. They earn more prestigious jobs with higher salaries and have more success and satisfaction in their love life. When asked what they want for their child’s future, the majority of parents (myself included!) answer simply – For them to be...

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The Benefits of Exercising Outside
Mar16

The Benefits of Exercising Outside

As a parent, the weeks just seem to fly by being filled with homework, after school activities, laundry, dishes… and on the list continues. Exercising for us parents always seems to be the first thing we think ‘Oh, I can skip that today and just do extra tomorrow’, and then suddenly I have skipped the whole week! And then I feel crappy, irritated, and frustrated – ok, flabby too! Though I did write about Brilliant Wine being a workout...

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How to Take Amazing Travel Photos
Mar15

How to Take Amazing Travel Photos

One of our favorite family activities is to have a look at all of the pictures from past adventures together. We have fun talking about the trip and remembering the details. So capturing the essence of each of our family trips has become a big part of every journey! The best photos I have ever taken, I have done so with my smartphone! It is true! I follow these simple tips and get perfect results every time! Here’s How to Take Amazing...

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The Benefits of Zumba® for Kids
Mar08

The Benefits of Zumba® for Kids

Exercise is a super important part of leading a healthy life. However, getting yourself (and your kids) to exercise daily can be quite a challenge so I am always on the lookout for something fun and unique that really gives a good workout to get involved in. When our Zumba® instructor announced she was starting a Zumba® for kids class I was unsure of what the outcome would be but my kids love loud music and dancing so I signed them...

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What to do in Solvang, CA with Kids #FamilyTravel
Feb26

What to do in Solvang, CA with Kids #FamilyTravel

  A group of Danish-Americans left the Midwest in 1911 in search of a warmer location to settle in. They found the Santa Inés Valley and quickly decided to call this place just Northwest of Santa Barbara home. They gave it the name Solvang, Danish for “Sunny Fields”. 100 years later it has become a hub for Scandinavian culture out here on the west coast. With incredible architecture, numerous Danish bakeries and restaurants,...

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