Keeping kids safe while traveling and adventuring doesn’t have to be scary. Teach, practice, and implement these simple safety strategies keep visiting crowded locations with children stress free and enjoyable.
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Five on Friday – July Edition
July is nearly gone, and I haven’t shared any of our fun here!
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Single Mom’s Guide to Preparing Your Car for a Road Trip
As a single Mom car maintenance is all on me now. It’s been a steep learning curve, and unfortunately I’ve learned several things the hard way.
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Be Prepared with a Vacation Wellness Kit
With young kids and summer travel on the way, I’m sharing how to pack a vacation and travel wellness kit. It’s awful to be away on vacation when sickness hits. After having 6 children I’ve learned to always keep the basic necessities for sickness on hand for every vacation!
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Camping Adventure
Does 2 Mommas and 9 kids camping sound like an adventure or a nightmare?
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2 Mommas, 9 Kids and 4 days of adventure
You know I’m a fan of adventure with my crew. Well, my sis is also a fan of adventure. So, recently when her husband had to go out-of-town for several days my sister called and asked us to visit and explore their new town. 2 Mommas, 9 Kids and 4 days of fun! Y’all adventure with children means that you take a risk. Sometimes the day is wonderful and amazing.
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Tips for Entertaining Children on Long Road Trips
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DisneyPixarCarsToGo #CollectiveBias My family is on-the-go all summer; vacation, visiting family, and a move! Six children plus long hours in the car and only one adult often means bored, cranky kids. The last thing I want is for the children to be grumpy when we arrive at our destination! My strategy: Keep the
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Our Charlottesville Vacation Recap- (2nd half)
Read about the 1st half our our Charlottesville trip here. Day three of our trip brought a perfectly cool, cloudy morning, which we spent playing Mini Golf. Or I should say trying to play Mini Golf. We made it about halfway through the course before realizing there was no real sport playing with Jonathan chasing all of our balls! Or with Emily, whose version of ‘my turn’ was to put the
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Our Charlottesville Vacation Recap- (1st half)
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I braved my first vacation as a single mom earlier this month. I am no stranger to adventure alone with my crew- but this was pretty big and I was definitely nervous. But, since the vacation was long ago paid for, and the kids’ countdown of excitement began in January, I pushed ahead. I’m so glad I did! We pulled out
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When Dreams Come True
For as long as she can remember, Rebekah’s greatest dreams involve horses. She reads about horses, draws pictures of horses, writes stories about horses. Months ago, after booking our family vacation, I promised her a horseback trail ride. She has impatiently counted down the months and days until the opportunity came. Then, 2 weeks before the anticipated vacation I called to schedule her ride, only to find out that the rules
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