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Travel Tips: Traveling with Babies & Young Children

Travel Tips: Traveling with Babies & Young Children

  Update: if you’re planning travel for 2019 – check out this list of the best places for a family vacation in 2019. Tons of good info: Best Family Vacations for 2019 Many times, before a trip, I have gone back and read Jordan’s tips. She always has the best travel gear and is always so prepared for traveling with… Read More

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Numeri, Counting in Italian

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Numeri, Counting in Italian

Ciao! Welcome back to our Simple Italian Lessons for Kids! If you’re new, check out Lezione 1 here and Lezione 2 here, and for some great Italian book for kids, visit this post. For today’s “lesson” we’re counting in Italian! I found it pretty easy to teach my kids to count in Italian because the numbers are similar enough to Spanish that… Read More

Four Seasons Anguilla for Families

Four Seasons Anguilla for Families

  This past summer, we visited the most beautiful place we have ever seen with the kids: Anguilla. We had been wanting to take them to an island where they could snorkel and enjoy hours on the sand and a place that my husband and I could relax. We decided on Four Seasons Anguilla.  The island is stunning, the people… Read More

Mom Hacks: Quick & Easy Tips for Editing Photos

Mom Hacks: Quick & Easy Tips for Editing Photos

Recently my daughter asked me if I like having a phone and phones now are different than the phones they had when I was little. Her questions were stemming from talking about what it’s like to be Amish. When I told her “how few things” phones did when I was a little girl, she basically thought I lived like I… Read More

Splash Away the Rainy Day Blues with a Puddle Walk

Splash Away the Rainy Day Blues with a Puddle Walk

Today we welcome Erin from Bambini Travel to the blog! She takes her twins on such fun adventures, both near and far. You can follow along with their adventures on her blog and Instagram. Today she’s sharing her Puddle Walk activity. This is so fun for toddlers, preschoolers and really kids of all ages! After you enjoy the post, check… Read More

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Our Favorite Books

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Our Favorite Books

We are really enjoying learning Italian! I hope you have enjoyed the first two lessons. If you’re new, check out Lezione 1 here and Lezione 2 here. For today’s “lesson” I am sharing some of our favorite books to support learning Italian. Some are children’s books in Italian, some are about the country/culture and some are for learning words. Children’s… Read More

Family Travel Planning: When to Book & Where to Go

Family Travel Planning: When to Book & Where to Go

The holidays are over, and now is the time to consider your 2018 family travel plans… where to next? As someone who loves traveling with their family, a new year means new adventures and places to see. I like to start fresh in January and look at the year and places we’d like to go, what’s feasible and best times… Read More

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 2

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 2

Ciao! If you’re new here, be sure to visit Lezione 1, for an intro to these lessons and to print the first sheet. The first lesson has a free printable Italian flag and coloring sheet. It also has a fun worksheet that shares some intro words like hello, goodbye, my name is, etc. Today we are continuing our Simple Italian… Read More

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 1

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 1

Ciao ragazzi! Fun fact: I studied Italian in college and finished my minor in Italian while studying abroad. Besides to help me get around while traveling in Italy, I haven’t used that college minor for too many other things. Before I had kids, I had grand plans of raising bi-lingual children who spoke Italian fluently when they were young. Those… Read More