The average vacation for a family of four abroad can cost into the thousands, especially if you are looking for a vacation that is all inclusive. There are many places you can take a vacation and go camping instead of staying in a hotel, but if camping isn’t your thing, what do you do instead? You don’t have to penny pinch to enjoy a vacation. The trick is to know exactly what your family wants. There are so many types of vacations out there from beach vacations abroad to road trips along the ...
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Mommy And Me Holiday Activities
It’s official; the festive period is finally in full swing. If your little ones have not yet finished school for the holidays, it won’t be long before they do. Then, it’ll just be you and them. So, you’ll probably want to think of some fun activities that you can do together. Some of these will be perfect for girly girls, and some will be ideal for rough and tumble boys, but there are also lots that you can all do as a family, or with either or! So before you start to stress about how to ...
Santaland is Now Open at Macy’s
Before downtown Minneapolis had Macy's it was Dayton's department store. I remember every winter we would head downtown to Dayton's 8th floor and see the holiday decorations, look at the displays and see Santa. It's some of my favorite memories from my childhood. I used to look forward to seeing the displays and all the holiday decorations all year long. As I grew up, things changed, Dayton's was purchased by Macy's. While Macy's may have changed a few things around they kept the holiday ...
Thinking About Going Back to School?
Remember the days leading up to graduation? How exciting it was? How stressful it was? It's not only teenagers that get to have those butterflies in their stomachs and have their nerves stressed. There is always so much excitement around the weeks leading up to back to school. We get our shopping lists for supplies, new school clothes, and we start getting ourselves prepared for a new schedule. And even as parents, when our kids go back to school, our schedules change. Do you know an ...
A Little Mommy Time
Summer is over. The kids are in school. I feel like a success because I have gotten through the first week of school, Peyton has not been late, has had a homemade lunch every day, a peanut free snack and homework is done! I think I have this down. With all the rushing around and deadlines that I nailed over the past month I think it's time for some well-deserved mommy time. For me, that means, locking myself in my bedroom with some snacks, cell phone, binge-watching a series I've recently ...