When the hubby and I traveled to China to bring Spicy Girl home, we spent a great deal of time and emotional energy worrying about packing. How much to pack, what to pack, and how to avoid packing so much that we surpassed the packing limits for international flights. One thing we didn’t worry about was how to organize the bags as we had outfitted ourselves with one of the handiest packing organizing tools I’ve ever seen – Eagle Creek (...Read More)
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Ford’s Theater-Washington, DC
This is part three of four of my mid-atlantic travel series, which I am now re-naming “How to crank out as many travel reviews as possible from one vacation”. Ford’s theater is the famed location of President Lincoln’s assassination. The theater is a National Park site, so there is no admission fee, but an advance entrance reservation is recommended, and this does require a small ticket fee. Generally speaking historic stops can be a hit or miss (...Read More)
CARES Aviation Restraint System
When my kids were smaller and we traveled, I schlepped them through airports with a massive backpack and car seats in tow. And, the car seats? They were the worst. Even more difficult to maneuver, it turned out, than two toddlers with full diapers and fingers up their noses. At first, I used a bag purchased especially for the awkward job of moving monstrous seats from point A to point B. It had wheels and worked pretty well. But was (...Read More)
National Aquarium in Baltimore
This is part two of my travel series “How to travel to the same locale every year and fool your kids into thinking it’s a completely different vacation”. There’s no better place to do that than our favorite destination – the “mid-Atlantic triangle” of Annapolis, MD/Baltimore MD/ and Washington DC. All three of these dynamic cities are within about a half an hour of one another (a little longer traveling directly from Baltimore to DC) and provide endless possibilities (...Read More)
International Spy Museum (Washington, DC)
We recently took our annual spring trip to Washington DC. We love going there because there is so much for a family to do; we can go year after year and each time have a different experience. This year we decided to visit the International Spy Museum. Being at the prime age for secrecy, codes and clubs, our 11 year old has been dying to go to this museum. We met up with friends and between us had kids who (...Read More)
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