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Blogger Miss Britt is doing something unusual. She and her family are spending the next year living in a 24-foot RV, traveling around the country.
That’s her, her husband and their two kids. She’s continuing to work as a blogger and freelance writer. Her husband is taking on the task of homeschooling the kids, who are leaving school behind. For a year, this family will have no schedule, no fixed address and no outside commitments. They’ll live very cheaply, and they’ll see the country. That’s their goal.
I love to travel. I’ve taken some long trips with my kids, to some exotic locations. But I can’t imagine giving up our home and routines for a year.
Something tells me that the Svanstrom family crossed paths with this little guy.
You think you know of a bad honeymoon story? I certainly thought I did. Not my honeymoon, mind you, but rather one of my friend’s. Something about a cruise, hail storms and 72-hour bouts with seasickness. Oh. And bronchitis. But honestly? What my friend and his wife went through is nothing compared to what a Swedish couple endured when they ran into not one, not two, but six natural disasters during their honeymoon.
I’m posting from Buenos Aires today, where I’ll be spending a month with my family visiting my husband’s parents. It took me three days after arriving to get my various electronic devices up and running so I could surf the web, post to my blogs and charge my camera batteries.
Last time we were here, I just left all that behind. But even on vacation, I’m not willing to walk away from my precious Internet connection these days. That makes me pretty typical, the Washington Post says. Teens are the biggest culprits when it comes to staying plugged in on vacation, but parents are guilty too.
A lot of parents think taking technology on vacation is wrecking an old tradition, but for others, it’s just a sign of the times. Obviously, I’m in the latter camp.
Yesterday my kindergartner looked at me very pragmatically and said, “Mommy, you are going to be in danger this summer.”
“Why?”
“Because I am not going to be in school.”
OK, then. I assured her that I love having her at home. She’s got this summer vacation thing nailed though: kids get out of school and everything changes. Here’s what moms are really worried about.
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent World Report on Child Injury Prevention, more than 25% of all accidental injury deaths among children are due to drowning. While the majority of these occur in low-income and middle-income countries, drowning remains the second leading cause of injury death of children in the United States. Those numbers are sobering and particularly heartbreaking because these deaths are entirely preventable. Continue reading »
You may not be able to send your kids jetsetting around Europe, but a Czech “toy travel agency” is offering the next best thing.
Box up their stuffed animals and send them on the trip instead. They’ll take photos of the toys in front of all the hot tourist spots, then send him home. Continue reading »
Tourist towns love trapping them some tourists, but a promotion about procreation was apparently going too far for one East Coast destination.
A letter sent to hospitality establishments in Ocean City, Md. asked them to get on board with the OC Makes 3! promotion – encouraging folks to come to town to make a baby for Valentine’s Day. The response? Continue reading »
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