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Tips for Traveling with Kids

Jun

2012

Last week's most viewed post in our link party was Creating a Child's Day Pack from Echoes of Laughter. This is a great way to not get stuck carrying all of your kid's "stuff" while out and about- I need to do this for my kids! This idea (and our upcoming family road trip to Utah) had me wondering what other tips for traveling with kids I could find online. This is the list I came up with, which means I better get busy, 'cause I want to make them all! :) Map out your road trip and mark … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby & Kids, Family · Tagged With: vacations

RoadTrip Idea {Survival Kit}

Dec

2011

by Stephanie 7 Comments

I'm SUPER excited to be doing a guest post for Stephanie on her creative "Somewhat Simple" blog! She is one of our FAVORITE bloggers out there! I loooooved her darling "Let's Celebrate" board that she just shared with our readers. Her creative ideas, beautiful website, and darling personality totally sold me on this blog! :) I am Tara, one of the *divas* blogging for the website, The Dating Divas. I am married to my best friend, addicted to crafting & coming up with creative dates for my … [Read more...]

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Hotel Toiletries Service Idea

Jun

2011

by Todays Post 13 Comments

Hi everyone! I'm Kelly from according to kelly. If we haven't met already, I'm a Cherry Coke drinking abstaining, crushed ice loving, world-traveling, bike riding, apron wearing, snowboarding, fabric obsessed, marathon training, sparkle skirt wearing, surprisingly shy triathlete, REAL Orange County housewife & mama of 3, with ADD crafting tendencies & an MBA degree. Summer is the perfect time for one of my all-time favorite service projects: collecting hotel toiletries. While you're … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Challenges, Series & Workshops, Charity & Service · Tagged With: vacations

Family Vacation to Maui

May

2011

by Stephanie 8 Comments

My family just got back from a FABULOUS vacation to Maui, Hawaii- courtesy of Social Spark! :) My family of 5.5 flew to Hawaii and checked into one of the nicest hotels! We had a garden suite which meant we woke up to an amazing view every morning and had a grassy area for the kids to play whenever we had some down time in the hotel. We swam at the pool and went to the beach everyday! We also went whale watching, drove to the top Maui's volcano, snorkled, drove to Hana and had a stinkin' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Real Life · Tagged With: vacations

Road Trip Travel Trays

May

2011

by Megan 14 Comments

My kids are only 3.5 and 2 years old, and don't quite play most road trip games yet, SOOO...I made some Road Trip Trays! I picked up two cookies sheets at the dollar store and spray painted them with Krylon Chalk Board paint that I FINALLY found at Ace Hardware. Super simple! I love these trays because they are fun and multi-functional! Option 1 is A COLORING TRAY. I got some clamp magnets at the dollar store. The crayon holder is actually a note card holder I picked up on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby & Kids · Tagged With: chalkboard paint, repurposing, summer, vacations