12 Days of Travel Tips for Families

12 Days of Travel Tips

Are you planning on traveling this holiday season? Over on MomsTravelTales, my family travel site, I’m sharing all sorts of travel tips for families as a part of the 12 Days of Christmas. Here’s a list of what I’ve already covered, as well as what is to to come: Day 1: One pep talk about [...]

Super Quick Mom Tip: My ‘don’t forget’ bag

Do you have a summer trip still in store? My “Don’t forget to pack” bag is  one way I make sure not to leave anything behind. Click over to my travel site, MomsTravelTales, and see if it might help you, too. Do you have a Super Quick Mom Tip for me to share? If so, [...]

Readers Recommend: Staycation and Vacation Ideas Edition

Welcome to MomsToolbox Readers Recommend, where MomsToolbox readers share one favorite post from the blogosphere. I might be cheating a bit this week, but I have to share a fantastic resource on my other blog, MomsTravelTales, as well as 85 other blogs across America this week… If you are looking to have fun this summer [...]

My night in Cinderella’s castle was magical… and lasted well past midnight!

A few weekends ago I had the incredible, almost-unbelievable, opportunity to spend the night in Cinderella’s castle and be treated to some serious VIP and behind-the-scenes tours at Walt Disney World. At one point I decided that even if I did wake up and it had all been a dream, it still was amazing. Curious? [...]

Still feeling the magic after the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration!

I don’t even know where to begin in sharing my experiences over the last three days. I got to spend the night in Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom along with Andrea of Saving Lifestyle, and Toni of The Happy Housewife, Crystal of The Thrifty Mama, Amanda of Oh Amanda and Briana of Bargain Briana. [...]

Curious about my trip to Dubai?

I’m posting notes and photos from my daily Trip Journal about last week’s trip over at MomsTravelTales. Today I’m sharing about sightseeing on our first full day in Dubai.

I have a traveler’s confession to make

Ummm…. I have a confession to make. For the last ten days I have been on vacation way far away and very much offline. Please accept my apologies if you tried to reach me and I was unresponsive. And a huge thank you goes from me to Toni of The Happy Housewife and Joy of [...]

Experiencing the best at Disney

Are you planning a trip to DisneyWorld or DisneyLand anytime soon? Growing up in Florida, I was fortunate to spend a lot of time at the DisneyWorld theme parks. I was even in a  few Disney commercials twirling a flag with my high school band! I may not live near Disney anymore, but my parents [...]

A quick trip to St. Louis

My husband and I got home last night after a quick kid-free trip to St. Louis to celebrate his cousin’s wedding. We had a wonderful time relaxing, visiting and even getting in a bit of quick sightseeing. And now we still get to enjoy the day off school and work with our kids. Perfect! If [...]

Wondering how to keep the joy in family travel?

A few of you may have noticed a tiny button on my sidebar leading to Moms Travel Tales. The Bible in 90 Days program has taken up most of my blogging time lately, but I also have a travel site for families to share ideas and build better vacations. Today my friend FishMama (who also [...]

Travel Book Review on MomsTravelTales…

There is still plenty of time to roadtrip this summer, and if roadtrippin’ is in your plans, I highly recommend you get yourself a copy of one of the Kids Love guides! Michele, one of the authors of the husband-and-wife written, kid-tested guides, offered a copy of Kids Love I-95 to me to review and [...]

I LoVermont! A quick wrap-up.

As I type this I am flying home from a fantastic vacation in Vermont. *** Okay, oops. This was when I typed it, but that was two whole weeks ago. Sorry for the delay. Back to the story…*** I am sorry if you missed my SOAP posts last week… the internet connection where we were [...]

Seeking Road Trip Tips

Our family is pretty well air-traveled. The kids (and the adults) know the drill when it comes to long flights, short flights and really long flights, too.  We’ve dealt with jet lag, canceled flights, lost luggage, broken DVD players, airsickness and more. We’ve also had lots of beautiful trips where everything has gone right. (If [...]

A new year, a new adventure

I love the promise of a new year. There is nothing like flipping open a brand-new calendar and filling it up with new events and old anniversaries. I love thinking about what could be ahead. This year I get to add a new adventure to my adventures: Happy to be at Home has asked me [...]

What should I pack?

We’re launching into a heavy travel season again. And if you are going “over the river and through the woods,” or something like that, in the next couple of weeks, I bet you’ve got lots of lists building in your head. Lists of what to pack, what to buy, what to borrow, what to do, [...]

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