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Traveling With Kids – Victoria – Smash-Up

The Great Smash Up Ok, hold on, there wasn’t an accident or anything. We were at my BFF’s place with her and her husband, her two amazing daughters and the oldest daughter’s boyfriend. It took two days to do this … Continue reading

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Adventures in Parenting – Swimming Lessons

Sink or Swim Literally. After the pool experience in San Diego, where the youngest claimed he could swim and basically dog paddled his way to the bottom of the pool, it was clear that proper training would be required. So … Continue reading

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Adventures In Parenting – Let’s Get Ready To Rrrrrrrumble!

Let’s Get Ready to Rrrrrrumble!! The boys’ first lesson in Jujitsu was about to begin. Would it be a complete disaster, the type that gets a billion hits on youtube? Or would they find it fun, would they learn something, … Continue reading

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Adventures in Parenting – Them’s Fighting Words

Them’s Fighting Words With no vacations or hockey schools or lumber work- camps available to us, we had to choose something different for the boys to do. Maybe even chose something where they learned a thing or two. After all, … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego 2014 – Tips

10 Things to Make a Vacation With Kids Successful 1)      Have a place to call home. I can’t imagine how much harder it would be if we had to pack up every morning and move to a new hotel, a … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego 2014 – Top 10 list #1

10 things I thought I would never say on this trip This may not come as a shock to anyone who has kids, but you end up saying some of the oddest things. Things you probably wouldn’t say at work, … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – Leaving San Diego – Plane Truths

The Plane Truth You’d think riding in a small, confined space with a whole bunch of strangers would be a great place for lots and lots of good stories. Death matches. Cannibalism. Screaming babies. But the ride down to San … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Airport Accidents

Saturday – Airport First hurdle. The weigh in. We HAD to make weight, but unlike MMA fighters, we couldn’t toss the bags in the sauna for a few hours to cut the excess. We had to do this old-school. Sort … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Balboa Museum of Nature

The Last Museum The youngest said, as we drove to the airport, that museums were not that interesting because, you know, he kinda knew about everything that was in it. I dunno if that was really true, but for the … Continue reading

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – The Last Morning Adventures

Packing Problems or Leaving It All Behind We still had 2 great challenges to overcome in the morning. 3 if you include getting the boys up, getting their faces washed, their teeth brushed and into some form of clothes. Then it … Continue reading

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