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The Skinny on Healthy Travel: 5 Tips for Radiant Health While Out of Town
Whether traveling for business or on a wonderful vacation, travel can be challenging for your health. With a bit of planning and consciously making healthy choices over unhealthy ones, you can easily make a difference...
Something To Do Bags for Kids Traveling
When we travel with our 7 yr old and 7 mo old, I always try and prepare a “something to do” bag. It may include a portable DVD player or CD player, crayons, word finds, on-the-road games (I spy or...
Keeping Track of Family Activities
Who goes where? Keep a large calendar on your fridge. With markers, color code all activities and appointments by family member. You’ll spend much less time trying to remember who is supposed to be where and when! (Some great planning calendars...
How To Be Prepared for Lost Luggage When Traveling
Pack each child a separate backpack, and enclose essentials like a spare change of clothes, toothbrush, pajamas, and medicine. This way if luggage gets lost, the first night at your destination will be a little...
Using MP3′s to Connect with Kids
Often people say they can’t find a way to connect with their tweens and teens. When I got an MP3 player I asked my kids to fill it with music. They put on it some of “my” music and some of what...
Keeping Kids Busy During Road Trips
The best mom tip that I have is when you are taking your children on long trips go to the local Wal-Mart and get them all a hand held game, like Simon, Yahtzee, or any other kind of game that they can sit and...
Warming Clothes for a Winter Morning
When the air is chilly in our apartment come a cold Minnesota morning, I put my kids’ clothes in the microwave for 15 seconds. They LOVE putting their warm clothes on their chilly little bodies! Christina,...
