On our recent visit to Nashville, Tennessee with kids we were looking for something fun and educational to do with them that was a little outside of the box. While researching places, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Art Museum kept coming up as a fun and unique place to visit. The idea of a large open space with scupltures and things …
Playschooling and a trip to the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga
We’ve all heard the terms homeschooling, road schooling and unschooling but in light of the recent NPR article that talks about how play is important essential to brain development and the fact that many schools are cutting recess down even further I’m coining the new term play schooling and am making sure my children get as much hands off …
Combat Jet Lag with this Green Smoothie Recipe
Do you ever get back from a trip or a vacation and just feel downright gross? I call it the travel hangover and it has many causes. It’s either from jet lag, long layovers, traveling with kids in general or just the idea that the fun has ended and its back to the normal routine. The travel hangover usually means …
Exploring the South: A Day in Chattanooga, TN
Since we are new to the area and having not spent a lot of time in the Southeastern part of the country very much at all before moving here a year ago, it’s been fun to go out and see and explore new things in the towns near us. There are so many things on my list to go and …
Airplane iSpy Game for Kids- Free Printable
This is a quick and easy free printable airplane game for kids that will keep them occupied and excited while on the airplane. The object of the iSpy airplane game is to have kids circle all the items they find or you could bring stickers for the kids to mark off the items they find. You could also pack …
5 Reasons Why We Love Aruba
Aruba was amazing. It was everything I was hoping and dreaming for, for our first ever family vacation to the Caribbean. The sand was soft and white, the weather was toasty, and the ocean was warm and inviting. When I set out to plan our dream beach vacation for our family, there were a few things I was looking for …
Tips For Traveling To Rome, Italy
It’s been awhile since we visited Rome, Italy but it’s been fresh on my mind lately so I thought I would do a post with our best of our best tips for visiting a beautiful and historic part of Rome. What’s great about Rome is that the city is in layers. Everywhere you go you will run into something historic …
Where To Stay In Jamaica
Last year I had the opportunity to visit Jamaica as part of a blogger’s press trip (Hilarye couldn’t go because doctors wouldn’t let her fly). I was a changed person when I came back. I loved the culture, the people, the food and scenery. When planning a vacation to Jamaica you have many different options, so here are some tips …