I don’t know about you, but I always have really high hopes for the summer. Not only is it a time for everyone (including me!) to decompress a little, but it’s also a time for kids to grow in other ways, discover their passions, and just have some good, old-fashioned fun. It’s also a time […]
Hold On—Now We’re Supposed to Take Our Kids on a Kindermoon?!
OK, so this popped up in my Facebook feed the other day: Disney is offering something called a “kindermoon,” a special vacation—on the order of a honeymoon or babymoon—for families with a preschooler who’s about to start kindergarten. I have so many…feelings about this. The first is this: Disney, I love you, but are […]
7 Tips for Surviving Disney with a Toddler
Reality bites, as the saying goes. And for oh-so-much of adulthood, that’s true. But when it comes to parenting? Reality rocks. No, not the endless, sleepless nights. Or the teething. Or the projectile vomit at the most inopportune moments. Or—well, I could go on, but every parent on the planet knows the rest of […]
When Disney Isn’t the Happiest Place on Earth
So, you know how things don’t always go as you plan—especially when you have a 3-year-old? Yeah. Well, here’s the latest installment in that series: I’ve been dying to take my son to Disney, and since I’m nearly 7 months pregnant, we’ve got a very small window in which I can still fly…and then […]