Picnics can be fun at any time of year, not just traditionally in the summer. Exploring outdoors is exciting in the colder, winter months, and great to blow the cobwebs away after being cooped up indoors too long. Tip 1 is an obvious tip: always dress suitably, including hats, gloves and scarves, to keep the chill out of your bones. Tip 2 is another obvious one: food provides energy, which helps keep us warm, so don't delay and prepare a winter picnic. Thermos flasks are great for keeping … [Read more...]
Winter Fashion for Kids
I hope your holidays have been going well. We've had a great time this last week with the kids and our extended family. Too much food, of course, but we've had fun. We intentionally gave less gifts as previous years, but the kids seemed to still accumulate large piles of more toys, movies, books, games, and crafts. Some of my Little Man's favorite things to get were his Hot Wheels and Star Wars items. I am thankful that Hot Wheels are small enough to travel with and don't take up too much … [Read more...]
10 Ways We Are Staying Warm in a RV
As you all know, we bought a 5th wheel travel trailer. our family of four will be staying in it for my husband's work. Which means anywhere from six weeks to 3 months at a time {depending on his work} we will live in a 32 foot RV. Wow! We've bee shopping for household items in store and online. To be honest, shopping for the trailer has been the funnest part. That's not rocket science though - shopping is pretty fun. I've been thinking about kitchen items, bedding, organizational items, and … [Read more...]
Ten Winter Driving Tips
In September, my husband had a seminar in British Columbia on the weekends. He commuted to that seminar without the kids and I. It was lovely to stay home for a bit longer with our new baby, Little Man. While he was driving the five hours back and forth during the week something terrible happened to our trusty little Honda Civic. Our air conditioning went out. We did not get a chance to repair it yet but will have to soon. With this auto repair cost coming up and with the holidays and winter … [Read more...]
A Little Bit of Winter
No snowman for my Princess. She wanted a snowgirl. (Shh...don't tell her it just looks like a blob.) … [Read more...]
