Growing up my parents had this fun tradition of mystery rides. Essentially they were a surprise trip to somewhere special but they wouldn’t tell us where and it drove us completely nuts, in a good way of course. The anticipation was so much fun. We’d spend the whole day of and the entire car ride guessing […]
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10.6.14
Adventures in Baby Wearing: Golden Gate Bridge
This post is part of a series on Baby Wearing Adventures in and around San Francisco in collaboration with Ergobaby and Orbit. Find more of our adventures right here. Excited to share with you another adventure in baby wearing today. This time I’m walking with Edie across the Golden Gate Bridge for her very first time and we invited Jenner Brown […]
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9.29.14
DIY Family Adventure Map Projects
A couple weeks ago, on our backpacking trip to Yosemite, we experimented during the four-plus hour car ride there — we didn’t bring the iPad. I know, I know. Crazy, right? It could have been the riskiest decision of our parenting careers thus far. Instead, we brought games (like this travel bingo), a notepad and books to read. It went really well. […]
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9.22.14
Backpacking with Kids
Last weekend we went with some friends on a backpacking trip with kids just east of Yosemite beneath Mount Conness. I’ve share some general tips for backpacking with kids before but it’s a whole different ballgame with a baby so I wanted to give more of a play by play this time of how it […]