Any holiday travel plans on the horizon? We went in on a ski house in Tahoe this season with some other families so we’ll be heading up to Tahoe a lot of weekends coming up and during the holiday break. It’s about a 4 hour drive so there will be lots of time spent in the […]
Photo Rock Placecards and Family Memory Car Game
I love baking for Thanksgiving but it’s always tricky to find something to keep the kids occupied while I’m knee-deep in pie dough and cornbread stuffing. Then of course, there’s the drive to Thanksgiving. I’ve been partnering with Ford to share family car games that don’t involve devices and it’s been a really fun challenge. Henry […]
Mystery Rides: The Pumpkin Patch
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 […]
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. […]