So we were driving from Massachusetts to Vermont on Tuesday and Matt turns to me at one point after entering receipts in the check register and says, "You know what? If we had toughed it out and driven straight from Delaware to Vermont and packed a …
Ahhhh, Vermont
July 30, 2008 2 reader comments
We arrived in Vermont yesterday evening. Lest you wonder about my state of mind, here's what I wrote about our visit here when Tommy was one: Returning to Vermont does feel like going home for me. When I cross the border, something in my chest, a …
On the importance of flexibility when traveling with kids
July 28, 2008 one reader comment
Remember my sage advice about having a plan? I hope that I did a good job of stressing the importance of being flexible. Or at least of not being a crabby pants, which is really the only way I could be described today. We went to Look Park, a lovely …
Getting road-trip ready with kids
July 27, 2008 Leave a comment »
Today we embarked on an entirely different trip than our recent one to Paris: our annual three-week sojourn in Vermont where my father and stepmother live. We have done this every summer since Tommy was born save the year he was two, when we had just …
A little travel-with-kids wisdom
July 24, 2008 2 reader comments
I have been thinking about what information I can offer about traveling with children that our trip to Paris illustrates. I’d like to share things beyond the “tips” so often found on parenting sites (for example, I think by now that we all know …
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