Tag Archives: travel

Easy DIY Luggage Tags

Posted on by July 26, 2017 5
Easy DIY Luggage Tags from chipboard and scrapbook paper via Walking in High Cotton

As I wrote last week with our Summer Camp Packing lists (did you download your FREE copy?) our kiddos have been adventuring away from home a lot this summer. They visited my sister, my mother-in-law, and now church camp. This is Speedracer’s first year at church camp and we’ve developed several little rites of passage for the first year. One is that they get their first toiletry bag (or shaving kit bag for the boys) and one is that they get their personalized luggage tags. This is an easy and … Continue Reading…

How to Pack for Overnight Summer Camp (with FREE Checklists!)

Posted on by July 26, 2017  
Packing tips for Summer Camp with 8-12 year old. One-two week overnight camp and church camp. Make it easy for the kids to help with the packing! via Walking in High Cotton

Well, it’s summer camp time again! The time when I buy new socks and boxes of Ziploc bags and start the sorting and organizing for the kiddos to head out to church camp for a week. Do your munchkins go to overnight camp? Our kiddos head off for a week each summer with their church group. Sometimes the different age groups go at different times, but this year all 3 of our farm kids are heading off together–that’s a new stage for us! {smile} Our first year I did a … Continue Reading…

A Day Together on the Eastern Shore

Posted on by March 18, 2017 2

Our family and home life has been pretty stressful lately. Just a lot of responsibilities…and a lot of duct tape and wire nuts. Turns out when you buy a brand new house–with all brand new appliances–eventually they’re all not brand new anymore. It also turns out that the lifespan of most major appliances is about the same. Which means all our brand new appliances from when we moved in are now all on their last leg. All. Of. Them. Bless his heart, poor Mr. Fix-It is resuscitating our HVAC on a … Continue Reading…

Have Dog, Will Travel…Gear for the Dog Adventurer

Posted on by May 3, 2017  
Gear for the Dog Adventurer -- via Walking in High Cotton

When I was in college, my Kenzie-dog traveled everywhere with me. Everywhere. And if you’ve read here very long, you know that we take Penny with us when we go hiking and camping. Then there’s Coal, who’s already covered a lot of miles since completing his puppy shots, (please be careful where you take your pup before his/her shots are up-to-date!) with many more to go! If you’re one of our regular readers, you also know that (except for books!) we tend to pare it down to the essentials when it comes to … Continue Reading…

Carhartt to the Rescue…Thanksgiving Travel Adventures

Posted on by December 3, 2013 2

So, everyone knows our kiddos are the Carhartt Crew, right? The stuff keeps up with them when nothing else can! Our munchkins have been wearing and passing down brown, hooded Carhartt coats since the Ladybug was in a size 2T and we have enough $8 winter hats to outfit all farm visitors at chore time. {smile} Well, over the holiday weekend, we had yet another reason to sing their praises (if you’re squeamish, you might not want to read this)… Speedracer gets carsick. Like, wake up from a sound sleep … Continue Reading…

The Boldness of Youth

Posted on by August 16, 2010 2

We were at the beach for a couple days, so our first day out the kids were a little hesitant.  The waves were pretty big and strong–especially for those of us under 3 feet tall!  And they were new to this whole moving water thing.  Swimming pools don’t chase you and knock you down and suck you back in, ya know.  They played in the water (especially the Ladybug, who had better size on the boys) and mostly on the sand, running down to the edge to fill their buckets. … Continue Reading…

Facing Fears

Posted on by August 14, 2010 2

We’re on vacation.  Here… It’s lovely.  It’s fairly peaceful.  The kids are loving it. L-O-V-I-N-G it. I’m scared to death.  The beach is just a steaming hot stretch of danger zone to my poor mother-heart.  Drowning, sunburn, heat stroke, kidnapping, distracted drivers, stinging jelly fish…it’s something I’ve intentionally avoided for 6 years now.  We live within minutes of the beach.  Within a hour or two of several beaches. Great beaches. I’ve refused for years. It took Mr. Fix-It’s sister buying a beach house before they could brow-beat me into facing … Continue Reading…