Blue Mountain Summit Adventure Park is one of our favorite places in eastern Pennsylvania for an active day with older kids and teens. We’ve been visiting for years with our family, and I’ve also experienced it from a teacher’s perspective during many school field trips. I’ve tackled the ropes course myself, watched my kids work their…
Packing for Italy with kids looks a little different when your trip includes August heat, long walking days, and older kids who can carry their own stuff but still get a little whiny when everyone’s hot and tired. We took our family of four to Italy in August with our 12- and 14-year-old, and like most…
Over time, I’ve developed a system for how to plan a family trip that makes the entire process feel much easier. I’ve only used a travel planner three times in my life. Our honeymoon, the first time I planned an all inclusive trip before we had kids, and our very first Disney trip as a…
