The biggest thing I learned on our trip to Japan this summer is that traveling with five people is very different than traveling alone or with one companion. You would think I would know this, ...
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A Day in Tokyo: Disaster or Amazing?
My kids really help me look on the bright side of life, but sometimes it’s more in retrospect than when something is actually happening. I saw this a lot on our trip to Japan, most notably on our Ueno Park outing. ...
How Can Having a Fourth Grade Student Save You Money?
We eagerly waited for our middle son to enter his fourth grade year because we had some exciting plans, and he was going to help us afford them. How does that work, you say? Well, there is a program to encourage all ...
How to Encourage Learning: Immerse Your Kids in Sand
This May, while on a family vacation with the grandparents, we took the boys to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Utah. We live in the Midwest, and don’t see a lot of sand dunes, not to mention the ocean. I ...