Travel with Kids

Travel with Kids: Activities for the Journey

April 13, 2011
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For those who asked in response to yesterday’s post, what else had I packed in our journey entertainment bag of goodies, here is the list… Drawing materials: Quality crayons are great for children of all ages as they are easy to draw with, don’t make mess, don’t need sharpening and do not have lids which [...]

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Close Encounters & a Family Friendly Giveaway

October 12, 2010

When we were in Sydney recently we were fortunate to be invited to breakfast at Taronga Zoo as part of the PR campaign launching the zoo’s new iPhone app, Monkey Mayhem. We had a fabulous time getting up close and friendly with giraffes… … and owls… … and snakes! Making new friends… … and falling [...]

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Today…

September 22, 2010

Today Immy and I are on a plane, flying across the country for a much needed visit with dear friends. So in the interest of preparing for travel with small children in tow (which I am frantically doing as I write this post), I will direct you to a series of posts first published last [...]

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Kidspot’s Top 50 Blog Your Way To Dunk Island – Revisiting Childhood Memories

August 29, 2010

In our many DINK-y years, Before Children, holidays for Dad 101 and myself were about short ‘sunshine and beach’ escapes from the everyday grind of the working world. Long days filled with sleeping, eating, drinking, lazing, swimming, reading, and oh, did I mention…sleeping??? Since our family grew to include our gorgeous little girl, the meaning [...]

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Homeward Bound!

October 26, 2009

Well, we have landed back home with a thump! Immy and I are both glad to be home. Although being on holidays is great fun, how good is it to sleep in your own bed?!? Some of the readers of the ‘Toddler Travel Tips: Surviving the Plane?‘ post asked me let them know how we [...]

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Toddler Travel: Did you pack the … ?

October 13, 2009

Image: David Masters Thank you for the great comments and wonderful tips in response to yesterday’s post, Surviving the Plane? This post, sent to me by the wonderful @mylittledrummer, got me motivated and so today I finally started to make a list of what I need to pack for our trip. Isn’t it amazing what [...]

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Toddler Travel Tips: Surviving the Plane?

October 12, 2009

Image: Contraption It’s just over a week until we (Immy, my Mum and I) jump on the plane for Singapore. I have travelled on planes with Immy before but not since she has become a real toddler – well and truly mobile and incredibly active, exceptionally curious and social, and occasionally, very temperamental! So I [...]

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Watch out Singapore, here we come!

September 22, 2009

I am very excited to announce that Childhood 101 has been selected as one of five finalists in the inaugural Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards, in the Best Parenting Blog category. The finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following three criteria; Presentation – Overall appeal, neatness, user-friendliness of the blog, [...]

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