London with Kids With low-cost airlines like WOW and Norwegian Air Shuttle (and the majors price matching in many cases), families can now get to Europe from the U.S. at very affordable prices. Add a strong U.S. dollar against…
Here’s a decorating idea perfect for globetrotters: Use an old school pull-down classroom map, and you have a wall made for wanderlusters! My almost 8-year old had long outgrown the animal alphabet print that once adorned a wall in…
We still have nearly three weeks until our Spring Break (who came up with this year’s school calendar?! ACK!), but many people are traveling in the next week or two. Whether you are headed to the beach or the…
When we lived in Montreal, we visited a maple sugar shack outside the city one snowy March weekend. In the middle of a sugar maple tree grove, tin buckets hanged on all the trees, gathering sap. The “sugar shack”…
I’m a little late, but Chúc mừng năm mới and Xīnnián kuàile! Or, Happy New Year! (in Vietnamese and Chinese). It’s the Year of the Dog! We have always tried to incorporate the boys’ homeland culture and traditions as much…
Want a taste of the Far East without the expense of traveling there? Head to a local Asian Market. I lived in China and have spent extended periods of time in Vietnam, and shopping in our local Indy Asian…
We drive up I-65 between Indy and Chicago a few times a year, and have always wondered about the Albanese Candy Factory in Merrillville. It seems that we’re always in a hurry to get to Chicago or come home…
We love traveling far away to appreciate and enjoy foreign lands, interesting cultures and majestic scenery. After all, in one of my favorite songs, the B-52s sing: “Roam if you want to. Roam around the world. Roam if you…
I often say, “it’s all in my head”, but actually writing down our goal vacation destinations will make for easier planning. A travel bucket list with ideas is a great way to engage your family in the planning and…
It’s one thing to make your house feel Christmasy with a tree, stockings, lights and mistletoe, a fire roaring, cookies baking in the oven. It’s quite another for a city to evoke a holiday feeling. However, Indy has always…