Visiting the Edison & Ford Winter Estates with Kids When daddy has to get away on business in our home state of Florida, I’m the first to arrange an adventurous family field trip to travel along. This week, we drove across Alligator Alley from the East Coast to the West Coast for a couple of […]
How to Make a Family Cruise Educational
A few years ago, we made a promise to our two girls. We told them that we may not have the fanciest cars, the biggest house or the newest things, but we would do everything we could to show them as much of the world as we possibly could. We travel as often as we […]
Top Ten Travel Tips With Children: a guest post by Mary Prather
“I believe that exploring new places, meeting new people, and seeing God’s wonders firsthand is an invaluable experience for my children. I don’t want them to be afraid of new things. I’m willing to make a lot of other sacrifices in my life so we can travel. ” -Mary Prather Our list of […]
The Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge – a guest post by Kathy Balman
On a recent road trip to South Carolina, I decided to make a detour for a spontaneous adventure. After driving across 3 states and through the Smokey Mountains, I arrived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee with my kids. The Titanic Museum had been on our field trip list for quite awhile, and it did not disappoint. […]
7 Secrets to a Non-Conforming Homeschool
This was originally written for the Home Educating Family blog. Click over there and read the descriptions of a non-conforming homeschool! Do you remember a song from your childhood that sang “Make new friends, but keep the old… one is silver and the other gold?” One of my “silver” friends is a recent Floridian transplant […]
Happy Birthday, Little Man!
Luke’s lullaby…. Little Man, Little Man, I just want you to know- Little Man, Little Man That I Love you So. Little Man, Little Man, You’re sent from up above- Little Man, Little Man, Such a gift of love. And every hair on your head is counted. Every eyelash God has seen. Every smile […]
