As we prepare for our flights from Auckland to Hanoi (via Kuala Lumpa) on Thursday night I wanted to share with you a simple but effective technique I have for keeping my kids together at the airport. It is called – The Magic Ribbon. I invented the Magic Ribbon when I had to fly solo…
We leave for our family trip to the north of Vietnam in just over a week. I am really excited but somehow it doesn’t feel real. I still feel consumed by the madness of end of term activities with the kids and am having to remind myself we are about to head off on a…
Our trip to Vietnam is coming up in April which we are all very excited about. Vaccinations are never fun with children but they are essential when traveling to the kids of places we love going! For this trip the adults needed a Tetanus Booster and Typhoid (our Hep A & B is all up…
This was our first full summer holiday living on Waiheke Island and the first few weeks were filled with visitors. It was wonderful to see so many friends and family but it was also quite exhausting for us all. I realised that we hadn’t built in any real downtime for the family and so 4…
“Mum, when can we go back to the desert?” asks Miss 5 the other week. “I’m not sure. Why would you like to go back?” I ask. “I want to see the flies again” I had to chuckle, the flies were definitely memorable … here I am trying not to swallow any!! In late October…
This post was originally published on the 4th March 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. Beach or river? Fishing or swimming? How lovely when these are the most complex decisions that need to be…
This post was originally published on the 7th February 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. A few Christmas’ ago we did road trip between Melbourne and Sydney we decided to break the trip up with…
This post was originally published on the 29th April 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. “Hello Quokka” “Quokka STOP! “Hello Quokka” This was the conversation repeated endlessly by my 20 month old daughter, every morning…
Many moons ago my husband and I spent 365 days traveling the world together living out of our backpacks which taught us the art of keeping things simple which still influences how I pack today when traveling with kids. When I stand in line at an airport and watch many families with small children struggling…
This post was originally published on the 17th October 2013 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. A while ago I wrote an article for Expedia about surviving long haul flights with kids. I had personally…