What's new with you? Not much with us, except that we're so excited for summer! Since we're wrapping up our first year in public school, summer vacation actually means something new to us: we need to take advantage of having both kids around and enjoy some new experiences! Oliver is totally going to miss all his new buddies, but we've
When you live in the United States and you think about taking a trip to Europe, your mind darts so quickly from place to place and you start to create an enormous to-do list of sights and experiences you MUST cross off. Venice, Italy is at the top for everybody, I swear, and rightly so. But today you hear stories
Getting to travel for a living has its perks for sure, but we also are really careful and deliberate about how we do it. We love SD and have some great recommendations for how to have a budget friendly San Diego family vacation. Curious how we make the most of traveling on points and planning an ideal, budget savvy trip? Of
We're not the only Dads that find value in breaking away from the kids for a weekend. Our friends over at 2 Dads with Baggage also try to get some time away when possible, and Jon has shared what exactly they look for an ideal couples weekend getaway, and in this case they escaped to Las Vegas. Check out their
When I was a kid I thought that Spring Cleaning was just something they did in cartoons or that my grama talked about. We didn’t do that in our house, or at least that I realized. Now, as a dad I totally get it and we totally do it, particularly to keep ourselves organized with so much travel in our
By now you know how much fun we’ve had through the years in Disneyland, and now especially with our kids in the Parks. Both Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure are loaded with fun experiences, but it really is smart to prep for a visit to either spot. California Adventure with kids is non-stop fun (and perfect for adults too!). So you’re
Disneyland with kids is amazing. It might sound silly but when we first found out that we were going to be dads one of the very first thoughts that went through my head was “ hooray! Someday we could to take our kid to Disneyland!” If you're planning a trip to Disneyland or already have one on the books doing
Our new favorite way to explore the USA: in an Escape Campervan. Recently we completed an incredible family road trip up Florida’s Gulf Coast. We visited four different National Park sites and saw more wildlife than we expected, and did it all from the comfort of our campervan. We were a little hesitant to go the Escape Campervan route at first
There’s no doubt that the West Coast of the USA is an awesome place full of diverse people, sights and nature. The cities of the West Coast are really progressive and each gives a totally different experience. We’re going to share with you how you can get the full West Coast road trip experience from the Canadian border to Mexico
Our notes here about saving for the future originally appeared on GaysWithKids.com, which is a great resource for families and same-sex couples looking to take the plunge into parenthood. Recently, we saw some online promotion and hashtags around saving up for the future and just general thoughts on good practices with money. Chris and I started talking about life and how
Following the shocking election of Donald Trump in the United States, our minds have been spinning out of control of what to do to ensure progress doesn't slip backwards. We cannot relocate our lives and run away from this. We can’t secede from the Union (or can we?) and we can’t just sit at home moping about so many of
We've written several times about what we look for in a destination, from activities to cost to previous visits. We're pretty good at making travel decisions together to create the most fun vacations for our kids. Following the recent election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States we were very curious how an expat might look at
Since we’ve determined Indonesia as our #1 priority on our Asian destination bucket list, we’ve started digging into the country a whole lot more and are getting pretty excited about what we’re finding. From nature to food, hiking to getting under the water, we’re going to have an amazing time doing family travel in Indonesia. So, how are we planning this
We always are traveling with friends or family, internationally and locally. Not everything we do is a group activity, but a lot of things are. Hiking as a group is always fun and usually is uneventful, but every now and then something happens and that’s when you have to think about hiking safety. Hiking in the woods is one of our
We get a lot of questions about visiting the Pacific Northwest with kids. People want to know the obvious like “what are the can’t-miss sights?” or “should we really pack for cold weather in July?” We’ll answer that second question first: yes, it rains. For the other questions though, here is the first of 3 plans we’re going to share
We travel a lot, right? Do you ever wonder what actually sticks with kids and makes a lasting impression? When you’re planning your own vacation, do you seriously talk to your kids to see what they want to do or where they want to go. After interviewing our own 4 year old, it’s become a bit more clear as to
We have so much travel planned in the next few months, but we’re also looking at our next potential trips too. We may be hitting the UK in September. We’ll definitely be in Mexico in October. We’ve been talking about Italy. Last time we were in Italy we just wandered through the country, hiking as we found it, swimming when
We travel a ton. That’s our family schtick: “2 dads raising their 2 sons and traveling the globe, giving the kids a broad world view. Traveling, parenting, and experiencing culture.” We like to go to the common tourist destinations and some off-the-beaten-path ones. It’s good to have a mix. You never want to hit up a destination too many times
You know how much we love getting the kids into nature. Locally we can escape to the beach or the mountains within minutes or a few hours, but getting to snorkeling destinations where the water is warm and beautiful and perfect, that takes longer. And if you're going to make the trip it might as be someplace wonderful like Turks
Confession: we went somewhere without the kids. Yep. And we didn’t feel bad about it. Well, maybe a little bad. But, we showed up at the Hyatt Olive 8 and they welcomed us swiftly. We made it up to our room and quickly discovered that we’d made the right choice to spend the weekend chillin’ out max and relaxin’ all cool.
As Americans, we’re always thinking about venturing out to other countries and planning a week long trip here and two weeks there. When we look at going back to France, we know that it’s not ridiculous to plan a week or two to catch a few big sights and have time to relax. When we go to Mexico (and it’s
We are always planning another trip; always adding to our travel bucket list. A week out, month, maybe a year or two. We need to have a list of where we want to go and what our next jaunt is. Typically, we plan a year out, but sometimes it’s more, and then sometimes we are so random that we disappear
Before you jump in a lake, let somebody else test the water for frigid temperatures or piranhas. Same goes for helpful ways to navigate the world of occupying a child. The kid products we like have saved us in some tough pinches. Below you'll find our recommendations for tactile toys, iPad apps, kids books (through toddler years) and music. We
We have migrated our camping list extras into a post instead of a page. We made this list because after you've camped with a child, you can walk away from the experience able to say "Next time, I will definitely bring