Unpacking is my absolute least favourite part of travelling. While I am always happy to be home, the prospect of dealing with the aftermath can cause me to lose that relaxed vacation feel. (Unless, of course, the day of travelling home didn’t do that already…) As a working mom, making the time to unpack is […]
Ways to avoid last minute packing as a working mom
Every winter we take a week’s vacation in a warmer climate. (Or at least we try to – our last vacation was to Florida and it barely cracked 21°C.) We have been taking these trips since my youngest was three years old, so that’s six years of trying to get us organized for trips around […]
Beginner’s Guide to Moving with Children
*Beginners Guide to Moving with Children is a guest post. If you are interested in writing for A Modern Mom’s Life, please visit my Guest Posting page.* Moving is difficult as it is. Add kids into the formula and the task becomes ten times harder. The move entails a stressful time for the children and consequently for […]
7 Things I’ve Learned Packing for a Family Camping Trip
When I was a kid, my family went camping every year. We had bins of camping equipment that lived in the basement, and my favourite thing was when we’d pitch the tent in the backyard ahead of time and we could play in it! Of course, the camping was awesome too – beaches all day, […]