Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Traveling Europe with kids

Everyone thought we were crazy for traveling with the kiddos to Europe. Actually, I did too when my husband booked the trip 2 years ago! To my surprise, it was pretty smooth and the kids loved this trip! Mr K is 7 and Mr M is 3.

The hardest part of the trip was the 2 flights to get there! The flights were delayed and we ended up losing a day of travel. The kids didn’t care about timelines tho, they were loving the adventure. 


 I will dress them the same for as long as I can haha!




We had a layover in Germany on Valentine’s Day! So this was our valentines dinner, haha yummy!


We downloaded some Netflix videos and their favorite games. They slept a lot on the plane as well. This mama also packed their favorite snacks like goldfish, granola bars, raisins, lollipops. Especially if your kids have any allergies, you know it’s best to feed them products you know are safe. 

Mama  T Tip- bring all sizes of ziplock bags, that way it’s easy to pack unfinished food or separate the treats. The snack size ziplock bags were a life saver! 

Mama T Tip- I put their empty sippy cup in a ziplock bag in my purse. Then once we get in after security, I buy water to fill it up. Years ago I left water in the sippy cup as we went through security, the officer took the bottle opened it up (their gloves all over the bottle and god knows what else they touched that day) it grossed me out so much that I’m now always prepared! Empty all the sippy cups! Unless you have formula or milk for a baby of course, they allow that I believe. 

Travel time from the moment we parked our car in the park nfly to arriving at the AirBNB it was 24 hours! We were exhausted but still sooo excited! 

My husband booked the Airbnb right in the middle of the Spanish steps! It was the perfect location! The kids called it our Italy House. 

It was a 2 bedroom apartment with a kitchen, laundry, 2 bathrooms, dining room , living room and the cutest balcony! 

The elevator itself was soo fun for the kids. 




Seriously! Waking up like this was the best feeling ever! 



The weather was brisk but the sun was so bright and warm. The air was soo fresh and the sky was the bluest sky I’ve ever seen, at least that’s how it felt.


The kids woke up a little jetlag but the excitement was more than enough to get them up and going. 

Check out @aka_mama_t to see more pictures! 












We found a cafe nearby and bought the most delicious croissants. We bought like 4 of them! Plus some paninis. My mouth is watering just thinking of  them haha! I packed some of the left over for the kids as we headed out to sightsee! 










I think I’ll do a post on our meals alone! More of our Italy trip to come! Have a great weekend friends! Have any questions about traveling with kids? Leave a comment or DM me on my Instagram
@aka_mama_t


Sunday, July 29, 2018

Soo much has changed since my last blog post! 

We moved! Our fourth home together. The move itself went pretty smooth, um we kind of have experience now ha! We decorated and did some minor renos and enjoying the summer. The move was perfect for where our family is at this moment.

Blogging doesn’t come easy anymore. Life is so busy with the kids and I find it hard to just sit and write like I use to! Instagram has my daily posts of life. So with that being said, I think this blog will only get a few entries a year! If you don’t follow me on social media, be sure to contact me and I’ll let you know where to follow!


Yes that’s a boat! Up north living means we are close to many lakes! So now our summers got a lot mote interesting! 


Our summer has been so much fun so far and still 3 weeks left! It’s also birthday month so we celebrate many of our birthdays! Saturday We spent the day at Niagara Falls for my birthday weekend fun. Yesterday we celebrated my moms 60th birthday at the Keg Mansion. Lots of yummy food and fun with the fam. 

Baby M is turning 3 this week!!!

This little cutie is so active, sooo sweet, sooo cuddly, strong willed, funny, super cute, the list goes on! 

Baby M is 26lbs of fun! He has the best laugh and it always melts my heart when he laughs with big bro. 

He loves music and loves to dance. Current obsession with Michael Jackson and drake. 

He loves the water and can’t wait to learn to swim. 

He’s my little helper and always wants to be in the middle of everything. 

He talks in full sentences and is always asking questions! He also has an English accent which cracks us up! Ha! 

His favorite movie is Benji and he has watched it about 20x 

Baby M and Mr K are best friends and they tell each other  this many times a day! 

We love you baby M!!!! 













Sunday, June 17, 2018

I just realized that I never blogged pt 2 of the cruise! Oh boy. This year started off busy and still is! (All good busy so I’m not complaining one bit) So a lot has happened since my Mother’s Day post! But first!
Happy Father’s Day to my amazing husband!!



We love you soomuch! And yess Go Brazil!!
Today we began the day with breakfast as Denny’s! And without even telling each other, my sister and her family were doing the same thing! The kids loved having breakfast together. They are like little adults. Ordering their own meals. They had chocolate chip pancakes, bacon and Oreo milkshake! Yum! Baby M loved the sausages. And baby A loved the hash browns!

So much fun!!!
Remember I blogged that we are moving. Well that happens this week!

We spent the whole weekend packing!
We are all so excited! But also sad to be leaving the beautiful neighborhood. Saying goodbye to our school and daycare will be so tough too! :( we made amazing memories here and now to the next home to make more <3

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Carnival Magic Cruise pt 1


We went on our first cruise in Feb!
We flew to Orlando and spent a night there before making our way to the ship!

The boys had snacks and iPads and toys to keep them entertained on the flight.
We checked in our hotel and went straight to Cocoa Beach.

The day of our cruise we had breakfast and the local IHOP. Yummyyyy. And on our walk there, Cocoa beach firemen waved and then stopped to give the kids a gift! How nice!!

That afternoon we headed to the cruise! Check in was soo easy! Everything was smooth and that’s perfect when you are traveling with 2 Little’s.

The first thing we did was check out our room and the ship!
Awesome balcony, super comfy beds, and it was bigger than I expected.

Luggage’s fit easily under the beds too, so that saves a ton of space.

These are pics from our first day exploring the ship. Waving bye to Florida as we departed. There was mini golf and a kids camp too. Although  our kids lasted 20 mins there. It’s Just so much more fun being with mommy and daddy!
The dinners were delish! Mr K was feasting! Umm he was having salmon and lobster and steak dinners. The good news is that even tho you order entress at dinner, you can order as many as you like! So we would sometimes order one of each so we can see what was best! Yummy! The food on Carnival Magic was all around delicious.
Having a balcony was great too. Especially if the kids were napping or we were getting ready, it was nice to have the time on the balcony taking in the ocean breeze. Mr M was always up early so he loved the sunrise while sitting on the balcony.

Head over to my instagram @aka_mama_t for some mommy tips on traveling with kids!
I’ll blog Part 2 of the beautiful ports we stopped at, soon!