It’s the last day of 2016, and as we get ready to ring in the New Year 2017 with our family and friends here in Hawaii, we thought we’d reminisce on everything we got to experience in 2016. From skiing in Whistler, to experiencing the cherry blossoms in Japan, 2016 was a year of tremendous …
COWABUNGALOW! LEGOLAND Beach Retreat to Open April 7, 2017 LEGO Themed Bungalows Will More Than Double Accommodations at LEGOLAND Florida Resort LEGOLAND Beach Retreat will welcome its first guests to discover endless fun in the sun when it opens April 7, 2017. LEGOLAND Florida Resort announced the grand opening date today during an exclusive media …
Kim Hales is an award winning photographer, artist and writer who found inspiration in her wiener dog, Ellie. Because she has always believed in the power and magic of a good book, Kim dedicated herself to writing stories for children and building a publishing company that would celebrate books for the young and the young …
We had a fantastic summer this year in Michigan! There were days filled with sunshine, minimal rain and limited interaction with insects that bite. Then it all changed. After a wonderful evening at a local open air drive-in theatre we got home only to discover that we were covered in mosquito bites. The next morning …
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I won’t be able to tell you how many unfamiliar beds we’ve slept in during our lifetime. But what I can share with you is that the mere thought of it makes me cringe. Nobody thinks about bed bugs or the fact that they need to check for bed bugs when booking travel arrangements for …
Parenting children who are not afraid of trying new foods can sometimes get a bit stressful when you’re traveling overseas. For starters, most of the time you don’t know how or where a food item was prepared and assume the person/restaurant who is serving it knows: that they are serving it to children who could …
On May 1st, as the rest of the world celebrates May Day as a traditional spring holiday, Hawai’i prepares for its annual May Day festivities with the lei being front and center. May Day or “Lei Day” in Hawai’i celebrates the native Hawaiian tradition of giving and receiving a lei, a way to express love …
Every child, at some point in their lifetime will experience the joy of placing their very first coin into a gumball machine. From that moment forward, every single toy vending machine becomes a beacon of light when they reluctantly visit the grocery store or mall with their parents. My first 5 years of parenting sounded …
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I have a habit of creating my own things. I tend to make things up, whether it be words (like culinary world-schooling), projects, or ideas, and then leverage them as “words to live by.” When my husband and I decided to sell everything and pack up our lives to travel the world for the next …
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day is on January 27, 2016 and in preparation for it, the kids are reading a variety of multicultural books, with LouLou starting off the year having completed her first ever Pack-n-Go Girls book, Mystery of the Golden Temple by Lisa Travis. What is Multicultural Children’s Book Day? Multicultural Children’s Book …
