Welcome to Wanderer Wednesday! This week Becca from R We There Yet Mom shares about one my favorite cities! We’re planning a family trip to Chicago in the fall and I can’t wait to try out some of Becca’s great suggestions! Would you like to share your wanderings? I would love to hear about your favorite trips, whether…
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Discovering America with Christopher Columbus
The Pinta It’s a bit ironic that I’m writing about the voyage of Columbus on the birthday of America. This past school year, my kids had their first concentrated introduction to the history of early America. As we studied Columbus, I doggedly reminded them that Columbus did not actually discover America. That distinction perhaps goes to the Vikings, to say…
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Everything is Bigger in Texas?
You might have heard the rumor that everything is bigger in Texas, and if you find a Texan they’ll sure as shootin’ assure you that it is true. Even as a native Texan, I’m not sure I completely understand this passion for magnitude, but I embrace it as a part of my cultural heritage. It was certainly a good mantra…
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Bowling in the Land of Wooden Shoes
One of the challenges of traveling with kids is finding activities to keep them busy in the evening. After you have exhausted the options of climbing the stairways and using the luggage trolley as a jungle gym, you start to look for anything to do outside the four walls of your room. With this in mind, we were desperately looking…
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Sea Turtle Inc. in South Padre
Do you remember where you were when you discovered what you wanted to be when you grew up? Not those early ideas of being an ice cream man on Mars or a ballet dancing surgeon, but when you really discovered your passion. For my oldest son that moment may have occurred on a hot morning in South Padre when we…
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