F-Stop. Shutter speed. ISO number. They are all super important photography terms that sound like Charlie Brown’s teacherspeak to me. Waa-waa-waah! Most of the time, I don’t want to be a fancy photographer, I just want to take pictures. While I have forced myself to learn some of the technical elements of photography to make me a better travel photographer,…
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~Will they always be so willing to hang out with Mom?~ One of my biggest fears when my older boys were tiny (other than that they would all three gang up and launch a mini mutiny) was that we would grow less connected as they aged. Conventional wisdom states that kids get older and launch into activities of their own,…
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I am beginning to feel like parents traveling with older children are not given the respect they deserve. Everyone is quick to offer encouragement and a mild sedative to the parents of babies and toddlers, but traveling with older kids really is a mixed bag. On the one hand, they can carry their own luggage and more or less entertain…
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Museums are generally thought to be places of pleasurable exploration, but a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC is decidedly different. It is a heavy and heart wrenching experience that is difficult for even adults, so is a trip the Holocaust Museum really appropriate for children? Yes. And no. And it depends. Is the Holocaust Museum Child Friendly?…
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