For as long as I can remember, air travel has been a big part of my life. For the last 36 years, I’ve bounced around from airport to airport, connecting flight to connecting flight, painfully bumped in the elbow by the drink cart after drink cart, and given the very condescending “sir!” from flight attendants…
Month: October 2019
The Secret to Raising Fit Kids
If there’s anything I’ve noticed about raising fit kids is that you need not try all that hard; at least not with my son. Ever since my son has crawled it’s been go, go, go. The only thing that my wife and I had to do was merely to channel that energy. So, to raise fit kids, I’ve found that it’s easy. Just let them run. Once my son could walk, it didn’t…
Outfitting Your Young Ones for Ski Season
Like most things with my son, I got him started on skis early and often. By the time he was two years old I had him on skis. He would ski between my legs holding on to a ski pole, or mommy and I would take turns catching him as we let him ski down…
How to Travel With Kids – Rule #5
If you recall the first rule of starting travel with your kids early and often, my wife and I found that by the time our son was about three years old is when the traveling started to get interesting. By this time he had become accustom to travel and knew how to be part of the…
How to Travel With Kids – Rule #4
Rule three discussed the modalities by which you and your spouse should decide on how you will travel; the fourth rule is a continuation of Rule #3 – Distribution of Labor. Establishing who will do what so you’re both not fumbling over each other makes things easier to prepare for travel. Rule #4 for traveling with kids…Plan accordingly. It’s…
Exploring New Places in Our Back Yard
Have you ever stumbled on a new place in an area that you thought you knew? That just happened recently to my wife and I, and it was a delightful surprise. My wife and I have been frequenting Old Town Scottsdale for a few years now, and being someone that prefers living in the mountains of Flagstaff…