On our third day, which was a Saturday, we finally spotted a Ferrari. There were so many Smart Cars and other mini cars in this town. One of the games that kept us entertained during our walks was, learning and guessing European car brands and models. We took metro to Pantheon. Pantheon was very impressive, of course, with all the details about … [Read more...]
Rome with Children: Day 3 – Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Colosseum
Rome with Children: Day 2 – Villa Borghese, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain
On our second day, we decided to do more fun stuff for our children and less historical sightseeing. We had purchased multi-day Sightseeing bus ticket to also use it as a means to public transportation. In my opinion, we could have purchased single-day bus tickets for sightseeing and we could have used metro for the rest of our public … [Read more...]
Rome with Children: Day 1- St. Peter’s and Vatican Museums
First day after our arrival, we've started our sightseeing with Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica. We knew strollers were not allowed in the museum. We couldn't do it our last day which was Sunday as well. So we want to do it and be over with it as early as possible. We purchased our tickets online, arrived at the Piazza via Taxi and were … [Read more...]
Rome with Children: Preparation, Flight and Hotel
Tickets: We flew to Rome with Alitalia. We purchased out tickets way in advance (November/December) of our trip in August. We paid pretty decent price compared to summer prices, about $750 per seat. The plane takes off in the afternoon from Chicago and arrives Rome early morning. So you get to sleep during the flight. Flight: Alitalia flies old … [Read more...]
Book Review: Books about Italy, Rome and Italian for children
I wanted to dedicate this week's Book Review post to all the books that I got for my children to prepare for our trip to Rome, before I get started on the travel posts. I would like to point out that we borrowed some of the books from the library prior to our trip and I purchased the books in the photo to take them along for our trip. Rome with … [Read more...]
Back to school, back to blogging
It's been 3 weeks since we've returned from our month "long" vacation and children started school. Between a month which I wouldn't get myself to sit in front of the computer to blog because I was vacationing and another month I couldn't sit in front of the computer to blog due to back-to-school craziness, it was one of the longest blogging hiatus … [Read more...]
Woodworking Project for kids: Squirrel Feeder
We built this "Squirrel Cafe" last summer. My son attends woodworking classes at the park he's going for after school program. They built a race car and raced it at the downhill derby. He's really into these types of projects. My husband found this simple woodworking project template for kids and they all put it together in a few short hours on a … [Read more...]
Book Review: Chicken books for children
Since Fluffy and Yellow and later Chick Vader joined our family , we read a lot about Chicks and Chickens. I would like to share the books we read on Chicks and Chickens and few fun picture books with Chickens. We got all of these books from the library. Chickens by Peter Brady is a simple, fact-based book about chickens with great … [Read more...]
Our backyard chickens and new coop
It's been more than 2 months since we brought Fluffy and Yellow home. They were merely 4-day-old chicks when we got them. (Read how we got them here) We kept them in a brooder at home for a while. We knew we were going to keep them so I set out to find a proper coop. I found one that I felt is the best setup for our backyard on eBay and ordered. I … [Read more...]
Bristol Renaissance Faire – 2013
This is our second year at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. I love this event for myself and the children and made sure I spared a day for it. The weather was perfect. Here are some tips for beginners: Get your tickets at Walgreen's beforehand. They are not dated. You save $3 each. Bring a lot of extra cash for the rides. If it's your first … [Read more...]
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