In episode 3 of our family travel adventure, our six-year-old explains how to choose an appropriate family destination. Topping her list: warm weather (after all, it’s January) playgrounds, and shopping — lots of shopping!
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It’s been five weeks since we returned to the mainland from Hawaii and the kids are getting a little antsy. Family travel may be an addiction.
Here’s what happens when the kids go stir crazy. It’s episode one of our adventure. I hope you’ll follow along by signing up for the Away is Home channel and tuning for the next episode on Friday.
What will happen next? I’ll give you a clue: Our son Iden didn’t get very far.
Oh, and there were no cats in the bag in the final scene.
Although he sometimes feels “a little dishonest” about it, Jeremy Reed says he doesn’t have much choice: With seven children, from an infant to a teenager, and on a limited budget, he often reserves only one hotel room when he’s on vacation.
A big room.
“We usually get a suite with two queen beds plus a couch, and sometimes ask for a portable bed, too,” said Reed, a software engineer from Keller, Tex.
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