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How do we keep our kids buckled in and *happy* on a long trip? - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. How do we keep our kids buckled in and *happy* on a long trip? July 9, 2015. Frankly, there is just no option in our car. When it comes to buckling in, there is no wiggle room, no room for negotiation, no complaining about it. Lincoln age 3, in North America. Lola age 4, in North America. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Read stories that make you smile. Hearty and substantial. No empty calories here! November 7, 2016. October 25, 2016. October 10, 2016.
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How do we keep adventures fun with our kids? - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. How do we keep adventures fun with our kids? July 15, 2015. Snacking on the slopes in Tahoe, California. The short answer is. It didn’t take my husband long to learn that when I got hungry, I got grumpy, or ‘hangry’ as he lovingly refers to it. When our kids were younger, I learned very quickly that the fastest way to let a wonderful outing spiral downwards, was to let the ‘hungry’ monster creep up on us. It seems the apples don’t fall far from the tree. From Mom...
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A Nude Adventure - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. August 14, 2015. Sandy Bay - Cape Town. I anticipate finger wagging and head shaking, but our latest adventure was less un-clad than it sounds. I remember my parents always saying, It’s not your driving we’re worried about, it’s everyone else’s . Well, this scenario was the same, kind of. It wasn’t our being naked you had to worry about; it was everyone else’s. 1 There is to be no pointing. Particularly no pointing and laughing! Don’t let your children fool you.
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Parenting 101: The Ultimatum - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. Parenting 101: The Ultimatum. May 25, 2015. Rapunzel-the-dentist dress rehearsal in progress. Let me lay it out for you. Act 1 I make an appointment for the kids at the dentist (they have never been). I very dramatically act out what happens to teeth if children eat sugar and don’t go to the dentist. I think I am very clever. Lesson 1 in parenting: Don’t make a threat unless you intend to follow through with it. This is vital. Any parent can tell you if y...Read ...
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Our Travels - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. Adventures outside our borders. Marriage Shouldn’t be Your Comfort Zone – 10 Years of Pushing the Limits. Waterval Bowen – Where the Lowveld Meets the Sky. Beaverlac – South Africa’s very own Garden of Eden. A Life Less Ordinary. Next Entries ». Read stories that make you smile. Hearty and substantial. No empty calories here! Marriage Shouldn’t be Your Comfort Zone – 10 Years of Pushing the Limits. November 7, 2016. October 25, 2016. October 10, 2016.
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A Family DIY Affair - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. A Family DIY Affair. July 28, 2015. The end product - the new bedroom! Now this is a rare treat, a blog post about the Wuth family. When they came to us with this idea a few months ago, we immediately put it into the ‘never gonna happen’ box. After a little thought and a lot of research, I found a do-it-yourself guide. Beds into one room. I subsequently spent the next two months perfecting my plan and deciding what we needed to make this work. I thought my pl...
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How It Came To Be - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. How It Came To Be. June 12, 2014. We were overwhelmed by our desire to travel! Life had turned in a very different direction. With this adult like decision on staying put while having our little girl, we made a firm decision to embark on our round the world trip when she turned one! May 2009 – Lola was born. July 2010 – Proposed date for travelling the world. July 2010 – Lincoln was born. 14 month old Lola meeting her baby brother for the first time. All the deci...
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Beaches Archives - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. The south of Llandudno rocks. The Lesser-known Llandudno Rocks. Sandy Bay - Cape Town. Our beach day near Golden Gate Bridge. Appreciating the Good, Learning from the Bad. When the going gets tough, head to somewhere you know you’ll be happy! Or in our case, be lucky enough to have that on the cards anyway! A Tulum sunrise - Mexico. Andale… Andale… Mexico here we go! Read stories that make you smile. Hearty and substantial. No empty calories here! November 7, 2016.
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It’s the Little Things - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. It’s the Little Things. August 5, 2015. The extreme iniquity of the situation was unbearable. Thinking that an afternoon alone with my daughter is a treat I am rarely allowed, I tell her that I will play with her. Unconvinced, she stalks into the house to find something else to moan about. At this point I make a conscious decision to spend the full 2 hours that my son is at his friend, with Lola. This was the best fun ever! And my heart melted. November 7, 2016.
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Musings - A Familia Adventure
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From Mom To Machine. From Mom To Machine. Thoughts and tails of life and family. Being Schooled By My Kids! Being a Competitive Mother to a Non-Competitive Daughter. Sometimes You Just Need a Cave. S-U-G-A-R – How Getting it ‘Right’ turned out to be Wrong. There is an exception to this rule however Sundays. The day the rulebook is tossed out the window and the children can eat what their hearts desire most. Thankfully their hearts generally desire Frosties and not frosted…. Next Entries ». October 3, 2016.
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