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Welcome to my blog about traveling the world with our two young girls!

I share the ups and downs, good and bad – all right here.

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travel with us

Welcome to my blog about traveling the world with our two young girls!

I share the ups and downs, good and bad – all right here.

Learn More

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We are the crazy family that sold everything and headed off on a once-in-a-lifetime travel adventure.
This blog is about what it’s like living as a young family on the road. The real deal. Some travel blogs make everything look and sound fantastic, but I’m more interested in the reality of what we’re doing. It’s amazing, awesome, exciting, and enriching… it’s also exhausting, difficult, stressful, and full of self-doubt at times. I try to capture it all.

I explore what it’s like to parent and raise young children through this experience. I document our attempts to travel in a minimalist way through packing, budgeting, and getting creative. We eat a plant-based diet, so I also share how we “keep it vegan” on the road and my favourite travel-friendly recipes and tricks.

Follow me on Instagram and Facebook for quick updates and fun photos as we travel around, as well as all my latest blog posts.

Or, if you have in-depth questions or want to chat, you can email me at havekidswillwander@gmail.com

Thanks to Megan Muir from Muir Image Photography (www.muirimagephoto.com) for the great family photo!

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You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Adjusting our Lifestyle After a Year of Traveling

by | February 21, 2019 | Japan, Sunday Night Dinners, Uncategorised | 1 Comment

When we left Canada to come to Japan this past January 1, we had been traveling for almost exactly a year. We spent 5 of the last 12 months in Toronto, working on our rental house in various ways. Between visits back to Canada, we spent 1 month in Belize, 2 months in...
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Traveling with Kids

by | June 19, 2018 | TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 0 Comments

    A lot of people questioned the wisdom of our decision to travel with our kids when they were this young. We questioned it ourselves! But there is so much to be gained by exposing kids to new cultures and experiences. Since we have young, active kids who...
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Finding Our People at the World School Family Summit

by | November 21, 2018 | TRAVELING WITH KIDS, Vietnam, WORLD-SCHOOLING | 0 Comments

It’s hard to know where to begin when you’ve had a week that was as inspirational, emotional, and - dare I say - life-changing as our time at the Project World School Family Summit in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We booked our tickets and hotel room months ago, which is VERY...
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Meal Planning + Slow Traveling: Top 10 Ways to Stick to your Food Budget

by | July 13, 2018 | BUDGETING, EATING VEGAN WHILE TRAVELING, MEAL PLANNING | 0 Comments

Budget meal planning while traveling: it's a constant priority for us to find ways to eat healthy and cheaply while we slow travel, without wasting too much, and also keeping it plant-based.  It’s probably no surprise to those who know me that I am constantly meal...
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Top 15 Fun Things to do in San Pedro, Belize with Young Kids

by | July 16, 2018 | PARENTING, San Pedro, TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 2 Comments

    When I was in my mid-twenties, I had a boss that went on a Disney cruise for his 40th birthday. We all thought he was crazy, but he said: “if my kids are happy, I’m happy!”. Well, now I understand. So, this blog is all about the Top 15 Fun Things to do...
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Our World-Schooling Journey: How We Educate While Traveling Full Time

by | July 26, 2018 | PARENTING, TRAVELING WITH KIDS, WORLD-SCHOOLING | 4 Comments

    One of the most common questions we get, when we tell people that we are traveling full time (and therefore consider ourselves to be world-schooling) is “but - what about the kid’s education?”. Some are curious… some are concerned… some seem judgemental....
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The Wisdom of Five Year Olds: How a Bad Day Turned Into a Lesson on Generosity

by | June 19, 2018 | PARENTING, San Pedro, TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 2 Comments

    This was one of those days that most blogs don’t talk about. This was one of those days that make you question your decision to uproot your life and travel the world. This was one of the Bad Days. One of the days that starts with the toddler waking at...
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First Three Weeks on Isla Mujeres

by | August 22, 2018 | Isla Mujeres, Sunday Night Dinners | 0 Comments

Three family updates that encompass our first three weeks on the island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. From the photo above, you might think that getting vanilla jelly rolls was the most exciting thing we did! April 19 After surviving an ice storm in April and the return of...
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How to find Secret Beach, the Best Beach on Ambergris Caye

by | July 13, 2018 | San Pedro, TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 0 Comments

The hidden gem of San Pedro is hidden for a reason: it’s an excruciating one hour drive in a golf cart along ridiculously bumpy roads to get there. But man, is the pay-off worth it! Here is how to find Secret Beach, the best beach on Ambergris Caye, in our opinion. We...
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Sickness

by | August 7, 2018 | Isla Mujeres, TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 0 Comments

Sickness. So much sickness. 18 separate things in 7 weeks for 4 people. Plus a teething toddler. Life on this paradise island wasn't exactly paradise for us! I’ve barely written anything since arriving on Isla Mujeres almost two months ago. There are many things that...
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How We Manage Our Airbnb While Traveling

by | September 7, 2018 | BUDGETING, TRAVELING WITH KIDS | 0 Comments

  I’ve had a lot of questions recently from other traveling families - and want-to-travel-someday families - about how we manage our rental house while traveling around the world.Here is all the information about how we manage our Airbnb unit, and long-term...
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The Absolute Worst Part of My Life Right Now

by | July 13, 2018 | PARENTING, TRAVELING WITH KIDS, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

    WARNING: graphic post ahead. If you are or recently were the parent of a toddler, you will likely find it somewhat familiar. Otherwise, I would finish eating before reading. There are lots of ways that this traveling life isn’t easy or perfect (I will...
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