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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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hospital visits

Meltdowns

ugly cries

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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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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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Best Beaches in Belize: What You Should Know about the Seagrass Situation in San Pedro

by | July 16, 2018 | San Pedro | 0 Comments

    Our world-travel adventure got off to a rocky start when our idyllic beach paradise of San Pedro, Belize, turned out to have a major environmental problem going on. We booked our trip to San Pedro on a bit of a whim – a friend tagged me in a blog post...
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First Week in San Pedro, Belize

by | August 11, 2018 | San Pedro, Sunday Night Dinners | 2 Comments

The first week of our full-time traveling lifestyle took us to the island of Ambergris Caye and the town of San Pedro, in Belize. It brought a lot of highs and lows, including starting a new school, loving our golf cart, discovering the seaweed, and meeting new...
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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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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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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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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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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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Packing Light with Kids: a Minimalist Travel Experiment

by | July 18, 2018 | MINIMALIST TRAVEL, PACKING, Thailand | 4 Comments

    33 days, 2 adults, 2 kids, and 1 type of weather. One 40 litre backpack, one 16 litre backpack, and one stroller. “Wow! How did you do that?!” is the refrain we’ve heard a lot when we describe how we approached packing light with kids for our inaugural...
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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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Minimalist Travel

by | June 15, 2018 | MINIMALIST TRAVEL | 0 Comments

    Minimalist travel has transformed so many aspects of our life. Life is simpler, cheaper, less stressful, and more fulfilling - and my kids say "I'm bored" far less often despite having FAR fewer toys! Funny how their creativity serves them far better...
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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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