Traveling with Kids
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Adjusting our Lifestyle After a Year of Traveling
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...
Finding Our People at the World School Family Summit
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...
Goodbye Isla, Hello Houston
Saying goodbye to Isla Mujeres was harder than expected, but we are excited to be on our journey to Vietnam and back to South East Asia, where this whole crazy adventure really began! So, we left Isla Mujeres - and it was such a whirlwind, I’ve barely processed it. We...
Flowing in Vietnam – but not the yoga kind!
One of the biggest adjustments to living in Vietnam for a few months has been getting around. We have learned from experience that we don’t thrive nearly as well in places where we don’t have our own transportation. We have stayed in places where we had to rely on...
How We Manage Our Airbnb While Traveling
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...
First Three Weeks on Isla Mujeres
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...
First Week in San Pedro, Belize
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...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Sickness
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...
Our World-Schooling Journey: How We Educate While Traveling Full Time
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....
Packing Light with Kids: a Minimalist Travel Experiment
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...
Best Beaches in Belize: What You Should Know about the Seagrass Situation in San Pedro
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...
Top 15 Fun Things to do in San Pedro, Belize with Young Kids
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...
The Absolute Worst Part of My Life Right Now
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...
How to find Secret Beach, the Best Beach on Ambergris Caye
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...
The Wisdom of Five Year Olds: How a Bad Day Turned Into a Lesson on Generosity
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...
Traveling with Kids
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...