http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com The joys and triumphs of traveling and living with kids! Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:48:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We survived our first week of Kindergarten.  While I would love to say to all of you that I was strong and didn't shed a tear....well, that would be a complete fabrication.  In fact, I think the tears are still flowing.  Thankfully, many of my friends are in the exact ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/09/05/we-did-it/ Summer is almost over and school will soon start for many, if it hasn't already.  In my house, it's the start of a new chapter.  My daughter will be starting Kindergarten, and while she is ecstatic and can't wait until the first day, my husband and I have been dreading this ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/08/31/its-the-beginning/ Recently we moved and in the process of packing and unpacking, we managed to get rid of a lot of "stuff " that we didn't need.  It's amazing how much "stuff" one can accumulate over time.  Perhaps its getting a year older or just plain getting wiser....I have started to get ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/08/02/getting-rid-of-stuff/ Our summer sure hasn't worked out as planned.  It should be no surprise as when you "plan" something,  the plans usually tend to change, at least in my household.   We had a summer of "fun, fun, fun" planned and we were all looking forward to traveling and enjoying our time together.  ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/07/16/summer-plans/ In about 5 hours I will be driving to the airport to pick up my gang!  Somehow I managed to make it through the 4 days they were gone.  Thanks to all of you for the calls & e-mails.  Special thanks to my girlfriends for the lunch date & pedi/mani ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/06/02/i-survived/ My husband and children left today for a 4 day trip to New Mexico.  I am staying home to take care of some many needed adminstrative details, as well as, catch up on some work.  While this trip has been scheduled for a few weeks now, I woke up this ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/05/30/home-alone/ I have been asked time & time again, "Are you still doing the No-Meat thing?"  So, to all of my readers out there (all 3 of you), the answer is.....YES!  After almost 2 months, I am proud to say that we have not "fallen off the wagon yet!"  However, there ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/05/27/update-on-our-no-more-meat/ What do you do when you live in the desert and it's a 100+ degrees outside?  Chances are you spend a lot of time in the pool, if you are fortunate to have one.  Yes, I said "fortunate".  Us "desert folk" are so accustomed to having pools, that it is ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/05/18/lazy-days-of-summer/ Some good friends of ours recently told us about "The First Tee" of Coachella Valley, a golf class for the little ones.  They have had their daughter enrolled for a few weeks and raved so much about the class that we decided to enroll our daughter and give it a ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/04/27/golf-in-the-desertfor-the-kids/ We've all heard about or experienced the dreaded terrible two's right?  We were fortunate with my daughter that the terrible two's never came.  We waited anxiously when the three's came expecting them to rear their ugly head......fortunately, they didn't.  We internally thought, "thank goodness" as we witnessed other 2 and 3 years old stamping their ... http://travelingbaby.outboundbaby.com/2008/04/11/toddler-woes/