Comments on: Road Trip http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Flying Solo http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-199 This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Flying Solo Sun, 25 May 2008 01:57:16 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-199 [...] first posting on This Mommy Gig, Road Trip, discussed the importance of family vacations. Today I’d like to focus on business [...] [...] first posting on This Mommy Gig, Road Trip, discussed the importance of family vacations. Today I’d like to focus on business [...]

]]> By: Diane Cordell http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-64 Diane Cordell Sun, 18 May 2008 01:22:04 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-64 Lisa, Love your suggestion - has it ever resulted in impossible or just plain silly requests? Gail, You also take the kids' desires under consideration, a great way to guarantee involvement. I see a lot of little ones on airplanes with cute backpacks to carry their personal items. A picture list for the pre-literate is a fantastic idea. Would help with rounding up items for the return trip, too. Julie, Srapbooking, whether "real" or online, would extend the fun even after returning home. Journals are another way to preserve those family vacation memories. Give your teens a few years, and they may be willing to travel with you again - son was happy to visit Montreal with us when a Dave Matthews concert was included in his itinerary (along with a friend invited along to share the experience). Diane Cordells last blog post..<a href="http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/2008/05/objects-modified-by-changing-light.html" rel="nofollow">Objects Modified by Changing Light</a> Lisa,
Love your suggestion - has it ever resulted in impossible or just plain silly requests?

Gail,
You also take the kids’ desires under consideration, a great way to guarantee involvement. I see a lot of little ones on airplanes with cute backpacks to carry their personal items. A picture list for the pre-literate is a fantastic idea. Would help with rounding up items for the return trip, too.

Julie,
Srapbooking, whether “real” or online, would extend the fun even after returning home. Journals are another way to preserve those family vacation memories. Give your teens a few years, and they may be willing to travel with you again - son was happy to visit Montreal with us when a Dave Matthews concert was included in his itinerary (along with a friend invited along to share the experience).

Diane Cordells last blog post..Objects Modified by Changing Light

]]> By: Julie Squires http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-63 Julie Squires Sat, 17 May 2008 23:05:30 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-63 Great tips! We provided our children with a small bag of goodies to keep them busy no matter where we went. We included scrapbooks and encouraged them to collect flyers, leaves, drawings etc to help document the trip. Each night we would sit down with them and let them decide what to include for that day (You can tell we're both teachers can't you?) Anyway, I recently found these scrapbooks again and it was wonderful looking back on our holidays together (My boys are teenagers now and refuse to go anywhere with their parents!) Julie Squiress last blog post..<a href="http://bookjewel.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/it%E2%80%99s-all-about-passionblogs-wikis-and-other-web-20-passion-quests/" rel="nofollow">It’s all about passion…Blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 passion quests.</a> Great tips! We provided our children with a small bag of goodies to keep them busy no matter where we went. We included scrapbooks and encouraged them to collect flyers, leaves, drawings etc to help document the trip. Each night we would sit down with them and let them decide what to include for that day (You can tell we’re both teachers can’t you?) Anyway, I recently found these scrapbooks again and it was wonderful looking back on our holidays together (My boys are teenagers now and refuse to go anywhere with their parents!)

Julie Squiress last blog post..It’s all about passion…Blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 passion quests.

]]> By: Gail http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-62 Gail Sat, 17 May 2008 20:11:54 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-62 We have always beleived travel is one of the best gifts we can give our kids. My "big tip" is to ALWAYS ask the question "What is the ONE thing you "need" to do to say you had a GREAT trip?" and then we set out to include those things. Another hint, my kids have always helped pack their own stuff (even when they were so little that the packing list was in pictures) - it helps them to feel involved in the pre-trip maddness in a good way! We have always beleived travel is one of the best gifts we can give our kids. My “big tip” is to ALWAYS ask the question “What is the ONE thing you “need” to do to say you had a GREAT trip?” and then we set out to include those things. Another hint, my kids have always helped pack their own stuff (even when they were so little that the packing list was in pictures) - it helps them to feel involved in the pre-trip maddness in a good way!

]]> By: Lisa Parisi http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-61 Lisa Parisi Sat, 17 May 2008 17:43:08 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-61 Welcome to the Mommy Blog. Love your first blog! Can't wait to read more. My favorite travel tip is plan the days with your child(ren). My daughter, husband, and I always plan at least one activity that is chosen purely for my daughter's pleasure. It gives her something to look forward to, helps her feel like she has some control over the vacation, and we usually end up loving her choice. Example: Costa Rica - swimming in the waterfall. See you at NECC! Welcome to the Mommy Blog. Love your first blog! Can’t wait to read more. My favorite travel tip is plan the days with your child(ren). My daughter, husband, and I always plan at least one activity that is chosen purely for my daughter’s pleasure. It gives her something to look forward to, helps her feel like she has some control over the vacation, and we usually end up loving her choice. Example: Costa Rica - swimming in the waterfall.
See you at NECC!

]]> By: Diane Cordell http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-60 Diane Cordell Sat, 17 May 2008 17:31:48 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-60 One of the most thoughtful - and valuable - gifts my father gave me as an adult was a trip to Ireland for myself and my then-17-year-old daughter. We needed that time away together and got to know each other again. More than workshops or professional development, I'm looking forward to making personal connections with my online friends at NECC. I'm make sure we meet, count on it! Diane Cordells last blog post..<a href="http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/2008/05/she-never-existed-before-mothers-day.html" rel="nofollow">She Never Existed Before: Mother's Day 2008</a> One of the most thoughtful - and valuable - gifts my father gave me as an adult was a trip to Ireland for myself and my then-17-year-old daughter. We needed that time away together and got to know each other again.

More than workshops or professional development, I’m looking forward to making personal connections with my online friends at NECC. I’m make sure we meet, count on it!

Diane Cordells last blog post..She Never Existed Before: Mother’s Day 2008

]]> By: brachsmith http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/17/road-trip/#comment-59 brachsmith Sat, 17 May 2008 17:07:06 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=45#comment-59 Great Tips! Heading out on three vacations this year with daughter. Maybe we will meet at NECC (2nd out of 3). Great Tips! Heading out on three vacations this year with daughter. Maybe we will meet at NECC (2nd out of 3).

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