I am very excited to share with you the first of many activities that will come out with these little animals. I just felt that these animals were too cute to only have as ‘decorations’ on the activity calendars. After writing the Hiking Guide for Families, I knew that I wanted to write more posts…
Make a Fake Campfire (+Free Printable)
Camping is something that we love to do as a family. We usually start going on the occasional trip in April or May depending on the weather. I love that camping brings us closer together. Some of my favourite moments while camping are around the campfire. Even when we were off living the vanlife, I…
Ditch the Ipad and try these Road Trip Activities for Kids
I was beyond nervous the first time we decided to drive 10 hours straight with two little kids. I thought for sure my sanity would be lost somewhere on the highway. In order to survive the trip I immediately decided we would need an Ipad. Then, I worried that if I let them watch a…
New innovative BioLite headlamp available in time for Christmas
Our family has officially started our 3 month Van trip with Dusty our VW van. He is a 1993 VW Eurovan with lots of character and is a big part of our family. I am writing this in Yahk, BC while the kids sleep in the van that is parked near the river on our…
Backcountry Camping with Toddlers (Video)
Ever wonder what it would look like to go backcountry camping with toddlers? This short video takes you on a back country trip with our family. We hiked and camped at Lindeman Lake in British Columbia. For more outdoor family videos make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel here! More videos will be coming…
Camping in a VW Van : How to sleep a family of 4
Camping in Dusty our ’93 VW Eurovan has been one big adventure since we bought him in 2015. We bought him shortly after having our second daughter when I was having some intense nesting instinct while pregnant. Meet Dusty in this post here. There have been many ups and downs but overall the memories we…
Baby Sleep while Camping
Camping with a baby is a lot of fun. We camped with our first daughter when she was 6 weeks old and with our second daughter when she was only 3 weeks old. I have to say the first time we went camping with a baby we were excited but also nervous. The experience helped…
Toddler Sleep while Camping
Let’s talk about sleep. To be specific toddler sleep while camping. The big concern is that going away for a weekend or more will mean sleepless nights as you try to enjoy the great outdoors. I am going to begin by saying that it is not always easy to get your kids to sleep…
The Ultimate Baby Camping List
When we first started we had a baby camping list. It made camping so much easier if we had done some planning ahead of time. To help you enjoy camping I created this ultimate baby camping list that will help you get through about 3-5 days. If you are going on a 5 day camping…
Family Camping: 4 Packing Tips
Camping with two kids aged 1 and 2 1/2 is extremely fun and rewarding. That being said it is also chaotic. If you want to know what a morning camping is like check out a post I wrote for Vanlife Diaries here. In order to ease the chaos of camping with kids we found the…