Camping season is here and I am so excited. It means that Dusty our VW Van is out of hibernation and ready to explore. But…. What I also love more than camping is that I get to celebrate my two little girls’ birthday in the Spring and Summer. My youngest turned 2 in May and…
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…
I remember the first time I took my oldest out onto the trail while she was being potty trained. She was past the point of having lots of accidents but it was not uncommon for her to still have at a few every week. I had no idea if it was going to be a…
It has been just over a year since I started Born to be Adventurous. It is not easy diving into a creative project but there is something so freeing when you do! I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. So THANK YOU… EVERYONE! For those of you who only…
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…
Hail. Peanut sized hail was pelting the back of my yellow waterproof Columbia jacket. I was hunched over protecting my 1 year old from the pouring rain and the hard drops of hail. My husband was carrying our 3 year old and we were both sprinting down the last 10 metres of the trail to…
It’s not that I was not happy with my life the last year. I actually really enjoy being home with my two girls which is why I am planning on taking another year off of teaching. The last year has been crazy with my husband finishing up his PhD, moving cities, leaving my secure job…
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…
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…
We knew that getting a VW van would mean that we would be going on great adventures. Whenever I would see a VW van pic out in the wild or on the open road I had this inner pull, a strong desire to be that person adventuring with that van. In those pictures it just felt…
