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10 Practical Travel Tips From A Mom Of 5 Kids

Traveling with kids is fun but it’s a not a walk in the park. What more, traveling with 5 kids and one is an infant. Imagine the extra baggage of diapers and baby essentials. Thank goodness I’m exclusively breastfeeding, that’s a big minus on my bag.

Also must read: Fun Time with Kinder Joy

We love traveling during the summer months (March to May) but we also travel during the rainy season. In fact, our longest drive happened in September. Months before it was declared as one of the New Seven Wonder Cities of the world, we had the chance to see Vigan.

One of the keys to traveling with keys is preparation. This includes packing ahead of time and taking out all the OCness in you. From our travels (accompanied by my OCness), I am sharing with you some practical tips that I guarantee will make traveling less stress and more memorable.

10 Practical Travel Tips From A Mom Of 5 Kids

Practical Travel Tip #1 Create a soundtrack. The idea of creating a soundtrack for a certain is really nice. Make a list of some of your favorite songs (it would be fun to include children’s song!) and make your own travel soundtrack at Spotify. Label it with your destination and year. Listen to your soundtrack every time your family is inside the car.

Practical Travel Tip #2 Make an itinerary. There is beauty in being spontaneous but you can explore more beautiful places if you plan ahead. And let the kids know your plan. Print your itinerary and give each a copy. I know it sounds like organizing a tour, well it actually feels like one and it’s how you can make the most out of your trip. You can also play your soundtrack while making this and even while packing!

Practical Travel Tip #3 Always ask for a corner room when booking. Most hotels listed in Traveloka are already discounted and though it is tempting to get plus more rooms for your kids, ask for a corner room instead. Corner room in hotels are usually bigger. Rooms with 2 queen size beds are great options for family with kids too.If you really need to book a hotel with two rooms, try asking for connecting rooms.

Practical Travel Tip #4 Plan your outfit. It’s not for OOTD post on your instagram. Planning your outfit and the kids outfit makes packing a lot easier. This will test your organizing skills but if you ace this one, you’re set for life. For bigger kids, let them pack their clothes. Give them a list of the clothes they need to bring and give them a bag each.

Practical Travel Tip #5 Pack in small bags. So how do you pack in smalls bags when you have more kids? As mentioned in #4, let them pack their own bag. Collect their bags and put it together in one big bag. Most of the times, my stuff and husband’s goes in one big bag and my kids’ on another 1 big bag.

Practical Travel Tip #6 Include small toiletries. Buy travel sized shampoo, soap etc and bring a set or two for your family. It should depend on the number of rooms you’re planning to book. Hotels provides toiletries but with kids, it will never be enough.

Practical Travel Tip #7 Bring a snack bag. Long travel + hungry kids is a disaster. Prevent it from happening by bringing a snack bag. Put 2 to 3 snacks for each kid. It should be light like crackers or snack bars.

Practical Travel Tip #8 Always bring small bills for tipping. In Philippine hotels, how much to tip the bellman? Most US travel sites I have read suggest bringing a lot of $1 bill. Basing from that, I guess 50 PhP bill is acceptable as minimum for tipping. It doesn’t hurt to give more though, specially if the bellman is very helpful to your family.

Practical Travel Tip #9 Take photos everywhere. When I say everywhere, it literally means everywhere. From the landmarks on the way, historical places you pass by to hotel facade to hotel rooms to all the place you will visit. Take photos of those, take photos with your family on it (bring a selfie stick and tripod always), take photos with only your kids. Take photos of each of the kids too. It eats time but it was worth it.

Practical Travel Tip #10 Print your photos. The experience will be forever in your kids’ heart and the fun times can surely make them laugh for a while. Make that memories last longer by printing some of your travel photos. You can also make an album and a scrapbook of your trip!

Kids+ well planned trip= Happy Family!

5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must

This year is our 2nd time to attend Fun Ranch Egg-Citing Easter Weekend Egg Hunt & Party (read about our experience last year> Easter 2015). It’s fun.. super fun! Kaya when we were invited again to participate in this year’s Easter Egg Hunt & Party, wala ng kyeme kyeme.

Now, let me tell you 5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must (at sana next year makasama na din kayo):

5 Reasons Why Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party Is A Must

Reason #1 Ticket price is really affordable and super sulit!

Adult ticket price for Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party is 275 Pesos and it includes food + snacks + drinks and some tokens/ samples from sponsors.

Kid ticket price for Fun Ranch Easter Egg Hunting Party is 550 Pesos and it includes a Fun Ranch RIDE ALL YOU CAN stub + food + snacks+ drinks + loot bag

Reason #2 FOOD!

Syempre ang takaw ko di ba LOL

Seriously, the food included in the ticket is Spaghetti + Chicken and fries.. and mind you, hindi nauubos ang food! You can get your food as soon as it is ready, during the program or after mag egg hunting ng mga bagets. Fun Ranch allocates a room for dinning kaya hindi hassle kumain.

Reason #3 FUN Activities!

May coloring area for the kids. May games syempre and may magic show din. When it comes to fun activities and making sure kids are entertained, panalo ang Fun Ranch diyan.

Reason #4 Loot Bags

Eh yung akala ng nanay ko galing kame sa grocery sa dami ng laman ng loot bag (from 5 tickets yan) LOL

Reason #5 Organized Egg Hunting

Actually, it should be SUPER organized egg hunting.

I bet every attendees of this event will agree. The egg hunting activity is divided into 3 age categories kaya walang worry ang mga mommies na baka madaganan ang mga bagets nila. Younger kids can get as much eggs as bigger kids. Each age categories are grouped into 10 pa.. so talagang may chance ang bata na ma enjoy ang egg hunting.

Even the exchange of eggs for the prize is organized (great improvement from last year’s event)… walang pila ang kids really enjoyed the “prizes”.

BONUS!!

Reason #6 Fun Ranch Branches

Because Fun Ranch has 2 branches, 2 din ang Easter Party nila every year..there’s one from Ortigas branch and another one from Alabang branch.

Get to know more about Fun Ranch or how to party at Fun Ranch by visiting Fun Ranch Website or checking out Fun Ranch Facebook Page.

Fun Ranch is a one-stop-shop party place that offers party packages for anything you want to celebrate. Use of function room is free of charge and can perfectly fit in big and small groups. We cater to kiddie birthday parties, school graduations, even company outings.

Love joining Easter Parties? What’s your favorite activity or Easter game?

5 Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas

Mother’s Day is one of my favorite occasions and not just because I am now a mother (it adds though haha). Me and my siblings always look forward to Mother’s Day. Seeing our Nanay happy is one of the most heart warming experience we share as siblings. When we were kids, we always think of Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas. When you’re young and still no income, DIY is your best option. We tried diy picture frames, diy vase, diy Mother’s Day card, diy photo album and all Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas our little minds could think of.

Now that we’re older and all have an income of our own, we still love DIY-ing our Mother’s Day Gift.

5 Easy DIY Mother’s Day Gift ideas

#1 Mother’s Day Love Jar

This is the best gift if your mom lives far away from you. Decorate a jar with hearts and butterfly. Leave some love notes for your mom. It would be better to leave notes that would last until your next visit (replenish the notes every time you visit). In this case, even though you’re far your mother could still feel your love.

#2 Mother’s Day Foot Spa Basket

Buy her favorite foot products and manicure set and make a beautiful basket or box with ther fave products. Bonus if you’ll do her pedi on Mother’s Day!

I got this idea because my mom was asking for a nipper the other day 🙂

#3 Mother’s Day Chili Chill Con Carne

In this age where everything is fast and everyone is in a hurry, making a time with your mom is a sure hit. Spend an afternoon with her and DIY a meryenda that she always cooks for you.

#4 Mother’s Day Bouquet

Nothing beats a good old fashioned flower arrangement as a gift especially if you’re the one who made it. Make the bouquet more personal by including a card with a sincere message and by adding your mom’s favourite flowers. If your mom is into more exotic flowers, you can order them via internet from online florists and then customize it upon delivery. E-florists like Fresh Flowers has all kinds of Mothers Day flowers, from tulips, orchids, gerberas, etc.

#5 Mother’s Day Ecobag

Here’s something that your mom could use for a very long time. Her very own shopping bag! Using contrasting fabric, felt or buttons, you could create a personalized DIY eco bag for your mother.

All these DIY are pretty easy to make and won’t take a lot of your time.