About Me
I'm Debbie, mother of two delicious kids,
and I write about traveling with little kids. That's
my 6-month old son in Paris on Halloween.
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For traveling families, Phoenix and Scottsdale present a unique blend of amazing resorts where you can relax while the kids play in acres of pools and the opportunity to take in cultural and educational attractions as well.
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort This all-suites resort has been recently renovated. For families, the draw is ...
Carolina's Mexican Food Set in a light-industrial neighborhood near the Pueblo Grande Museum, Carolinas doesn't ...
Fry Bread House Native American Fry Bread (essentially fried dough) is typically served with honey ...
Lola Tapas Lola is a sleek little tapas restaurant with a decidedly grown up ...
Nogales Hot Dogs This truck, parked in the parking lot of a Guitar and Keyboard ...
Scratch Pastries This excellent pastry and sandwich shop aspires to recreate a bit of ...
Arizona Museum of Natural History This museum houses the dinosaur bones and exhibits that are a requisite ...
Arizona Railway Museum The Arizona Railway museum's mission is to Acquire, restore and display railway ...
Arizona Science Center Most of the hands-on exhibits at the Arizona Science Center require reading, ...
Desert Botanical Garden The Desert Botanical Garden showcases rare and sometimes endangered desert plants in ...
Heard Museum The Heard museum is reputed to have the best collection of Native ...
Little Artika Just across from Indian School Park in Downtown Phoenix, this sweet independent ...
Small Change Kids Consignment If you're willing to sort through mounds of gently used children's clothing, ...
This is a much delayed post about my trip to Arizona back in December. To read more about Arizona, see related links at the bottom of this post.
We started our final day in Phoenix with a visit to the Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park. The museum showcases 1 ...
One of the things I loved about the Heard Museum was how nicely the designers integrated kids activities into the museum exhibits. This heart-wrenching exhibit about Native American Boarding Schools came complete with school desks, blue exam books, and pencils. D and E were content to sit and draw while ...
This is a much delayed post about my trip to Arizona back in December. To read more about Arizona, see related links at the bottom of this post.
We started the day today with a visit to the Desert Botanical Garden, a showcase for the wide variety of plants that ...
This is a much delayed post about my trip to Arizona back in December. To read more about Arizona, see related links at the bottom of this post.
As we arrived at the Heard Museum, the southwest's premiere collection of Native American artifacts, we were surprised to see traffic ...
One of the things that has been fun here in Arizona is seeing such a wide ...
Sometimes in my exuberance to see a new destination, I make some pretty dumb decisions. Today was one of those days. Ever since we started planning this trip, my top "must-do" (besides eating great Mexican food) has been to see Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's desert home and workshop ...
We are not usually resort-goers. Our vacation tastes are more about exploration than relaxation, but every few years things get hectic enough at home that we realize we need a little break. With two kids under four, we're no longer able to sleep in the sun, but we hoped ...
I think we're all in need of a little warm weather right now, so next week we'll have a warm-weather photo theme for Photo Friday (thanks TravelSavvyMom for the suggestion)
We spent our second morning in Phoenix teaching the kids how to miniature golf. It was absolutely adorable ...
We're heading to Arizona soon. We'll spend a few days in Phoenix relaxing by the pool (if the weather warms up) and seeing the area. After that we'll likely head down to Tuscon where I hope we'll have warmer weather, and the opportunity to do some ...
