A Sober World View: Summer with kids….

Summer survival with kids.

The trick to surviving summer with kids, is to keep them busy! I usually start making summer plans, in November. By planning early, you will ensure the best availability and pricing on your vacation. Each summer I plan out 1 family vacation trip, one over-night week long camp for the kids, one trip with just the kids and I (dad gets a break), a few stay-cations, and various skill specific camps for the kids.

Summer is the perfect opportunity to enrich your children with things that they would not ordinarily engage in. Take the opportunity to sign them up for videography, blogging, coding, or theater camp. Get them out of their comfort zone, by allowing them to explore new interest that go beyond their current familiarity. Yes, they will baulk and convey that they have no interest in learning or participating in anything new, but it's your job to push them over the cliff into novice exploration. They will thank you later.

I hope you enjoy following our journey. By the end of summer 2014, it is my desire to have three kiddos who have expanded their world view ever so slightly. Children who have tried something new regardless of their likes or dislikes. And who have placed fond recollections of the journey deep into their cognizance for later retrospection.

This summer will be full of effervescent memories made along our journey. Join us on our adventure, as we take in the sites, sounds and smells of New York City, New York; Turks and Caicos, Providenciales; Disneyland in Orange County, California; Yosemite National Park in California; San Diego, California; Big Sur California, and of course our home town of Scottsdale, Arizona. Who knows, maybe our path will lead us places unplanned.