Bilingual Summer Day Camps for Kids in Paris

Bilingual Summer Day Camps in Paris for Kids How young is too young for ‘study abroad?’ Enrolling a child in a summer camp program in a foreign country definitely isn’t for all kids, but it’s an incredible opportunity for some. Vacation day camps exist in many of Paris’s most well regarded bilingual schools–and they are […]

Summer Travel Highlights Part 1

  Not sure how many posts this summer travel highlights “series” will be…difficult to believe it’s over.  It’s been a whirlwind of a summer and my kids are already back in school! We’re back home in Arizona, mostly settled in, so I’ll get back to posting here and there.  Our summer travels, which were quite […]

Paris: Day 3

Paris: Day 3

We made it safely to Paris! I’m testing whether or not the Iphone 5 camera is superior to my Iphone 4. All of these photos were taken with my new phone, so I apologize in advance for the quality as I’m getting used to it. I felt so organized on the trip over; I’d brought […]

Packing Advice

Packing Advice

I was asked about Packing tips in a Q&A on The Collected Traveler. The links didn’t come through to the products I was talking about so I’ve provided them below. Hope this is helpful! If you’ve got any good packing advice, traveling with or without children, please post! Do you have any advice about packing? […]

Virtual Paris with Children Book Tour Begins at Lost in Cheeseland!

Virtual Paris with Children Book Tour Begins at Lost in Cheeseland!

The virtual book tour for The Little Bookroom Guide to Paris with Children began yesterday with a Q & A with Lindsey Tramuta on her Lost in Cheeseland blog as part of her Franco File Fridays series! Tramuta is an American “who fell in love with a Frenchman and moved to Paris.” She discovers new […]

Hot Chocolate in Paris

Charlotte, my 3-year-old, savoring a cup of hot chocolate in Paris, last December. Again I was reminded I should dress the girls in dark colors when we’re out and about. We were compelled by heavy rain to pop into the nearest café, but I’d recommend avoiding the tourist-laden cafés on Ave. de la Bourdonnais near […]

Book Release and Signing Event! April 26th, 5pm-7pm!

Book Release and Signing Event!

Katie Wilson, the owner of Garage Boutique for Kids, in Scottsdale, has graciously offered to host a book signing event for the release of Paris with Children! I’ll post an official invitation once I have it, but it’s open to everyone, so please come–the more the merrier! Award-winning bakery, Classic Cakes & Confections is also […]

Travel Necessity: Envirosax Bags

Travel Necessity: Envirosax Bags

I’m going to recycle some posts from my old site, smallbatchtravel.com. There was no way to migrate them to the new website, but I’ll try to refresh the content here and there. Of course I’ll continue making new posts as well! I haven’t taken a trip in the last four years without one of these […]