Staycation

Before the kids, Sean and I used to take mini vacations as often as we could. We love to

travel and venture out new places. Skye experienced her first trip when she was 8

months old, we took her to San Diego and she loved it. Since then, she's already been to

Seattle and Vancouver in Washington State, Portland, Hawaii, Singapore, and

Indonesia. She loves to travel, experience new things, and try different kind of cuisines. We want Summer to have the same experience, so we took her for her first trip to Palm Springs last weekend and stayed at Ritz Carlton. It's such a gorgeous resort and from the start, they really treated us like a royal family. As soon as we arrived, they offered a chilled fruity drink and there was a guy with a big cart full of toys and Skye could choose a few for her to play with. Everyday between 12-5pm, they have a very cool candy bar, even the adults love it! The room itself, is just beautiful. We got the view of the gorgeous Santa Rosa Mountains and the bed is just ahhhhhmazing. The girls loved it and they slept late, which is unusual. We spent most of our time at the hotel and just relaxed by the pool in a cabana. You can rent the cabana the whole day and it really helps when you're travelling with kids since you can put all of your belongings inside and they also have a safety box, TV, and a ceiling fan. The weather was brutal, around 105 degrees, but we still had a great quality amount of family time.

Of course, travelling with kids is not that easy, but with more and more experience, you'll get the hang of it. You just have to plan and pack right and have lots of fun.

I have some tips on how to make travel more bearable with the little ones.

• Find a good hotel/resort that is family friendly
• Locations also play an important role, find ones that close to restaurants and markets, so when you need to buy necessity things or food for the kids, it'll be so much easier and save time 
• Pack light and bring snacks
• Call the hotel and ask if they provide cribs for the babies. Some hotels even have toiletries for the kids
• Book in advance, it'll save you quite amount of money
• Bring lots of water bottles for the room
• Don't forget to bring chargers for phones
• Entertain them with toys and books in the room
• Have fun and ENJOY!

I leave you with pictures from our first getaway as a family of four :)

Xoxo,

Lishya