Two Kids and a Map

Not that kind of photo session, folks!  This is a family website!  We went to Washington DC this weekend to visit family.  My dad and stepmom were in town from Germany for work so we flew up to see them for a long weekend.  My sister and her family just recently moved to Virginia Beach [...]

Tags: family travel, Photo Friday, Virginia, Washington DC

I know that most people have posted their pumpkin, apple and various other fall-esque pictures weeks ago.  I have not because I live in Florida where fall is a mythical creature to us.  It is hot, hot, hot and then it gets biting cold.  Then it gets hot and humid again.  Halloween is a crap shoot–it is [...]

Tags: family travel, Maryland, Poolesville, Virginia, Washington DC

Trying to keep Little S entertained on the plane!
When choosing our seats for our flight on the Delta MD-88 to Washington DC this past weekend, we just wanted to make sure that my family of four was sitting next to each other.  Sitting next to each other eliminates the “I want to sit with daddy not [...]

Tags: family travel

Thanks to all who participated in the My Busy Kit giveaway.  This was my first giveaway and I appreciate the participation!  The winner, selected randomly via random number generator, was Suzanne S. (comment #3) who said:
“I would love a girls my busy kit! We just moved to the area and will be traveling back to [...]

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In 2005, we traveled with my 10mo son to Europe.  We had a whirlwind vacation and got to do so many different things.  You can read the other posts here: Berlin in Photos, The London Eye, Trier, Germany; Kelty Convertible Backpack; American Cemetery and Memorial; Amsterdam, Netherlands;  Zermatt, Switzerland and the Matterhorn, Brussels, Belgium, and Stuck in Bed.
We [...]

Tags: Europe, Germany

We are celebrating the one year anniversary of Two Kids and a Map today and what better way to do it than to give something away to the readers!!!  I have partnered up with Lorraine from My Busy Kit® to give away one busy kit of the winner’s choice!  The kits are fantastic.  They are [...]

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Today marks the one year “blog-iversary” for Two Kids and a Map.  We are celebrating big time by giving away a My Busy Kit to ONE lucky winner!  Be sure to check back later today to find out how to enter!
 When I started this blog I had never intended for it to become what it [...]

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On our massive Virginia road trip, I drove the kids up to Hershey, Pennsylvania to meet up with an old friend.  We visited Chocolate World (I have coined the trip Chocolate Disaster…that is for another post, another day!) and on the way home, we stopped for a potty break at Boyd’s Bear Country in Gettysburg, [...]

Tags: family travel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Road Trips, Virginia

See that beautiful beach???  That is Destin Beach, Florida and that is where I am headed this weekend. 
See that beautiful little girl???  That is my daughter, and she is staying home.
This weekend is my Annual Girls’ Weekend and I am so very excited about the prospect of seeing a movie without worrying about what time I [...]

Tags: Destin, Florida

Yesterday, Little S and I drove around Downtown Pensacola on a little scavenger hunt to find red things.  Here are some other pictures of our beautiful downtown!

The fountain in Seville Square

The birds that collect in Plaza de Luna (kinda freaky huh?)
The following photos were taken in the Historic Village in Downtown Pensacola

The following pictures were [...]

Tags: Florida, Pensacola, Photo Friday