Bunchland

What we’re reading today:

1. Is your unborn baby waging war on your uterus, or are you and the baby happily coexisting?

2. At what age do you let kids trick-or-treat on their own?

3. It’s happening; people are referring to themselves as dadpreneurs.

4. Anderson Cooper had pageant kids and moms on his show and had staff “make under” the girls, wiping all their makeup and taking off their false lashes and such. The crazy result? The girls seemed way happier without makeup.

5. These parents tried to surprise their kids with a trip to Disney World… the kids weren’t having any of it.

Photo by sean dreilinger via Flickr

Cynthia Kinnunen and her family are on the road en route to Disney World

We’ve sent Old School Still Cool blogger Cynthia Kinnunen off on a roadtrip to Disney World in a Chevrolet Orlando. How will she and the family fare on that 23-hour or so drive down? She’ll be reporting back from the road and is sure to have picked up a few survival tips.

Somewhere along the way when you’re driving very long distances in a vehicle with your kids – like from Toronto to Orlando – you either toss out your sanity and offer your brood to the next nicest-looking person you see, or you find everyone gets into a bit of a groove. Hopefully the latter is what most of us end up with, although I do admit that a little sanity went out the window somewhere in North Carolina…  Read more...

Cynthia Kinnunen, her husband and their three kids are on the road en route to Disney World.

We’ve sent Old School Still Cool blogger Cynthia Kinnunen off on a roadtrip to Disney World in a Chevrolet Orlando. How will she and the family fare on that 23-hour or so drive down? She’ll be reporting back from the road and is sure to have picked up a few survival tips.

One of the toughest parts of taking a family roadtrip can be simply getting out the door. Between choosing the appropriate attire (after reviewing the weather forecast a million times), packing said attire into efficient, space-saving baggage (impossible!), plotting child entertainment and snacking strategies and ensuring no “can’t live without” cuddlies are left behind, this is no easy task!  Read more...