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It’s that time of year when spring is approaching: the snow melts, the sun shines (we hope!) and the schools close their doors for a week or two regardless of whether we’ve got time for a family vacation or not.
If you’re fortunate enough to take some time off work for March Break to travel with the kids, then we have one word we’d like you to remember: relax. Okay, so the vacation part might be easy, but the travel is tough, right? Not so. We’ve pulled together our SavvyMom Guide to Family Travel for the express purpose of helping make the journey as much of a joy as the final destination. Just be sure to pack your sunscreen whether you’re headed for the ski hills or some serious sunshine. And if swimming is definitely going to be a part of your break, be sure to review these important rules on water safety for peace of mind.
If you are going to be staying home for the break, or need some ideas to keep the kids busy, be sure to check out our newsletters tomorrow to get some ideas on Spring Break activities and camps in the area.
March Break is a great time to test out some local programs without committing to a full session—many places offer weekly camps that are ‘tasters’ of their larger programs.
It’s also a great time to rediscover your home town. After all, sometimes it’s fun to be a tourist where you live, especially if you haven’t revisited any of the local attractions for awhile.
So whether you’re going to be hunkering at home or heading out to an exotic (or at least warmer) locale, be sure to remember the most important word in this whole situation: ‘break’.
Jody Picoult’s latest book, Sing You Home explores what it means to be a family, along the way addressing the questions of infertility, adoption, marriage, parenthood and what really makes up a traditional family in this day and age. And the book even comes with a CD of original songs with lyrics by Jodi.
She is an internationally bestselling author (and a mom of three no less) but I must confess this was the first of her 17 books I have read—but it won’t be the last. I could not put it down—it’s heart-wrenching and beautiful.
If you’re a fan of Jodi Picoult’s, you may be excited to know that she is coming to Canada as part of her book launch and will be in Toronto on March 10 at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library and in Vancouver on March 13 at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church.
Wanna read Sing You Home? We’ve got 10 copies of this great book to give away. Just leave a comment on the blog here before March 31 and we will conduct a random draw from all of them.
For complete contest rules and regulations, click here.
And we have our winners:
Comments
I’ve heard a lot about this book, and can’t wait to read it!
I’ve seen some great reviews. I haven’t read anything by this author yet, but looking forward to reading this one!