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It’s officially Fall! It definitely doesn’t fe It’s officially Fall! It definitely doesn’t feel like it in Miami, it really never does but that just gives us a reason to explore other states. West Virginia is one of them, fun fact I actually lived here between undergrad and grad school! Here are Things to do in West Virginia (SAVE + SHARE): 

1. Enjoy New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, or visit any of the states 35 state parks as West Virginia has 1.5 million acres of parks and public land. We personally walked the Shavers Lake Trail and canoed on the lake. 

2. Enjoy some serious adventures! We’re always trying something new and West Virginia offers a lot of options from whitewater rafting, to 1,000+ miles of off-road ATV trails, to rock climbing, caving and mountain biking . 

3. Take a train ride on the Cass Scenic Railroad which stops at the Whittaker Camp where those who worked in the lumber and coal industry lived during the work season. 

4. Explore Cranberry Glades Botanical Area where you might just get to see some black bears! 

5. Walk the Falls of Hills Creak trail to get up close to some gorgeous waterfalls! 

This week I’ll be sharing various cities and states you can experience a beautiful Fall getaway. What are some of your favorite places to enjoy autumn?

Tap the link in my bio for my West Virginia blog post and a blog post of the best places to experience Fall in the US!
Still not over our day exploring the waters of For Still not over our day exploring the waters of Fort Pierce. We danced, snorkeled, fished and went tubing. Definitely want more days like this and still pinch myself that this is what a day of work looks like for me sometimes. Thank you @seadoo for the opportunity.
If you know my husband you know water activities a If you know my husband you know water activities are his favorite! Fishing, jet skiing, just being on a boat on the ocean relaxing, name it, he’s there. So we couldn’t be more excited than to not only get the chance to test out the new @seadoo Switch but be the stars of a whole commercial for it. We had entirely too much fun filming this. Of course now he wants to buy one!

Do you like getting out on the water? Favorite activity?
Our 3 Day London Itinerary (SAVE + SHARE): 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Day 1: Walked across the Tower Bridge (you can take a tour of London of Tower as well), walked along the River Thames and took a make a fascination hat class with @create_your_own_hat! 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Day 2: Harry Potter walking tour, checked out Borough Market and went on a night ghost bus tour. 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Day 3: Morning Tea at Peggy Porschen, Buckingham Palace for Changing of the Guards, and explore Westminster for the infamous red telephone booths, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.

If you have more time on previous visits to London we have taken a day trip to check out Stonehenge, Bath and Windsor Castle, rode the London Eye, took a ferry ride down the Thames River, checked out Warner Brother Studios, and did a graffiti/street art tour.

Is London on your list? If you’ve been what did you do that you think is a must for visitors?

Things to do in London, London with kids, family travel
Then vs Now (swipe left)!🥹🥰 My babies are no Then vs Now (swipe left)!🥹🥰 My babies are not babies anymore. Where has the time gone? Excuse me while I go cry in the corner 😭😭😭😭. 

Too in my feelings to provide an informational post, I’ll be back tomorrow.
Why is this man always trying to stop my fun? List Why is this man always trying to stop my fun? Listen replace husband with whoever you need to but why these ppl keep acting like we can take our money when we’re gone?!? Y’all feel me or nah? 😅😬😩
Morning Tea in London! Afternoon or High Tea is us Morning Tea in London! Afternoon or High Tea is usually on everyone’s things to do in London list but since the girls and I don’t eat beef or pork the menus for most places didn’t make sense for us as they are filled with ham sandwiches and other things we don’t eat. I ended up finding Morning Tea at Peggy Porschen instead which offers a tea menu with breakfast items, while not traditional it worked best for us! It cost £35 pp.

For a traditional Afternoon or High Tea Try:

🫖Palm Court at The Ritz
🫖The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon at Fortnum & Mason
🫖Theatre Royal Drury Lane
🫖The Grill Room Hotel Cafe Royal (has vegetarian an vegan options)
🫖Coronation Afternoon Tea at Cellarium, Westminster Abbey
🫖The Rosebery Coronation Afternoon Tea at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park
🫖The Goring Hotel

Afternoon Teas Geared Towards Families:

☕️Peter Pan Afternoon Tea at Aqua at The Shard
☕️Jurassic Afternoon Tea at the Ampersand Hotel
☕️Jungle Book Afternoon Tea at Brown’s Hotel
☕️Secret Garden Afternoon Tea at Taj 51
☕️The Buzzy Bees Afternoon Tea at St. Ermin’s Hotel
☕️Grover’s Children’s Tea at Grosvenor House Hotel
☕️The Peppa Pig Afternoon Tea Bus Tour
☕️Sherlock Holmes Inspired Afternoon Tea at the Mind Palace
☕️Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tea at One Aldwych
☕️Mad Hatter Afternoon Tea at The Sanderson
☕️Wizard of Oz Afternoon Tea at The Soho Hotel

Have you done a proper Afternoon or High Tea in London before? Was the one you did on this list, if so what did you think of it? If you have additional recommendations please do leave a comment!

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Summer Camp Activities at Home with Camp Prime

July 15, 2020      Lifestyle

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When we’re not traveling during summer we’re doing summer camp activities at home. If you’re someone who gets stuck on new ideas I’m sharing a few from Amazon’s Camp Prime. This program is guaranteed to keep your kids busy and having fun even without leaving the house. So to make summer at home feel like we’re on an away adventure we transformed a room in our house into our own summer camp!

This blog post is in sponsored by Amazon Prime! All opinions are our own and true.

Summer Camp Activities at Home with Camp Prime

Family Camp Crests

If you’ve ever been to summer camp you know each section/cabin has its own flag. The Camp Prime handbook – available for free at amazon.com/campprime – listed all the materials we needed to make our own. Since we’re at home we named our camp, Camp Ham Fam. Using a pillow case for our flag we got working on designing the base. 

First we tie-dyed our flag which my daughters loved doing! Be sure to wear gloves and make sure you’re not wearing anything you don’t want ruined just in case  dye gets on it. We loved using our Echo Dots Kids edition to play music while making our flag. Of course the girls ask Alexa to play Kidz Bop. The Echo Dot Kids edition comes with a 1 year subscription of Kids Free Unlimited that includes access to over 1,000 Audible books, thousands of songs, plus favorite games and skills. Prime members can also pay just $2.99/month for FreeTime Unlimited after your free trial.

Once our flag was tie-dyed we started decorating it. First we made our family crest. The girls chose the colors black, blue and purple. Black stands for determination and strength, blue for trust and loyalty and purple for creativity and imagination. 

Besides our family crest they put Camp Ham Fam in sticker letters and made and added on a mascot. By creating our own flags we learned from Alexa that we technically became vexillologists, people who specialize in studying flags. I told this to the girls and now they keep asking Alexa for more flag facts!


Campfire Stories

What is summer camp without campfire stories? Whether it’s too hot for an outdoor fire like it is for us in Miami or you don’t have a backyard don’t worry because all you need is your imagination to create a fire-less campfire! We did just that with the help of a few items we had laying around the house.

How to Make a Fire-less Campfire

To make our campfire we used the tubes from finished paper towels (you can also use the finished toilet paper tubes) as the logs for our fire. Then we made flame cut outs using a flame cookie cutter and red and orange fabric.

Once that was done we used an LED light we have from camping to put in the middle and illuminate it! We also needed a tent for “camping” so I used a box we had to make one. It took five minutes to cut the box and tape the top. To add to our ambiance I lit the inside with Christmas tree lights and put two chairs in front for the girls.

Turn off the Lights and Tell Campfire Stories

Now it was time to tell campfire stories! First I read some from our Campfire Stories book. Then the girls made up some of their own. We even asked Alexa to play fire sounds (Alexa, play campfire sounds) so we could hear the crackling noise real fires have in the background to bring it all together.


Make Your Own Special S’mores

You really can’t have a campfire and tell stories without one thing, S’mores!! Even if you don’t like the traditional version, like me there are so many variations you can make. We personally used our flame cookie cutter to cut out brownies and then put a marshmallow on top! Some other ideas include swapping out the chocolate for peanut butter and jelly, adding caramel over the marshmallow, or using white chocolate instead of milk chocolate. The options are endless! After we ate we used Prime Video, a benefit of us having a Prime membership (sign up for a free 30 day trial here) to watch Troop Zero, the perfect camp night movie!

These were just two of the summer camp activities you can do at home with Camp Prime. Check out Camp Prime for other options including recipes for your own at-home Camp Canteen, brain-boosting STEM projects and more. The best part is Amazon Prime understands that there are a lot of kids who rely on The Boys & Girls Clubs of America to stay active and engaged over the summer. They’re providing them with donations to make sure these kids have as fun of a summer as we do. You can also help by selecting your local Boys & Girls Club as your charity of choice on AmazonSmile or say “Alexa, donate to the Boys & Girls Club.” We can’t wait to continue these summer camp activities and home with Camp Prime!

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  1. maia says

    July 15, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    I love this! And the girls look like they’re having a ball

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