10 Tips for Stress-Free Adventures with Young Kids

Just getting out the door to go to the grocery store can take ALLLLL morning with young kids. Eat breakfast. Wipe faces. Go potty. Get everyone dressed. Make the list. Re-dress the kids that un-dressed….again. Go potty. Put shoes on. Pack snacks. Eat the snacks before you leave because they are starving. Wipe the faces again. Go potty, etc. It’s exhausting. As I typed only that introduction, Finn asked me to follow him to his room to see his creation twice and I had to go wipe Rita’s bottom too.

Even the thought of preparing to get the kids out of the house makes me tired. So, how are you supposed to have special outings…and actually enjoy them at the same time? Take pictures to “capture the memory” too? Forget it!

Four kids and a business taking pictures of squirmy kids later, I have a few tips that might help you actually make it happen…regularly. And, maintain an acceptable level of insanity to enjoy it at the same time.