The Midwest Expedition -a new blog series on travel
Hey guys!
I have an awesome surprise for you!
This year as we journey around with our kids for field trips I’m going to be sharing them with you!
I’m calling it The Midwest Expedition because we live in the Midwest and going anywhere with kids is both an adventure and an expedition. Not to mention an adventure.
I love going on field trips with my kids and there are some places we will visit multiple times in the year. I will share restaurants that are large family and allergy friendly as well as places that can be visited for FREE and those that may charge but that are affordable for large families.
In short, this series is designed with the large family in mind.
Unless we have some financial windfalls, these adventures will all take place within 2 hours of our house. We’ll venture to places in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and even Kansas! Sometimes we’ll have friends around for the ride and sometimes we might even have daddy! Those adventures are the best!
I will of course include the Civil War Reenactments that we do because I count those as field trips. We’ll definitely have a zoo visit coming soon.
In fact, today we’re going on our first adventure!
Once a month I am the volunteer drop manager for an Azure Standard route and the kids always go with me. No need for a sitter when you can take the kids along and have a fun field trip day! Visits to stores can count towards reading and math(you have to figure the cost with a large family)! And then there are always parks and trails to explore. So it is a safe guess that every month you’ll find us visiting a new location.
I’ve got some big plans for this series and I hope you’re up and able to travel with us! It’s going to be a fun trip!
Join us for The Midwest Expedition!!
Debbie Denny
Sweet. I can’t wait to hear about your adventures. I will have to share with my readers since I have so many from the same general area.
Erin S.
That would be wonderful! I think too many people overlook all our wonderful history in the midwest.
Jessi
Sounds like adventures ahead!
Erin S.
Today was the zoo and I’m beat!
Kelly @ Leafy Not Beefy
Sounds fun! I’d imagine it definitely will be an adventure! P.S. Your blog design is so pretty and feminine!
Erin S.
Thanks so much! I had a friend help me design it so that it would reflect some of my tastes. I love it!
Kandi
I can’t wait to hear what your adventures bring!
Erin S.
I’m hoping tons of fun and minimal injuries!
Char W.
I’ll be looking forward to your blog posts about your field trips. I’m looking for a few ideas for homeschooling and I love your blog.
Erin S.
Thanks so much! We love homeschooling here. I’m going to be sharing our new curriculum for this year soon.
Robin (Masshole Mommy)
I have always wanted to see a Civil War Reenactment! We have a lot of Revolutionary War ones here in Boston and those are so cool.
Erin S.
I’d love to see a Rev war one. We love the Civil War and really all history.
Platter Talk
Can’t wait for this series to take off! Fantastic idea fora blog.
Erin S.
Thanks so much! I was wanting something to tie in fun with homeschooling and our field trips.
Heidi G
That will be so much fun, I can’t wait to watch your travels !
Erin S.
First one hopefully coming soon!
Rosey
Looking forward to the series. I love reading travel posts.
Erin S.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy them as much as my kids are.
Kungphoo
Cool! We like road trips, we just do not take too many of them since things are pretty spread out around here..
Erin S.
But that makes them even more special!
Heather
Its great to have some many places to go so close to your home. We love way out of a metropolis area so we usually have quite a trek to make, but they make for some great road trips!
Erin S.
We have a lot of history around us. It’s an hour for us to get to the closest city, but when we’re there we stay for the whole day!
Stacey Werner
Sounds like fun! I can’t wait to read all about it.
Erin S.
Thanks! Can’t wait to hear what you think of our adventures.
Mistee Dawn
Sounds like a really fun series. Can’t wait to read it.
Erin S.
Thanks so much!
celebbabylaundry
IT’s always great to go on vacation with the kids and travel.
Erin S.
I’ve never been on a real vacation with the kids but our day cations are always fun!
Liz Mays
I’m looking forward to seeing where you guy and what you do. I like little day trips like that.
Erin S.
I love getting more than one stop in for a day too!
Dawn
You and your family should definitely go to a zoo soon. My family and I LOVE going to zoos and seeing all the wonderful animals.
Erin S.
We love the zoo! We go to one that is 2 hours from us so it’s a special thing. The kids always look forward to it.
Debbie L.
this sounds like a fun journey – I am looking forward to reading your post.
Erin S.
I can’t wait to have the time to get the first few up!
Debra
THis sounds like a lot of fun, looking forward to it!
Erin S.
So far we’ve had 3 adventures! All were a blast!
Lexie Lane
Ooh! This sounds like great fun! Can’t wait to see all your pics!
Erin S.
First adventure coming up soon!
Family Travel Blogger
Great series, I look forward to following along. 🙂
Erin S.
I look forward to sharing!
Michelle F.
I can not wait to see and hear about your adventures. Sounds like it is going to be a great trip.
Erin S.
Yes, we’ve had some fun trips already. I just need to get them posted now!