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Paris 2025 Recap: My Planning and Packing Tips + How Much Our Trip Really Cost!

A quick reminder that today is Day #1 of our third Cool Bloggers Walking Club! Three cheers for any returning alumni, and welcome to anyone joining our walking troupe for the first time.

There are…

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  • Budget, Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Money, Paris, Thrifting, Travel
  • Apr, 01, 2025
  • 41 Comments

Paris Days Seven – Nine: Auvers-sur-Oise, a Blogger Meetup (!!!!), and the Phantom of the Opera

Oh friends, it feels so sad to come to today – my final summary of adventures from our Paris trip.

I’ll ease myself gently out of Reflecting on a Super Fun Vacation mode by…

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  • Paris, Travel
  • Mar, 31, 2025
  • 60 Comments

Paris Days Five – Six: Stained Glass Windows, Block Blast, and the Mona Lisa

Before we knew it, another day had dawned!

Day Five (Thursday)

It was another early morning.

We had tickets for Notre-Dame de Paris at 9:30 am. Entry is free, but you can book skip-the-line tickets online two days…

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  • Paris, Travel
  • Mar, 25, 2025
  • 37 Comments

Paris Days Three – Four: Roller Coasters, Nicolas Flamel, and a Labyrinth of Skulls

Let the travel recaps continue!

Day Three (Tuesday)

Tuesday morning at our apartment wasn’t the high point of our trip. We had a big surprise in store for the kids, but we didn’t want to spoil…

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  • Paris, Travel
  • Mar, 24, 2025
  • 32 Comments

Paris Days One – Two: Fancy Cars, Twinkly Lights, and 64 Flights of Stairs

I’m back! Here in this online space…and in Canada.

Late Tuesday evening our family returned from an unforgettable spring break trip to Paris. I’m happy to report that it exceeded our expectations!

I’m always aware that…

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  • Paris, Travel
  • Mar, 20, 2025
  • 46 Comments

Christmas Treasure Hunt 2024

Today marks my final Christmas Gifts of 2024 post. (I promise!)

Years ago we came up with the idea to create a Christmas morning treasure hunt for the kiddos with a series of clues leading…

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  • Christmas, Parenting, Paris
  • Jan, 08, 2025
  • 50 Comments

Paris Day Four: Arc de Triomphe, Champs Élysées, Musée de l’Orangerie, and Saying Goodbye

I wanted to get these 2019 trip recaps finished before the end of 2023…which brings us to our final day in Paris.

*Sob*

I was not ready for this fairytale to end, but we had…

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  • Paris, Travel
  • Dec, 28, 2023
  • 13 Comments
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