Traveling with kids

Traveling with young kids is very different than exploring new places as adults. We couldn't do quite as much, and we wound up at playgrounds (which aren't so very different here than there) rather than running off to see one more thing. But in many ways, it was very nice that we had just a few activities and we took the time to really enjoy those.

The boys are now seasoned veterans of planes, trains, and taxis. This is what they looked like through most of our travels:

Gabe, who has always loved trains since his Thomas the Tank Engine days, discovered that train travel actually makes him kind of headachy. 

Malachi doesn't care for planes because they make his "ears floppy." That's his description of what popping ears feel like.