Hannah’s Travel Tips

Last weekend was a long weekend for us so I added a vacation day on the Friday to the beginning of it and Hannah and I had 4 amazing days together filled with fun, laughter, singing, swimming, playing and time with family!

Our extended family lives a number of hours away so Hannah and I chose to drive with my parents rather than take 2 vehicles.  They picked us up and after we loaded our ton of stuff into their vehicle we were on our way.  Hannah had a couple of new things to play with on this trip and both were a huge success!  I had ordered a Star Kids Snack and Play Travel Tray for her to use in the car after hearing good things about it from a few friends and it was great! 

It gave her a flat surface to colour on, read, drive little cars and nothing rolled off it as the sides are raised. It’s made of soft materials which is important to me in case there is a need to put on the brakes quickly.  A great purchase that I’d recommend to others!   It has a little strap that goes behind her car seat and snaps into place to hold it in place while she’s using it.  Hannah loved it and had fun putting things in the little side mesh pockets too.

The second new purchase was a last minute find on Kijiji.ca. (Canada’s answer to Craig’s List).  When we were visiting M3 and her family the girls had the LeapFrog Tag reading system.  Hannah really enjoyed playing with theirs and since we’ve been home she’d take pens and similar items and press them to her story books and say in a bewildered voice ‘Not working Mom!’  

There is a Tag Junior system that is geared for her age but I wasn’t sure it would be worth the price for the short amount of time that she would use it before moving onto the older child’s Tag system.  Mom and I had looked at the Junior system when we were shopping earlier in the week and I had contemplated buying it and a couple of books for her this coming Christmas.

On a whim Thursday morning I put Tag Junior into the search field of Kijiji for our area and up popped a system in a neighbouring city that offered the Tag pen + 7 books for less than the cost of the pen alone!  I contacted the seller and quickly offered to purchase their system.  Norma and I popped over at lunch and voila….Tag Junior purchased!

I pulled the pen and books out of her activity bag during our drive Friday morning and she was thrilled!  She spent part of our drive both to and from our destination playing with her new books and reader.  It’s so cute when she turns the pen on and it refers to her by name! 

A great little system.  Highly recommended for your little toddler who enjoys reading and learning!