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Sea World San Diego Tips for Families

March 20, 2025February 12, 2025 by valplowman
The five of us at Sea World San Diego

Tips for traveling to Sea World in California with your kiddos and family. This is a fun place to play with children and watch amazing sea life! Our first big …

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Categories Traveling Tags Sea World, Southern California, vacations 1 Comment

Where To Go for Spring Break with Kids

March 20, 2025January 15, 2024 by valplowman
Family at the airport looking at a monitor

Wondering what the best spring break destinations are for kids? Get tons of different ideas to suit any budget and any location in the United States. Spring break is a …

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Disneyland and California Adventure Family Vacation

March 20, 2025June 22, 2022 by valplowman
Family at Disneyland in front of the castle

Disneyland tips families! Learn how to use Genie+ and maximize its use. Find out what order to do rides in at Disney and California Adventure. When it comes to planning …

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San Diego Zoo Tips for Families

December 16, 2024December 20, 2014 by valplowman
Plowman family at the San Diego Zoo

Get the tips you need to take your family to the San Diego Zoo and see as many animals as possible while there! The San Diego Zoo is what we …

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Categories Traveling Tags San Diego Zoo, Southern California, vacations 2 Comments

Universal Studios Tips for Families

December 16, 2024December 18, 2014 by valplowman
Universal Studios tips

Get tips for traveling to Universal Studios California with your family. Find out how many days to plan for and the best ages for kids to visit. How Many Days? …

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Legoland California Tips for Families

December 16, 2024December 17, 2014 by valplowman
Kids riding rides at LEGOLAND California

Get tips for traveling to LEGOLAND with your family. Find out all the info you need, including what age is best for LEGOLAND (It isn’t every age!) LEGOLAND was what …

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Disneyland and California Adventure Tips

December 16, 2024December 15, 2014 by valplowman
Plowman family posing for a photo with Pluto

Get tips for taking your kids to Disneyland California and California Adventure! Fun tips for your family vacation. We recently went on a family vacation to Southern California. We had …

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Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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