Let Them Eat Cake! Baby Pear Turns 1

Posted on May 20, 2016 by thetravelingpear

I once read that when you have children, you as the parent become a child again. I’d say that’s pretty much the truth. I’m not going to deny that I’m not living out my childhood again through my daughter. I know I am, and possibly living out my silly frivolous 18th century French princess fantasies […]

Vinegar and Spice and all things nice…wait what?

Posted on March 2, 2016 by thetravelingpear

I believe the original rhyme goes “sugar and spice and all things nice. That’s what little girls are made of.” A popular 19th century nursery rhyme titled What are Little Boys Made Of? So what’s with the random rhyme? Well Little Pear (who happens to be full of vinegar and spice as of late) and I […]

Happy Blog Birthday New Year 2016

Posted on January 5, 2016 by thetravelingpear

Just a quick post to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year! It’s also The Traveling Pear’s 5th blog birthday. I admit the posts have slowed considerably over the last two years, but not because we’ve tired of blogging. We’re letting life just BE for the moment…and settling into our new lives as parents to […]

The Pacific Northwest Move-In

Posted on October 7, 2015 by thetravelingpear

The Traveling Pear trio is settling in on the northwest coast of the great state of Oregon… we’re living our Pacific Northwest dream. New home, new baby, new friends, new experiences. We are undoubtedly counting our blessings. Our first week as a family, after 80+ days apart, were spent unpacking, shopping for our home, unpacking, decorating, […]

In less than a year

Posted on July 14, 2015 by thetravelingpear

One year, 365 days. To some that amount of time is an eternity, and it very well has seemed like that to us in the past. However, this wasn’t one of those years. This time last year we had just moved into our Washington, DC, apartment and were settling in for what we thought would be […]