Today’s challenge is to strap on your fanny pack and be a tourist in your own town with your little sidekick. Ok, I’m kidding about the fanny pack. But how about you two go somewhere only the visitors ever enjoy?
I call this first one “PhD in Paris” of Annie and her baby boy in 2005:
Thanks to PhD in Parenting for this treasure
If you’ve never taken the time to see your hometown’s greatest hits, choose a destination and make a day of it. Can you plunk your baby at the foot of a famous statue or seek out the most famous landmark for a cute commemorative photo?
Baby J enjoys the view of the Golden Gate Bridge
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Thanks for featuring our Paris pic!
We do tons of “tourist in your own town” outings here in Ottawa too. This post has a pic of DD sitting on a statue on Parliament Hill when she was about 7 months old.
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