Lares and Penates



No such thing as traveling light to a developing country with 15-month old baby.

We are taking all of her food and a million other paraphernalia such as PeaPod, travel-sized white noise machine, travel baby monitor, travel car seat, travel stroller, travel high chair, Ergo Baby and enough medicine, first aid and insect repellent to treat all of the deployed troops in Iraq.



(By the way, we own several slings and baby carriers and this one is BY FAR the best. Unless you are going to hike the Himalaya's, this thing is ideal for any situation-- from day hikes to mall runs. What's more, you can use it for a tiny infant to a heavy toddler and it's comfortable for both of you. It's ingeniously designed, affordable and very compact (as opposed to bulky aluminum frame packs. We've been wearing it around the house just to get Audrey used to it and she LOOOVES it and doesn't want to get out.)

Phrase of the day: lares and penates (pronounced: LAIR-eez-end-puh-NAY-teez). noun.
1. Roman gods, once worshiped as guardians of the household.
2. personal or household effects.


Example sentence: Far from packing 'just the bare necessities,' the Morris family traveled to Ghana together with the whole of their lares and penates.