It's impossible to travel "chic-ly" [stylishly] when you travel with children. I don't care how beautifully matched your luggage; I don't care how organized you pack. Even if you get your kids those cute little rolling suitcases, you will still arrive at your destination with a messy entourage of unpackables. Depending on the children's ages and infatuations, these may be stuffed animals (think Beanie Babies), cars and trucks (think Matchbox), or beeping, blinking boxes (think GameBoy).

The one constant in traveling with the Sweet children has been the necessity to schlep along large, unwieldy, wrinkled, scruffy and beloved-beyond-all-reason pillows. It doesn't matter that the car is stuffed to the gills and no one has room to move. Three big, poofy pillows must be squished into the car j…