Bike Touring with Kids- micro adventures with micro size people

There's a few people like me on here who have got old, given up the fixie dream and now ride sensible bikes for hauling kids about, but don't want to give up on the micro adventure idea.

Might be useful for people who have some experience of this to share any tips/useful resources/good equipment you have used.
Myself- only done one trip so far with 1.5 year old boy but planning more once if stops being wintery. My tips are

1. cooking- choose a stove that's stable as a priority- I abandoned my tall but packable coleman stove for a lower unit with seperate fuel tank so it's less likely to get knocked over
   
2. navigation/route planning- obvious but people forget, kids like lots to look at rather than 'nice views' and dislike generally when it's windy/exposed so stay low, plan lots of stops
   
3. packing in your own separate or colour coordinated bags is quicker and fun for kids- they get to pack their own dry bag or stuff bag
   
4. camping pods have proved successful for me- saves carrying a tent, bit more regulated temperature and a deck to cook on
   
   

My bike is a fairly bog standard 26 inch mtb converted to a tourer/kids hauler- Orange gringo running 1x9, surly front fork and rack, currently a wald basket strapped on top, topeak kids seat on the back and a frame bag on it's way to up the carrying capacity. Just changed the crazy gatorskins to schwalbe marathon plus 1.5 and it's much plusher now.

I'd appreciate anyone's tips on good routes you've done, meals you made successfully with little people helping on limited kit and sleeping kit you used with the kids- I plan to use a ready bed this summer with a growbag inside if needed when it's cold.

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