It's that time of year when all of the blogs are spewing out feel-good holiday posts about creating new family traditions, executing the perfect...
I was driving home one day after picking up both of my boys from childcare. As usual, my oldest was chatting away about different things...
OK (huge scared sigh issued) here goes people...
10 horrible things I've done as a parent, judge away.
1. Watched as BOTH of my children have,...
Christmas in our house always seems hectic! There is shopping, wrapping, decorating, and attending holiday parties, in addition to all the normal Christmas stuff.
Our...
“I am signing off from Facebook for a while, starting this evening, please PM me for my email/cell before 9pm this evening if interested...
Species: Mama Extroverta.
Age: 30 (but might accidentally say "27" if you ask.)
Status: Rescued from a (semi-) wild twenty-something life in the big city. Currently...
Before I had kids, I was cool.
Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...
A few years ago, I was asked to help run a swim curriculum for the local middle school. One where my own daughter was...
Tucked in the Old North End of Burlington is an amazing playspace and resource for families and children.
It's actually been there for 25 years...
These cookies are my toddler’s FAVORITE.
I own a bakery and she will choose these cookies over my bakery cookies any day. In fact, she...
Despite the still warm days and brilliant colors, I feel the anxiety of winter stealing my ability to just fall into the graces of...
4 Soups To Warm Your Soul, Body, and Pocket
One of my all-time favorite chefs are life-partners David and Luise, creators of healthy vegetarian recipes...
For a number of years, I parented from a very broken place.
(I never realized the time was going by and that I couldn't get...
1. Sign up to bake a pie for a party.
2. Immediately realize that you have never made a pie before, unless you count the...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
