I have a confession: I love clothes and I LOVE to shop!! Earlier this year, I blogged about our family getting serious about reining in...

To You New Parent

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To You New Parent First, let me begin by saying congratulations on your new little miracle! The world of parenting, especially for new parents, is...
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Food for thought

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With school fast-approaching, many of us may be thinking of ways to provide delicious and healthy lunch and snack foods to our kids that...
Lofty, existential questions run rampant through the cultural conversation about child bearing and rearing. Deep thoughts like when is it more responsible not to have kids? Or, how...
Summer vacation and I are trying to decide if we get along right now. Pro: No schedules. We can just do as many fun things...
August is here. The time to sort through clothes to figure out what fits and what doesn’t (not to mention what’s fashionable or “so...
It’s not that I don’t love my eldest daughter. It’s not that I don’t want to support her burgeoning independence in every way possible. It’s...
Here are some of our favorite family friendly activities taking place this week! Monday, August 3, 2015 to Sunday, August 9, 2015 Open Farm Week Do you love...
In an interview with David Letterman, Johnny Depp commented that taking care of children was like taking care of tiny drunks. Here is a top...
I recently read an article on Scary Mommy about what it’s like to have a traveling husband. It was hilarious and filled with humor...

Lice Happens

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Growing up our family never had the misfortune of experiencing lice. I pitied the few that did from afar. There was a stigma attached...
When my daughter was a newborn, my phone was by my side 24/7. It became my way to pass the time during round-the-clock feedings and...
So here we are. Half way done with summer. 5 weeks down 5 to go. I started the summer break full of high hopes...
It’s no secret. I’m frazzled. My clothes are wrinkled. My hair is greasy. My floors are sticky. This is the first summer that I thought...

In + Around Vermont

The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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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...