Rainy days have the ability to turn my children into the most stir-crazy beings I know. A rainy day during summer break takes the...
Have you ever been to place in Vermont and thought to yourself, “How did I not know about this?” After making Bristol our new...
Summer break is just around the corner here in Vermont. I love having my kids home with me and look forward to all of...
Busy Btown here, reporting for the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog with some family-friendly weekend events around Chittenden County for the month of June.
The warmer weather...
In the laundry list of things we parents worry about, for some reason, my toddler’s daycare lunches have been a troublesome topic for me.
I...
I just finished reading, “What Alice Forgot,” by Liane Moriarty, where the main character hits her head at the gym and wakes up to...
We have a food thief in my house.
Actually, we have two food thieves. One is my dog, who loves to steal food off the...
One night, I found myself scrolling Instagram and going to a college friend’s page. She and I had the kind of dynamic that once...
Last fall, as part of my commitment to a year of self-care, I spent a weekend at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in...
When I was in elementary school, I was the definition of an athletic failure.
This was completely ok with me, though. All my friends were...
Before having a child, I passed judgment (as we humans do), when I saw children out in public on their mobile devices. I would...
“So, have you found your mom tribe yet?” my friend Pam asked me after chewing a bite of her spinach salad. I was nine...
I remember making potato stamps on the kitchen floor; newspaper and paint everywhere.
I remember a blue Volvo station wagon, the trunk full of art...
Recently, I took my son to a kids’ play space. He was happily playing independently when another child, much older than him, came in...


















