Halloween is right around the corner, so I rounded up my favorite Halloween food and decorations to share with you. We love hosting a Halloween...
Every year for Thanksgiving, my husband and I visit his family in Massachusetts for a couple of days. It’s about a four-hour drive. Never...
The statistics are staggering.  You and your family may be completely unaware of what is going on right under your own roof.  In fact,...

My Pin-Up Photo Shoot

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A few weeks ago, at the Divas on Deck event, I received a voucher from Michael Rork and his wife, Athena, of Zinfandel Photography,...
I have loved crafts my entire life. Now that I have children, I want to pass on my love of crafts to them. They are...
With the holidays here in full swing, Jason, my husband, and I have had several conversations of new traditions we want to start with...

Gift Wrap Storage

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Each year my goal is to be done Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving.  I've never actually met the goal but it's one I like to...
When I told my daughter, Violet, that I would be combining her birthday party with her little sister's last summer, I expected some pouting....
I love pictures.  I love stories.  I love how pictures can tell a story….my story, or to be more precise, my family’s story. I have...
The first time I ever tried knitting, I was a wee Girl Scout in elementary school. I knit a headband.  My mom cast on...
I may have mentioned it a time or six, but I made my Christmas gifts this year. I'm sure my family's collective "great!" was...
Party planning is not what it used to be. Back in my own 1980s birthday party heyday we played games like Drop the Clothespin...
I hear it all the time, "I look terrible in photos!" and I say it all the time, "Looking great in a photo is...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a larger network called the City Moms Blog Network.  We have sister sites all over the country with...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...