School lunch. Those two words are enough to make some parents shudder. I was among the gaggles of parents who dreaded the chore with a passion....
It's time to start getting ready for back to school here in Vermont. One of the many things I love about the school my...
Have you ever considered homeschooling? When it was time to send my oldest to kindergarten I was considering homeschooling but all the information and...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a larger network called the City Moms Blog Network.  We have sister sites all over the country with teams...
I want to tell you about this wonderful program called the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.  At the beginning of the year a friend of...
I'm thinking about signing up for some writing seminars. Like, maybe: Exploding the Moment: Making the Most of the Minimal in Prose and Poetry. Or: Using...
Did you all know that Vermont had a monsoon season? I sure didn't, but you can't really argue with the inches (and inches and...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a larger network called the City Moms Blog Network.  We have sister sites all over the country with...
Summer is almost here.  The kids are almost done with school and hopefully, with fingers crossed, the nice, warm weather will return. On Friday, we...
 It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week.  Have you hugged your kid’s teacher?  Have you at least thanked them for their time, energy, attention, care, and,...
I was one of those kids with her nose always in a book.  I remember looking forward to high school because I heard older...
I've read a lot of posts lately about unplugging and being 100% present with your kids. I'm not knocking this idea at all, but...
Now that Nora is two, I've begun to realize that she is need of some more structured activities and intentional learning time. As a...
Did you know that this Friday (March 1st) is Dr. Seuss' birthday? It's probably one of those things that only Elementary school teachers or...

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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...