October is National Bullying Prevention Month. As many as 28% of all kids from 6th through 12th grade report having been bullied. This particular subject...
I do love spending time with my children; after all I am a stay at home mother. However sometimes there are types of “play” that...
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...
Oh, technology! You horrible, evil, wonderful thing! Our lives revolve around it – computers at work, cell phones and laptops at home, flat-screen TVs,...
Yesterday, the kids and I colored monster pictures.   Maggie is into patterns these days and so alternated coloring her monsters turquoise and brown. Sophia, having...
There are so many books out there for younger children that help to teach about emotions. Happy, angry, sad, and mad... we can begin...
{Disclaimer: We are working with Davis Studio to bring you this post, however, all opinions are our own!} Dear Diary, We did it. I’m a little shocked,...
This is the third and final part of a 3 part series about Foster Care. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and it's...
The other day while cleaning the house with my two kids, my son desperately asked if we could take a “reading break” and my...
{Disclaimer: BurlingtonVT Moms Blog has partnered with Healthy Living for this sponsored post as part of an ongoing relationship. While we received a form of compensation...
Full disclosure: I am the Interim Director of the Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes, so it should be obvious that I am a...
The first week of May is designated as Teacher Appreciation Week across the country. Pandemic or not, I feel we need to take the...
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...
There are times that my husband and I joke that the real reason for having kids is so that we have an excuse to...

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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...