Confession: I've been playing Christmas music since November 1st.
I can't help it. I love Christmas and the Holidays. I love everything about it. Even the cold, and that's saying something! (After New Years, though, I'm done and ready for...
I have been enthusiastic about celebrating holidays ever since I was a child.
I really enjoyed all the routines and traditions that go along with them. Both of my children take after me in this respect and they both love...
Before I became a dad, I had an altogether different view on babies. I was definitely less tolerant of other people’s babies, that’s for sure. I remember going into restaurants and thinking that having babies there was annoying, but...
Winter break is just around the corner for us Vermonters.
For Vermont transplants like my family, this is an unexpected week off in February that we are unaccustomed to. In excitement and anticipation, my family planned a vacation to Colorado....
On January 20th, Inauguration Day, as I sat with both of my young girls in my lap, I had tears in my eyes. I was elated to see a Black and Asian-American woman sworn into one of the two...
My mother in law doesn't know that Pinterest exists. I think someday soon I should introduce her, though, because she employs an ancient technique for keeping up with and sharing craft ideas-magazines and scissors. She gets the magazines at...
December 23rd - Day 1 - I spend most of the day trying to convince my kids that Christmas is not tomorrow.
They still don't believe me, but they will probably get the message when there are no presents under the...
Since I became a mom, I’m finding that I need my mother now more than ever, and the meaning behind celebrating Mother’s Day has come to be that much sweeter.
Let’s face it, aside from being one of the...
A few months ago, I stepped on the scale at my yearly check-up. I noticed that the number on the scale was about 25 lbs more than it had been the last time I had stepped on it about...
Vermont Mom has you covered with our 2021 edition of our favorite Vermont gifts for kids!
Littles can be the hardest to shop for. It's easy to get them stuff, for sure. But it is much harder to find the...
It’s the holidays and the one time of year we let ourselves indulge in the pleasure of watching the same old movies over and over again. It’s a tradition in our house to watch the classics at least once,...
Christmas is my favorite time of year.
I deck the house out in decorations and watch every Christmas movie ever made. My Mom has always made Christmas a big deal so we have many traditions that we do not skip....
Every year, my kids’ Christmas lists get just a little bit longer. And that pile of presents under our tree, despite my best intentions, seems to grow just a little bit larger.
So this year, I’m looking for ways...
I hate fall. I am apparently the only basic mom out there that despises the cooler air, changing leaves, chunky sweaters, and pumpkin spice anything. But, I’ll tell ya what. There is one thing about fall that I do...
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Ultimate Summer Fun for Kids in Milton, Vermont
When we moved to Milton, everyone seemed to have an opinion about the town. Many implied that the town was not pretty, safe, or...
