Holidays

It's Memorial Day and Vermont City Marathon Weekend. Here are some of our favorite family friendly events... Saturday, May 23, 2014 Vermont City Marathon & Relay YAM Scram RunVermont will host the 15th Annual Youth Running Festival during marathon weekend. All participants must...

Do you ever feel like a fraud when it comes to Santa Claus? I sure do. I came from a household where Santa Claus was celebrated and carrots and cookies were placed on a plate in the kitchen every...

As Moms we resolve to make positive changes in our lives with the dawn of each New Year, always seeking to improve ourselves, our relationships and better our family and circumstances. Somehow however, every year, ambitions are too high,...

Today is the day, everyone!  You sent in your nominations, and we have narrowed it down to the top 8 finalists for our Father of the Year Contest!  And let us just say, this was NO easy task. All the...

With the holidays here in full swing, Jason, my husband, and I have had several conversations of new traditions we want to start with our 9 month old daughter, Caroline. For Thanksgiving, we took a huge leap and invited...

My seven-year-old son wants STEAM toys for Christmas this year. What are STEAM toys? STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. STEAM toys incorporate those topics and teach kids important skills they will use later in life. After...

BVT Moms Blog will be taking a break for the holiday season and will be posting no new material on our blog so we can spend time with our families and loved ones. We will still post a few...

This dish is one that brings me back to every Christmas morning I've ever had. It started when I was a kid, awake way too early, and lying in bed, waiting waiting waiting for it to be Time. Time to...

Date Night. This magical phrase is a close tie for first with the other magical phrase “sleeping thru the night.” Hopefully you have experienced date night at least once. And if you haven’t had a date night ever, call...

Well, it's that time of year again when my Facebook feed gets flooded with parents cursing the evils of Daylight Saving. Whether we're jumping ahead an hour in the spring or "falling back," moms and dads seem to consider...

It's that time of year.  The trees are bare.  Snow will be covering the ground before we know it.  And Christmas.  Yes, I said Christmas, will be here.  It's the time of year for toys.  Toys, toys and more...

Halloween is kind of a big deal in our house. All three of our children claim it as their favorite holiday, and it is not out of the ordinary for our daughter, the oldest, to start thinking about her costume...

We had so much fun during our Holiday Party and Photos with Santa a few weeks ago! Kid Logic Learning was not only our host (and an amazing one at that!) but they were our sponsor, and we couldn't have...

A few weeks ago we drove home from a Family Reunion weekend at Lake Honeoye in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. I thought about how lucky my children and I are to have this experience year after...