This holiday season is proving to be as strange as the rest of 2020, but one thing is still true: I’ll always need last-minute...
I just can’t with the Elf on the Shelf. I literally CAN NOT. I am not that mom. Sorry kids. And I’ve made it four...
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...
To my dear husband: I see you. I know that’s a strange line to start this Father's Day letter with because of course, I see...
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...
While I’m not completely in love with Vermont’s below-zero winter weather, I love pretty much everything else about winter. I love watching the snow...
So here we are... its December! No matter what you and your family celebrate it is the season of giving. We give to our...

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...
  ::Photo by Kristy Dooley Photography:: As we get ready to enter 2014, I wanted to take a chance to reflect on the past year. Being a...

Our Magniloquent Epistle

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  We write a Christmas letter every year. It's a lovely tradition and gesture, but every year as we prepare to write it, I can't...
Food is one of those things that has the power to evoke very specific and detailed memories for all of us. When it comes to...
It's Halloween Weekend and there are lots to do! Here are some of our favorite... Thursday, October 30, 2014 Night Before Halloween Family Party at University...
If you don't feel like cooking this year, we get it. Some years, we just need a break and it's perfectly fine to let...
Every Valentine's Day approximately 1 billion greeting cards are exchanged. It is the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, (Christmas is the largest...

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...