Everyone has heard of spring cleaning.
In my house, I desperately need some pre-holiday cleaning. No matter how much I try to limit the number...
As we move farther into the month of Thanksgiving and begin the holiday season, we’re surrounded by people asking what we’re thankful for.
I decided...
Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new beginning. Each year seems to go by faster and faster. There don’t seem...
Do you have an Elf on the Shelf?
We do. Her name is Jingle.
I was super excited to start this tradition when I heard stories...
Every year for Thanksgiving, my husband and I visit his family in Massachusetts for a couple of days. It’s about a four-hour drive. Never...
At some point in the fall, I was observing my two kids (ages 6 and 7, at the time) playing with LEGOs. They were...
7 days from now 136 million Americans will be bracing themselves as they head out on the biggest shopping day of the year: Black...
Every year, I become excited about dressing my kids in festive clothing and capturing perfect holiday photos for our Christmas card.
You know exactly what I...
This year will be the tenth time I have celebrated the holidays in Vermont after moving away from my hometown in Ohio.
I moved here...
Did you notice that it was Women’s History Month?
Have you celebrated yet with your daughters and sons? No? Well delay no longer! I’m...
It's what we do anyway, without naming it anything special.
Wrapping lights around poles and chopping down evergreens and paying much attention to peppermint. It's...
I think many parents have realized that babies don’t need much. Once you start celebrating holidays and first birthdays, you also come to the...
Father's Day.
In my nearly five years of being a single mom, Father's Day has become a day I have learned to dread.
What is there to...
Pumpkin pie is an essential part of a Thanksgiving meal. But not for my family.
My husband and kids hate pumpkin pie. While I like...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
