On January 20th, Inauguration Day, as I sat with both of my young girls in my lap, I had tears in my eyes. I...
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...
Preschoolers are known to be driven by the “I want it now” response which includes decreased self-control and intense, unregulated changing on a whim. Picture...
I’m not a recipe braggart. I swear. I fully get that my favorite go-to recipe could be your gigantic failure (although if you don’t...
Some of my favorite gifts to both give and receive are experience-based gifts, but I have to admit that this is a relatively new...
Come Join our team for a spectacular Ugly Sweater Party! This is a holiday party just for the adults! You can make it a Date...
My favorite memory of my dad is not one particular event. I can't tell you how old I was, or what day of the...

I Hate Halloween

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I hate Halloween. There, I said it. I'm finally sharing my unpopular opinion about what I think is the worst holiday ever. Besides the...
As I sit here eating my kids’ Halloween candy, I am reminded that my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, are just around the corner....

Local Holiday Events

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The Christmas season is one of my favorite times of year and I love that there are so many family friendly events in VT...
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...
While I love the holiday season, December is always the busiest month of the year. I really enjoy going to cookie swaps, but they...
After his first Christmas, I realized that I never needed to buy my son gifts. Not that I didn’t want to or couldn’t, there was...
Free and easy Halloween costumes are the best costumes. My children love Halloween! Mostly, they love candy. They enjoy dressing up in costumes, but they...

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...