1. Sign up to bake a pie for a party.
2. Immediately realize that you have never made a pie before, unless you count the...
I come from a pretty patriotic family. My grandfather served in the Army in World War II . My grandmother, his wife, held down...
It's the holiday season. And while the stores are piled with all things peppermint, another yearly custom is about to occur. The one where some...
Party planning is not what it used to be. Back in my own 1980s birthday party heyday we played games like Drop the Clothespin...
Now that the temperature has dropped and there is quite a bit of travel in most of our foreseeable futures it is time to...
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...
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...
SO? Did you make green bean casserole for Thanksgiving, like I had so heartily suggested in my last post? Well, if not, you still...
It's that time of year again: mid December .... "Go time" or in my world.... Procrastination central!!
With the holidays just around the corner, it's...
As I sit here staring at my computer and contemplating how to write this Father's Day post, I find myself struggling with what to...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I love Christmas, I mean I LOVE Christmas. It’s always been my most favorite holiday and...
Can we talk about Easter?
My children are 3 and 6 and we celebrate Easter as a family. This is a holiday I both...
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...
Well, the season of holiday fails is upon us, friends. The pressure to cook, create, and concoct amidst time constraints and cranky in-laws apparently...
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...
