I am not the fun parent. I am the eat-healthy-foods, do-your-homework, clean-up-your-room, go-to-bed-on-time parent. I am responsible, organized, and nurturing. I comply with most...
For many people, childhood is not a time to protest; it is a time meant for innocent play. It’s a time when adults are...
My life as a single mom isn't all heartache and sorrow. It also isn't just cupcakes and daisies either. I make hard choices constantly, and...

Teaching Kids About Money

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Money can be a sensitive topic, am I right?! But, it doesn't always have to be, especially when it comes to guiding and teaching our...
Between work, two kids, trying to be an attentive wife and wanna-be Suzie Homemaker, I find myself taking pictures to keep my life in...
My husband and I were dog-parents long before we had our son. When we found out I was pregnant with D, we talked about...
Mom guilt is the worst guilt in the world! Reading a post about how moms should all stop feeling mom guilt makes me feel even...
Dedicated to my lovely daughter as she enters the double digit years. You must have known how cold it was on your due date ten...
Let's start with an honest confession: Planning a surprise road trip to Disney World for a neurosparkly kid (ASD/ADHD) feels less like granting a...
It’s 11:59 PM, the end of Mother's Day 2017, and I’m writing this post with full knowledge that I won’t have time to finish...
I feel the need to start this off with a little disclaimer: this is what happens in my home for my girls but may...
I am officially the mother of a young woman. She’s twelve, and we’ve been navigating the minefield of tweendom for a few years now....
It’s been scientifically proven that reading to babies at early ages encourages cognitive and language development. It is never too soon to start reading...
We all know the internet can be a breeding ground for opinions and judgments. We even have social media to share our immediate opinions...

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...