A few weeks ago, while stuck in traffic, my 5-year old son asked me from the backseat, “Hey Mom, can I roll down the...
If you're anything like me, having a baby, or many, is a dream come true.
You played "house" when you were little, you carried your...
Even before I had my daughter, I began to dream about the art projects we would do together. I have such fond memories of...
I have always avoided taking my children to the grocery store if at all possible. Going shopping by myself gives me some ‘alone’ time...
I can remember being a child and thinking that choosing adoption was the most altruistic thing that anyone could do. That is, anyone but...
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I was glad to put 2016 to bed.
Yes, there were some good times, but it...
DISCLAIMER: This might scare you if you've never breastfed before. It might make you rethink it. Please skip directly to last paragraph.
I was 27...
Have you ever smelled something and been flooded with memories of childhood?
Ever watched a movie or show, that brought you right back to...
I will never do that when I have kids.
It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
Species: Mama Extroverta.
Age: 30 (but might accidentally say "27" if you ask.)
Status: Rescued from a (semi-) wild twenty-something life in the big city. Currently...
You know before you become a mother you have all these ideas of what type of mother you are going to be. I remember...
When I dreamed about motherhood I thought about all those big "firsts" in my child's life that I would cherish. I knew there would...
Oh, last summer was rough, really rough. It was our second summer in Vermont. We moved here from Alabama during the height of the...
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...
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...
