Picture this.... You're in the kitchen making lunch for your kids and you set it in front of them and they are so excited they...
One of the best days of my life was the day I realized I had a choice in how I lived my life. Up...
In our latest episode of Whose Kid Is That?!? Val and Julie are joined by Alyssa Blask Campbell M.Ed., emotional development expert, and co-author...
As soon as I became a parent, I feel like I started getting the question "so what developments is she doing now?" And don't get...
It’s that time of year again. Winter. I hate winter. I especially hate winter since I have had children. They make everything more complicated. I...
I was 11 when I started thinking about suicide. Don’t get me wrong, I never made a plan or tried to kill myself. But...
I have a love/hate relationship with laundry. I love that all I have to get it washed is toss it in the machine.  It’s just so...
I really do not consider myself a mom yet...more of an incubator. So if you would prefer that I instead stick to my photography...
It's almost summer, and you may be thinking of things like vacation, gardening, flip flops, or increased burglaries... or summer reading?  You have probably...
I’m writing this on November 6, 2024. Like many queer Americans, I’m terrified, sad, depressed, and full of rage. I’m channeling some of those...
This is a really cool time to be a mom and an avid reader. Millennials, my generation, born between 1980-1995, are starting to have...
Reservoir, kids, summer

C+ Parenting

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Hi. I'm a C+ parent and I'm good with that. Sometimes on my parenting assignments I get an A. Like when my kids "sneak"...
We, as a family of four, are flying to Florida in two weeks. Let’s quickly recap what our family of four looks like: Mom (28), Dad...
Even before I went on maternity leave, the idea of going back to work terrified me. I put so much work into preparing for...

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...