It was a long and difficult winter inside with a four-year-old, the shockingly bright sun offered a break in the spring rains. After a...
A Different Fairy Tale
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a majestic castle, in a faraway magical land. This ridiculously...
Happiness seems so fleeting nowadays.
Especially when exhaustion sets in. Sometimes I hate motherhood. I love my daughter. I really do – even when she’s...
Tantrums...every mom knows the word, although I'm sure we wish we didn't.
Before I was a mom I naively thought that my kids wouldn't throw...
Okay, Vermont dog owners, we need to have a chat. I'm seeing way too many out-of-control dogs, and it's starting to piss me off.
A...
There is a never-ending list of topics we should talk to our children about. One topic that doesn’t usually come to mind immediately is...
When I told my daughter, Violet, that I would be combining her birthday party with her little sister's last summer, I expected some pouting....
My little son. My huge son. My thoughts on my son before my daughter was born. My thoughts on my son after my daughter...
Walking down Pine St., singing to my son, who is happily watching everything from his perch on my back in his carrier. This cheery scene...
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges! Yes. We. Do. Parental merit badges!
I remember being a girl scout. Yup, it's hard to imagine now...
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...
“Almost done!”
That’s what everyone keeps telling me, but pregnancy has a funny way of messing with time. Days seem longer, weeks are anxiously marked...
Two years ago, I had a miscarriage.
I was about nine weeks into the first trimester, feeling terribly sick until one day I woke...
Before having children, I always heard about the "terrible twos." It wasn't until I had my own child that I heard the term, "threenager." Once...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...
