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...
As a working mom, weekends are precious, protected time with my family. I look forward to the mornings I don't have to rush around the...
An ode to tiny things, a haiku: Tiny things are here In the baby's mouth they go Who didn't pick up? When we had our first child, our...
It's that time of year!  Kindergarten registration is open... Many schools are about to have an open house for incoming kindergarten parents.  Perhaps your district has already...
This is the not the blog post where I pretend to be the voice of my generation. Because I’m not. As one of the 65...

Business & Family

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Before there was Maia, before there was my husband, there was my bakery. I started Butterfly Bakery of Vermont only a year and a half...
She's almost five and this is her first thing. The ballet clothes I bought last year have smudges and picks and are starting to stretch...
Sometimes I'm not sure what I spent more time planning, my wedding or my daughters' birthday parties. Luckily, you can throw a fantastic bash for...
If you've been in any moms group online you probably know that along with breast milk, coconut oil is often suggested as a cure-all...
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Maia at the Market

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What? Did Daddy say that it’s farmers market day? OK! Let’s go! No? Oh breakfast first. Toast with peanut butter and bananas? Toast? Toast?...
Vomit is the worst. The only thing worse that a child throwing up every two hours all night long is the ridiculous and inane advice...
My sweet son comes off the bus. I watch him walk down the steps smiling proudly at me and all I can think is,...
My daughter hates me, and I couldn’t be prouder. Let me back up a step – my five-year-old kiddo is not hate deranged, and there...
You know before you become a mother you have all these ideas of what type of mother you are going to be. I remember...

In + Around Vermont

The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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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...