I was running late getting home from work on May 19,2014 when my phone rang.
I was in the middle of closing up the center with my boss when I answered that call not knowing that it would be a...
I had been just a normal adult male, a grandpa, going about a normal life, until one recent day I learned that I had become, “Baba.”
My grandson didn’t call me anything for more than a year after he...
Here at BVTMB we love the Heritage Automotive Group. They have been a huge support to our community through sponsoring several of our events, and several of our team members have first hand experience of the fabulous customer service provided...
I have been waiting with bated breath for months and months for Sing 2 to be released. I am simply so excited about this movie!
I tell people that my daughter wants to see it, or that we will see...
My son, G, is four. Like most four year-olds he asks a lot of questions, so many questions! Questions about what I am doing, where we are going, and why he can't have a cookie for breakfast.
Sometimes his...
I had two kids within 2.5 years of each other, both boys. I feel like as soon as I got home from the hospital, I kept hearing chatter from various folks about “the third.”
“Are you going to have a...
Is Internet safety the "Birds and the Bees" talk of today? How do you even begin to address social media safety, Internet precautions, and critical thinking about information that's published online with your kids?
Today, BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is happy...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog started out as two women's dream to give a voice to Vermont Moms and has grown into a huge network that offers Vermont moms support, community, and connection. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary this past...
Meal Planning and prepping is probably the number one thing you can do to make meal time go smoother during the busy week.
There are lots of ways to do it and with Pinterest you can have endless possibilities to...
Its spring! We made it through the long, harsh New England winter.
Today, I threw open the windows, opened the back door and released my toddler out into the warm morning air. He runs around the yard playing with...
Texting while driving is a serious issue. But I’m not here to talk about texting. I’m here to talk about something more dangerous than texting. Parenting. More specifically, “Parenting While Driving.”
No really. I’m not poking fun at the texting...
I am in shock.
I have just learned about the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that has left over twenty people, mostly children, dead. The hair on my arms is standing up. My stomach is churning. I feel as though I might...
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 house was baby proofed to the nines. Outlet covers, breakables on the high shelves, furniture...
The other day, I happened upon a blog post with a title that was just beckoning me to click.
It was "S*it Moms Say." I know. I fell prey to click bait. It happens. I REALLY wanted to know what...
In + Around Vermont
Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams
My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.
While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
