Hi! My name is Tessa and I was born and raised on Shelburne Farms. For 24 years my parents managed the Market Garden on...
  This is what most mornings look like for me...cuddling on the couch watching Curious George with my little. I wouldn't have it any other...
I’ve made more than one major life decision based on a whim. It’s the only way I can make a decision, really; I’m horribly...
I swear my baby has a hole in his chin!  A few months ago he figured out how to use a sippy cup which...
 ... to meet you that is! I am so very excited; for today is the day when I get to meet all of you and you...
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...
Anxiety had always been one of those things that lingered somewhere in the back of my mind. Once I became a mom, however, it...

Introducing…..

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Guess what readers...we have 4 new writers starting this month!  As if you didn't have enough witty commentary and sentimentality with our current cast...
  I have a confession to make...here it goes...I have a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. It's true. You may be wondering to yourself, "How can...

The Dessert Debacle

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Once in a while I stumble upon a piece of parenting advice that is so brilliant, I feel the need to share it with...
Greetings from 2,110 miles away! I write to you from The Land of Enchantment, New Mexico. Don’t know about you, but we’re spending our...
  All too often we, as Moms take ourselves out of pictures, choosing instead to photograph our kids and our husbands.  I spent half the...
To my beautiful daughter, Two years ago I was eagerly anticipating your arrival into this world. I was 6 days overdue, super uncomfortable, and so...
Look, I am no financial expert.  My husband hasn't worked at a for-profit organization since his teenage days in the Wal-Mart technology department.  He...

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...