So this week my son said it.  Those words that every Mom hopes and prays she never hears. “I hate you Mommy!”   It pains me...
Awhile back I posted about the comparison game that all of us moms tend to play. It's so easy to get caught in the...
Have you seen that e-card picture where the mom is in the bathroom and the kid’s hand is sliding under the door? Yeah well...
When I became pregnant with my second baby, I knew from the start that I wanted a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarian).  After much...
My husband and I were so excited to bring Maddie to the hot air balloon festival in Stowe, Vermont, when I woke up feeling...
  As some of you probably know, BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is part of a national network (City Moms Blog) that is designed to connect moms to...
My little girl is growing up. There is no denying that fact. As much as I may try and stop it, I lament about...
I knew today was my day to post something but to be honest with you I had no idea what to write about.  I’m...
The tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut is heart-wrenching, to say the least. What the parents of those 20...

Date Night!

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Date Night. This magical phrase is a close tie for first with the other magical phrase “sleeping thru the night.” Hopefully you have experienced...

Second Chances

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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...
Say there is this person, newly arrived to the world, very short and ready to soak up information like a glass of grape juice...

Family Fridays

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I am willing to guess that even the most organized of families still feel some of the chaos of the holiday season within the...

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...