Traveling with kids is equal parts exhilarating, exhausting, and frustrating. I will not lie to you, traveling with kids is not at all easy,...
I’m not even going to pretend we are a minimalist family. I love cleaning things out and surely feel best in a non-cluttered home,...
You’ve heard this a thousand times already, but I’ll tell you again: being a parent changes you.
Before kids, everything was different. I got...
About eight months ago, I started an everyday gratitude practice and I am here to insist that you do a taste-test (as they call...
This post follows a similar thread as my last one about toddler manners, except here we focus on public toddler outings and what to...
How many times have you heard, “I’m borrrrrrrred” so far this summer? My daughter is only 2, so while we don’t hear that actual...
There are many days when my children (and occasionally my husband and dog) drive me nuts. That's when I daydream about my secret fantasy...
The main question: is it too early to teach a toddler manners?
The scene preceding the question: Sunday morning at the playground.
Sunny. Hot. Children...
Celebrating Mother's Day brings up reflections on how our moms parented us, including how our moms' best advice continues to guide us to this...
I had been just a normal adult male, a grandpa, going about a normal life, until one recent day I learned that I had...
I don’t know if I’m going to make it until mid-June in one piece.
From the outside, I look semi-put together. On the inside, I’m...
Birthday parties are almost a childhood rite of passage. I understand that. I truly do. And while you might expect a mom to post...
Mom guilt is the worst guilt in the world!
Reading a post about how moms should all stop feeling mom guilt makes me feel even...
We all have people in our lives that maybe we know well or just met on the street or happen to work with or...
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...
