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...
Something about eating oyster stew during and around the holiday season is so comforting to me.
I usually start to crave it a couple of...
I am packing a lot of school lunches this year.
My daughter is in preschool, where the children have to bring a packed lunch and...
It's that time of year when all of the blogs are spewing out feel-good holiday posts about creating new family traditions, executing the perfect...
I was driving home one day after picking up both of my boys from childcare. As usual, my oldest was chatting away about different things...
OK (huge scared sigh issued) here goes people...
10 horrible things I've done as a parent, judge away.
1. Watched as BOTH of my children have,...
“I am signing off from Facebook for a while, starting this evening, please PM me for my email/cell before 9pm this evening if interested...
Species: Mama Extroverta.
Age: 30 (but might accidentally say "27" if you ask.)
Status: Rescued from a (semi-) wild twenty-something life in the big city. Currently...
Before I had kids, I was cool.
Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...
A few years ago, I was asked to help run a swim curriculum for the local middle school. One where my own daughter was...
Tucked in the Old North End of Burlington is an amazing playspace and resource for families and children.
It's actually been there for 25 years...
Despite the still warm days and brilliant colors, I feel the anxiety of winter stealing my ability to just fall into the graces of...
For a number of years, I parented from a very broken place.
(I never realized the time was going by and that I couldn't get...
Sometimes I can't turn it off.
The hum in my head keeps swift tempo with an ever changing list of do's and don'ts, subtly morphing...
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...
