Springtime in Vermont is in its full, glorious swing. The mud is among us, the flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing and….BABY CHICKS ARE HATCHING! I have assisted several classrooms many times with this really exciting project over the past 10 years. It’s always a really fun, science-based, farming-centered countdown that ends up with […]
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MiniBury, I have a confession for you: I don’t really care about cobwebs. I’m much too busy looking down at smiling faces. Or at the enormous worm, in a little hand, someone brought in from the garden. Sometimes someone is practicing tying their shoes and I need to concentrate. I do care about lots of
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I’m often the only dad in the room—at school pickup, at ballet and gymnastics classes, at toddler time and library story time. So every time I walk into these events, with my daughter holding my hand, there’s a thought, not incredibly loud or insistent, but one I am certainly aware of nonetheless: “This is a
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A couple of weeks ago, I clocked out of work at the end of the day, drove across town and walked into the preschool my daughter attends. Like any other day I smiled across the room at her, confessed how much I missed her in the 7 hours we were apart and waved to her
Before pushing the passing winter too far into the recesses of my memory, I choose to pause and take stock of how much living and growing can happen in a single season. This weekend marked the end of the season of skiing at the Middlebury Snowbowl, which has been our family’s playground and sanity salve
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Spring in Vermont means mud, fresh air… and unfortunately, allergies and ticks are back too. Runny noses and itchy eyes can feel just as annoying as a cold — and they tend to linger longer. Ticks are small and sneaky, so daily checks after time outside are now part of the routine. Allergy Basics Allergies
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“What are those signs with the crowns, Mama?” my five-year-old daughter asked as we drove to school the other day. I took a deep breath and paused the “K-Pop Demon Hunters” soundtrack we’ve had on repeat for the last six months (honestly, every song’s a bop). Then I answered as best I could. I gave
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Like many family households, we have a dog. A gloriously gigantic, white fluffy dog named Hess. Hess is a type of dog called a Great Pyrenees — which means she’s technically classified as a working breed. She excels at guarding our livestock and small farm, she likes having something to do. She also has the
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I saw a post on Facebook recently about a new club that caters to parents in need of social interactions, no matter the weather, with their little ones. A local woman named Kendall is trying to create a strong outdoor community that gets kids outside as easily as possible. “My hope is that families join
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