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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If I remember my own childhood correctly (and I believe, like everyone, that I probably don’t really), I think I spent a lot of time outside in cold weather. Then again, I also remember watching a ton of TV and playing a bunch of Nintendo. My memories lean towards warm summer and crisp fall days at the park
Zero degrees with a five-year-old? We’re going outside. Read More »
Everything is slower when you have a baby — especially if you go on vacation. My husband and I hemmed and hawed about whether to take our 6-month-old daughter to visit his family on Long Island. We tend to be anxious about germs. Packing up the baby and all her stuff seemed like a lot.
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Fun fact: I set a Middlebury Town Pool record when I was 8 years old for the 25 yard breaststroke. Don’t be fooled… I was no swimming all-star. I was the chattering kid sitting in the middle of the pool (on a lane line) ignoring my coaches’ “encouragement” to “get in the water!” No thanks.
Mini Marlin memories Read More »
Has your family ever had the pleasure of hand, foot and mouth disease? If so, I bet you know exactly where this is going. If not, I’ll spare you the clinical details and just say that it’s a MAJOR bummer and it keeps your kids out of school for what feels like forever… plus infinity.
One woman’s trash is another woman’s sanity saver Read More »
What’s for dinner? That’s the dreaded question around our house some evenings. We’re not the family that has elaborate, thoughtful, food-group-based (or even nutrition-based) meals planned — I wish. Nope, in all honesty, when our 5- and 7-year-old turn their noses up… toast ‘n peanut butter is the jam. That is, until it’s “Mommy Dinner”
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Here’s where and when your kids can eat for free this summer: June 17 through August 15 Pick up at: Mary Hogan School Front Entrance 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Middlebury Union Middle School 11 a.m. – noon Shoreham Elementary Front Entrance 11:00 – noon (meals available July 7 through August 1) All sites are grab-and-go with lunch for
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Here’s some news you can use this week: There’s still time to enter the Teen Center’s PEEP diorama contest! Kids in grades 6 through 12 have until Friday, April 11, to create a fantastical scene using everyone’s favorite seasonal marshmallow. Use a 12-by-12-inch base, give it a title (bonus points for puns), and deliver it
PEEPS, family yoga, postpartum support & roller derby Read More »
Update: Not enough families accepted the invitation to consider sending their kids to the Ripton school, and it will close this fall. The Addison Central School District recently adopted a new policy that requires all of its classes in all of its schools to have at least 10 students. This puts Ripton Elementary School, where
Want to send your kindergartener or first-grader to Ripton Elementary? Read More »
