Body After Babies

We’re having the important discussion at Burlington Vermont Moms Blog about body image after having babies. Please read along! Body After Babies: Redefining Beauty

Higher Ground – A Children’s Book To Benefit The Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund

When Irene ripped through the East Coast we were fairly new to Vermont. I was shocked to see the devastation that a hurricane turned tropical storm could cause so far up here! There was news of flooding that wiped away entire homes. Many families lost everything. While we were not affected immediately, there was definitely an urge inside […]

Parenting Tip: Questions Create Thinking

I haven’t posted any parenting advice lately so I thought I’d pass on this little snippet of great insight from my favorite parenting site, Love and Logic. At Love and Logic® we believe that kids are best prepared for the real world when we allow them to do as much thinking as possible. It’s good […]

Raising Good Citizens…Getting Involved In Your Community!

Thanks to Walgreens for sponsoring my writing. Help Walgreens help others! Visit their Facebook page here to learn about their charitable partners and decide which cause Walgreens will donate to with a quick vote. Getting involved in the community is a big priority for us. We are bound and determined to teach our kids to […]

Girls For A Change – Show Your Support In One Easy Way!

The following is a post sponsored by Yahoo! Every time someone clicks here to make Yahoo! their homepage, they’re showing their support for Girls For A Change. I was selected for this opportunity by Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I’m pretty picky about what sponsored posts I will write. […]

Love and Logic Parenting: Getting Your Kids to Think

 I have been reading and re-reading these super helpful tips from a Love and Logic Insider’s Club email I’ve had in my inbox for weeks now. It’s such good information, I knew you would want to read it! How can we make sure that our kids are doing their fair share of the thinking? How […]

How Yahoo! Mail made my marriage better…for real!

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.  A long time ago in a galaxy far far away Matt and I shared an email address. *gasp* I know We were so 1999. […]

You Know You’re a Mom of Boys When: Overhead on a Saturday

You know you are a Mom of boys when you overhear these snippets of conversations on a Saturday afternoon and you are not concerned: “Give him a rifle, it makes him look more evil.” “Mommmm! Would you please tell him that this is an alien ship and not a dead human ship!!” “I am the […]

Five Fabulous Bloggers You Don’t Want To Miss!

Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish! Today I’m going to share my five favorite bloggers with you!  As a blogger I really appreciate the “art” of […]

Recipe: Homemade Gravy

I can’t give you turkey and stuffing recipes without giving you gravy how-to’s!  So here is how I make some good old fashioned (and maybe even a little southern?) GRAVY love. Accredited online colleges are an option for those who want to take cooking classes! First off, I melt butter in a pan. Once it’s […]