Here is your list of family-friendly weekend events around Vermont for the month of December, courtesy of Busy Btown. The transition from fall to winter weather went by a little too quickly for me this year. If you aren’t super...
If Vermont is known for anything, it’s our sense of community. I always thought this, but after moving out of Vermont for a couple of years, I quickly realized how much this rings true. Vermonters are (mostly) very neighborly, considerate,...
Here is your list of family-friendly weekend events around Vermont for the month of November, courtesy of Busy Btown. There’s no denying that it’s a bit darker and colder out. The shopping season has officially commenced (for you early achievers)....
Here is your list of family-friendly weekend events around Vermont for the month of October, courtesy of Busy Btown. It’s October, and officially fall! The leaves are changing. The air is cooling. The corn stalks are high, and the pumpkins...
Fall is here! Hooray! Fall is a lovely time of year. The weather is crisp and cool and the leaves turn into a magnificent rainbow of colors. Fall also brings many fun activities which are only around this one special...
Busy Btown here again, reporting for the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog with some family-friendly weekend events around Chittenden County for the month of July.  The month of July kicks off the way it does every year… with a BANG! Well, with...
Have you ever been to place in Vermont and thought to yourself, “How did I not know about this?” After making Bristol our new hometown recently, I’ve had that thought many times. Here are my top five places that...
Busy Btown here, reporting for the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog with some family-friendly weekend events around Chittenden County for the month of June. The warmer weather is finally here, and the rain should be letting up soon (pretty please!) Like many...
Oakledge for All—Vermont’s First Universally Accessible Playground As I reflect on my journey as a parent of a child with special needs, one major theme emerges—it’s hard. Crazy hard, on so many levels—from day to day challenges, educational challenges, medical...
Last Easter, when my son was about a year and a half old, I’ll admit: I was unprepared. The Easter Bunny and I did not coordinate schedules. There was no great planning session, no Pinterest pinning. In fact, my...
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching Marie Kondo on her Netflix show, Tidying up with Marie Kondo, and you may have your own box of “Konmaried” possessions to get rid of. There’s something wonderfully calming about Kondo’s presence,...
On January 31, 2019, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, along with Susanne Young (Secretary of Administration) and Beth Fastiggi (Human Resources Commissioner) announced the new Infants in the Workplace program, which took effect February 1st. Even though my children are now...
Apple picking in Vermont is as good as it gets! There is something about the chilly fall air, the aroma of apple cider donuts, and the crispy crunch of newly fallen leaves underfoot that warms the soul. You can take...
I enrolled my kids in Vermont summer camps for the first time this year. While lots of parents can make the same claim, my newbie status carries the additional weight of initiating this process with older kids. You see,...

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Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams

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My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.  While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
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Why I HATE Fall… Y’all