By Brandy Black The beauty of being married to a random, funny, likely ADHD person is the surprise turns that my everyday linear mind doesn’t expect when having mundane conversations with my wife. I’ve learned to follow along with the twists while trying to keep the original intention in mind. Our vlogs tend to go […]
By Brandy Black It’s interesting to watch what your kids do when you give them a chance to be director for a day. Our family has been vlogging 30 days straight, this is a little something we do to thank the people that subscribe to our YouTube channel. They have become like extended family to […]
By: Amber Leventry Being a kid can be scary. Life is big and loud and sometimes hard to understand. People dressed as mascots, fake blood, and Halloween decorations are downright terrifying when you are less than four feet tall. How do you explain motion sensor witches to a toddler? How do you explain to children […]
By: Amber Leventry My partner and I recently took the kids to our favorite pizza place, which for four of the warm Vermont months also serves as our favorite ice cream spot. We were in the middle our farewell to summer dinner, eating pizza outside on a warm, late September evening. The manager came out […]
By: Amber Leventry If you take a set of twins to the park it might be because they looked at each other, the playset in your backyard, the sandbox, and 73 outdoor toys and declared they don’t have anything to play with. They’ll look at you with hopeful eyes as you look at the clock […]
By: Amber Leventry My daughter, Eva, and her classmates worked hard last week to prepare for this year’s Mother’s Day breakfast. Since Eva has two mamas, I imagine she worked twice as hard; it totally paid off. My partner became teary when she found two homemade placemats sitting side by side, with two small bouquets […]
By: Amber Leventry Two of my three kids are potty trained. I should consider myself lucky, because my first two children were relatively easy when it came to working through the stages of potty training grief. But this last diaper wearing wildcard has found new ways to kill my patience. I shouldn’t be surprised. The […]
By: Amber Leventry There are many examples, usually told through modern day story telling written as a meme, of the trials and triumphs of being a parent. Parenting rigidity decreases while sleep deprivation increases with each child; chaos is the new normal; our kids would rather throw their food than eat it, and we are […]
By: Shannon Ralph A couple of months ago, I published an article entitled 20 Reasons My Daughter Isn’t Speaking to Me. Since that time, in true tween fashion, my nine-year-old daughter has continued her embittered vow of silence. Okay, lets’ be honest. The silence part isn’t so bad. It’s a nice break from the eye-popping, […]
By: Amber Leventry Becoming a mom has given me a pretty good excuse to look like a slob. The hat covering bedhead, the dirty, inside out shirts, and the overall appearance of not having showered for days are par for the course. We’re parents, not slaves to fashion. But we really need to draw the […]
