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Rachel Harris Ledet

Rachel Harris Ledet
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A New Orleans native and entrepreneur, Rachel is a mom of four with an active schedule. Rachel maintains a daily balance of running her own marketing firm, 30|90 Marketing, managing her kids’ schedules, and maintaining extracurriculars including coaching dance, volunteering, and occasionally teaching courses. Rachel lives in Mandeville with her best friend and husband Lenny, daughters Addison and Amelia, stepson Luke, and son Tucker. With a family of six and a million balls in the air, Rachel keeps things light by continuously learning, spending time with amazing friends, blogging, finding any route to a concert or outdoor festival, and planning her next getaway with her husband. A sense of humor can get you through almost anything, so she tends to surround herself with fabulous and very funny people.
Stanley cups

What We Can Learn About the Rise in Popularity of the Stanley Cup

A 100+ year-old-brand #StanleyCup makes a resurgence after a few key influencers spark interest in the revised Quencher cup. Once marketed heavily to the rugged male audience, Stanley adjusted their products slightly with brightly-colored...

January Hit Differently This Year

January Hit Differently This Year Each year the holiday season seems to creep in really quickly at some point after September. I'm always a bit taken aback by how fast Halloween rolls into Christmas. Then...

Tips for Traveling to New York City with Kids

We get tons of questions from New Orleans moms about the best places to travel with kids. Over the years our team of writers has done everything from road trip to Arkansas, to renting a...

The Challenges of Middle School

Middle school is full of relationship challenges, hormones, physical growth, and emotional juggling. It's the perfect storm of life change, instability, and learning to adapt in their new world. It's biologically a really hard...

Pick Up Your Shoes! Chores for Sanity’s Sake

The shoe-collecting problem is an ever-present issue in our household. With 12 feet running around, that's a whole lot of shoes to trip over. Not to mention, getting ready to leave the house for...

A Letter to my Tween Daughter

My daughter is now 13, as she reminds me often, but I still think of this age as the end of the tween years. It's an interesting middle-ground between childhood and transitioning into teenage...

What Your Photographer Wants You to Know

This time of year is full of holiday preparation, decorating, and planning for family photography sessions. Whether you're planning for Santa pics, outdoor sessions, or studio shots, you can find a great list of...

Worth the Drive :: Clark Creek Waterfalls

Our family loves an outdoor adventure, and the weather (and terrain) in New Orleans doesn't always allow for outdoor fun. We have twice visited the Clark Creek State Park to hike and experience the...

Third Grade is Really Hard

My middle child is in third grade, and we're all struggling. There seems to be a major turn in responsibility level expected as well as a shift in curriculum delivery at our school at...
Forty Is The New... Something!

Forty Is The New… Something!

Forty Is The New ... Something! Six months into forty, I've been happily waving my younger friends across the 40-yard line. Despite this age being, by definition, middle-age, I'm actually a lot more okay with...
Getting back into the swing of school schedules can be stressful.

Falling Into New Schedules :: Back to School

Falling Into New Schedules :: Back to School We're back to school and that means a complexity of activities, after-school functions, running around after four kids, and homework (my least favorite of all). As I...
It's Bananas! A Recipe for Easy Banana Muffins

It’s Bananas! A Recipe for Easy Banana Muffins

It's Bananas! A Recipe for Easy Banana Muffins Somewhere there is a meme that says something about how nobody eats the bananas until they go bad, and then all the kids desperately want bananas now....

Is New Orleans Kid Friendly? Well, We Sure Think So!

Whether you are coming to New Orleans with kids for vacation or moving to New Orleans with your family, we are glad you found New Orleans Mom. There are tons of things to do...

Control Freak Methods for Toddler Painting Time

Control Freak Methods for Toddler Painting Time I like things neat and orderly. I don't like mess or dirty hands. While this isn't always achievable with four kids around, I do try to instill as...