Virtual learning ... it's not as easy as many people thought it would be. It’s not just "Kids, get on a computer and learn." Oh no, it's A LOT more involved than that. From both teachers and parents.
I've been seeing...
I must confess I have been guilty of living in my own privileged bubble. It wasn't until I had a child approaching school age that I began to think about public schools in my area, Jefferson Parish. I had...
July 2017: I had spent weeks making sure that every element of my son's "Two Infinity & Beyond" birthday party absolutely perfect. I stayed up to the wee hours of the morning painting giant cardboard toys. I made perfect...
My eyes open and there is no time to fight it. Today is the day. It is the preplanned date that I have guarded on the calendar with no activities and no work. It will just be us at...
The fall is always the toughest season, from getting out of the relaxation of summer and staying up all night, to getting fully into the swing of things with back-to-school shopping for multiple kids. It adds to a whole...
As I pause for a couple of minutes to jot some notes, I see my son, also known as the youngest daredevil in the world, out of the corner of my eye. He is slipping under and over the...
Even before I had kids, I knew family dinner was something I wanted for my imaginary brood of children. I imagined nights filled with food and laughter and sharing about our days. While some family dinners do fit this...
Next week, my boys will be starting third grade. Don't ask how we got to this point, because I have no clue. Why, just the other day, we were starting preK-3 at their current school. And things were so...
As a young adult at 19, I had surgery that involved having my tonsils removed. I remember being in tons of pain and drinking copious amounts of smoothies and frozen coffee. I have memories of laying in bed for...
Top Ten Birthday Traditions
November is a month long birthday celebration in our house. Mine starts things off and is quickly followed by my son's which precedes my daughter's by ten days. The folks at The Kupcake Factory know us...
I’m going to make a small confession. It's one that will probably get me a decent amount of backlash, but that's okay. I didn’t cry the first day I dropped my sweet girl off at daycare. Not one tear...
Living in New Orleans, I started looking at schools about twelve months before I planned to enroll my eldest daughter in an early elementary childhood program. I wanted to make sure that I had the full picture about the schools...
Are We Okay?
I think we are, right? I am speaking to the now adults who lived in the time of play until it's dark outside, coming home alone after school, spending most of your summer break unscheduled and probably...
I saw her. Just a glance, no eye contact. In that split second, my heart stopped and my breath left me. The chaos of Audubon Zoo came back into focus, tunnel vision to my 4 year old daughter, who...