Every week, all three of my daughters take dance lessons, and all three are in separate back-to-back classes. This means our Tuesday afternoons are a rush home from school where we spend slightly less than an hour unpacking school...
Dear Fellow Parent,
Thank you so much for inviting my child to your child’s birthday party. Unfortunately, we are unlikely to attend. In fact, if my kid hasn’t regularly mentioned your kid, we’re definitely not coming.
Please do not take this...
Planning a child's birthday party is hard work. So much time, effort, and money goes into the process, especially during the early years when inviting an entire class from school is customary. Finding the space, ordering enough food, producing...
True story: I say yes to pretty much anything my child's school asks me to do. Before you roll your eyes, hear me out. I actually really enjoy volunteering at school. Also, I have the time. Some of my...
Dear Darling Niece,
You asked for advice for graduating seniors.
There is too much advice to give. I’m not sure that I am qualified to give it. Because though I have made many good decisions, I have also made many bad mistakes....
In one week, Tripp turns 7. We don’t have a birthday party planned. When I first realized that a party was impractical, I felt so guilty I cried. But then, the more my husband and I talked about it,...
I am one of the Room Parents for my son's Pre-K class. One of the responsibilities of the Room Parents is to create a class project to be auctioned off at the school's big fundraising gala. Earlier this year,...
ETA author's note :: I acknowledge that being able to CHOOSE a Catholic school is a privilege and an expensive one. This post is merely addressing my own feelings about the Archdiocese process specifically. Unpacking educational inequity in New...
Must Own Mardi Gras Books for Kids
Some of these titles may be found at local bookstores :: Garden District Book Shop, Octavia Books, Tubby & Coo's and Blue Cypress Books. If you wish to shop online, Amazon affiliate links...
It all started with the bus. The first day of fifth grade I drove my son to school, but he had to take the afternoon bus home. It was three hours late to our stop, without information or an...
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...
Have you heard of ChatGPT? In short, it is artificial intelligence that "thinks" like a human and is freakishly accurate with the text and answers to questions that it generates. If it sounds like our lives are getting closer...
I recently wrote an article about how I had to have the Santa talk with my sixth grade daughter this holiday season. While that was shocking, nothing could have prepared me for what was to come. I'm not sure...
Mid-Life Mambo
My safe bubble of childhood burst when I was seven years old. My dad left my mom, my sister and me for another woman. I didn’t know that he left us for “her” when I was seven –...