It’s that time of year. Lots of family portraits taking place. Everyone getting their Christmas card pictures in. You have to force yourself to stop yelling at children to cooperate long enough for a halfway decent picture of you...
Christmas does not come after Halloween.
There. I said it.
Am I the only one who's noticing the Christmas holidays creeping in closer and closer? Suddenly, the day after Halloween marks the time to take out the tree and lawn decorations....
After you’ve shopped till you dropped, wrapped all the gifts and put out Santa’s cookies, you can’t help but wonder what you may see under the tree for yourself. While the picture-perfect morning would include the kids all around...
Technology has made parenting 10 times easier than when my mom and dad were parenting. How did they raise us without smartphones? Without social media? Without Amazon Prime?! I remember my mom shopping during the holidays. She would get...
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Making Christmas Magical with a French Market Holiday
The French Market District is nothing short of magical during the holiday season with festive decor guiding shoppers and revelers along their...
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Staying Safe During the Holidays in 2020
This year more than ever, people across South Louisiana and the country are looking forward to the joy...
This year for Thanksgiving, my little family of three did a first! And after enjoying it so much, I think everyone should try it at least once.
We are not New Orleans natives but hail from Texas. This means that...
Halloween is over, so now we have officially entered the 2021 holiday season.
I never found the holiday season stressful until I had kids. What used to be an exciting, laid-back season with lots of breaks from work and a...
Checking my mail daily is rather boring. It’s full of credit card offers, medical bills and the occasional Trader Joe’s flyer. However, once Thanksgiving is over and all things Christmas explode, I look forward to checking the mail every...
I asked my almost ten-year old daughter the other day what she wanted for Christmas. She gave me a short list of about three things and said "I really don't know Mom."
My seven-year old, on the other hand, made...
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The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends. Unfortunately for many it also becomes a time for over-eating, guilt and weight...
We lost Drew 8 years ago (his story here), which seems like both yesterday and a lifetime ago all at once. Out of his amazing and meaningful life have been born many lessons (mostly unwanted but still treasured) and...
There is no Christmas in our house. No tree, no Santa. Our family is Jewish, which for us means December 25th is a peaceful day where we eat Chinese food and enjoy an otherworldly quiet while most of the...
In a few days, we'll be packing up the kids and headed across the pond for Christmas break. I am alternately giddily excited and massively stressed about it, so if you'll just indulge me, maybe writing about it will...