Disclosure: This post is sponsored by LCMC Health Urgent Care.
Holiday Health: Put it on Your List This Season
The holidays are here, you’re busy and the last thing you need is for you or one of your family members to...
The beloved game can be so fun yet cause playful fights between friends and family.
Well, if you’ve ever played with some of the people I have then you would understand. I enjoy playing the White Elephant Game, but I...
Double the Joy
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term melting pot as, “a place where a variety of peoples, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole.” This term perfectly describes both my city and my household. My hometown of...
A few years ago, within 12 months' time, our family lost two of its special members. My father, “Papa” to my kids, died soon enough before Christmas to leave us still in shock through that holiday. But before the...
I have to be honest. I have a love/hate relationship with our Advent calendar. I'm a hot mess on a normal day, so adding a daily activity to an already crazy time of year just pushes the gas on...
The year was 1985. I was 8 years old, and I vividly remember that bitterly cold Christmas morning. We were at my grandmother's house deep in the country of Central Louisiana. Her radio was blaring "Feliz Navidad" while she...
Jolabokaflod
Last year, I read about Jolabokaflod, or the Yule Book Flood; a tradition that takes place in Iceland. I was so excited to start this tradition in my own family, especially after watching Frozen's Holiday Special ten-thousand times and feeling...
New Orleans Moms Blog is thrilled to partner with Cork Studios to bring you one stop shopping for your holiday mini sessions!
Finding an amazing photographer for your holiday cards, or simply because "we haven't taken family pictures in AGES" can be difficult,...
Remember when you were younger and your parents would say "All I want for Christmas is kids who get along" or "All I want for Christmas is for help with the chores?"
I. Get. It. Now.
Most of the things that...
Our Jesse Tree is one of my favorite Christmas traditions. If you celebrate Christmas and are looking to put meaning back into the season for your children, this is a way to focus your family daily through an interactive...
Disclosure :: our Holiday Recipe series is sponsored by Touro Infirmary and Whole Foods Market.
My family loves the holiday season especially for the food it inspires. We love to entertain and more often than not, the evenings are centered...
Imagine this holiday scene with me: stacks of dirty dishes, random items strewn about, and you're hunched over the stove stirring some kind of soup while the rest of the family lounges on the couch watching tv and not...
This may be our first year to introduce the Elf on the Shelf to our kiddos, but I've been scouring the internet for over a decade preparing for this! Long before I even met my husband, I started a...
After Christmas in New Orleans
When Christmas is over, most people are left feeling sad, down and depressed. But in New Orleans, the end of Christmas means the beginning of CARNIVAL SEASON!
I am not a huge fan of parading as...