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Gifts That Are Still Giving: 6 Faves from Christmas
Now that we're several months post-Christmas, it's been great...
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Local Librarians Recommend Books for Holiday Gift-Giving
The Gift of Reading
This year parents, grandparents, and others can give the gift of reading and learning. St. Martin’s Episcopal School librarians Celeste...
Dads, raise your hand if you’ve ever used the phrase “babysitting the kids” when mom is out day-drinking with her girlfriends on a Saturday?
I firmly stand guilty as charged, and I assume most of you would likely agree. Surely,...
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THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride Returns to New Orleans for a Magical Holiday Experience
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride is back for another exciting season.
Rail Events Productions is...
If you haven’t heard of the great deals from Aldi grocery stores already, then you need to pay attention. Grab a pen and paper. Make your grocery list. Thank me later.
Aldi is a family-owned German discount supermarket. They were...
A Mom's 12 Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, the mom life gave to me
A tree that needs redecorating
On the second day of Christmas, the mom life gave to me
Two leaky pipes
And a tree that needs redecorating
On...
3 Reasons I am Convinced My House is Haunted
"There's a spooky ghost in there!"
Those are the words that came out of my barely three-year-old's mouth months ago. As much as I would love to say "I didn't think much...
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Father’s Day has nothing to do with dad. Ever since Nietzsche proclaimed, “Dad is dead,” society has forced the modern dad into being a cunning enabler to the moms. Where I come from there’s a saying: ‘If mama ain’t...
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...
The holiday season is amongst us and that often includes lots of family and friends. For our little family this means a December full of events all month leading up to Christmas. Christmas Day is our ultimate juggling act...
Easter Egg Hunts
New Orleans Mom: POSTPONED. New date to be determined. Families attending the 8th annual event can expect unlimited food and drink, entertainment, live ponies, age divided egg hunts, face painting, jewelry making, giveaways, and amazing swag. The...
Last year, I had to drag my tearful daughter, in full costume, out of the Halloween party at her dancing school. She kept saying over and over through her tears, “But mama, I want to go to my party. I didn’t...
Dear widowed mother, I see you.
I see your pain and the smiles you use to cover it. I see the comfort you find in others to soften your heartaches, and I see the overpouring of love in your children...