About Slidell Rocks Slidell Rocks Climbing Gym is an indoor rock wall climbing facility geared towards all ages from young children to adults. The gym accommodates all experience ranges including never before attempted up to experts. Their facility has 3 rooms full of climbing walls with a few lower ceilings…
On Good Friday I got the chance to take all three boys to the Audubon Zoo. One of our favorite places. The new Nocturnal areas with the bat house had opened and we couldn’t wait to see it. If you haven’t been in a while there is so much new…
So. The bunny snuck up on you. It’s 2 days before Easter and you’ve got empty baskets and are out of ideas how to fill them with something other than candy. Here are 5 quick and easy non-candy Easter basket stuffers. Outdoor Items Easter is the semi-official start of spring…
There are so many things I love about French Quarter Festival. Seriously you can see the post I wrote last week here. We are there for the food just as much as the music. We have the people we want to see play and then the food booths we want…
It’s almost time for one of my favorite holidays: Easter! I just love the colors and flavors of spring, and if we’re being honest with each other, any holiday that involves food is high on my list. Between the deviled eggs and the glazed ham and the asparagus with hollandaise and…
For kids diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the school year is stressful enough, but summer is all new territory. About one in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD, which means there are a lot of parents in our area looking for options for their children over the summer. Summer…
As I sit and read the story about the beautiful 7-year-old boy tragically killed recently in a parking lot in Covington, I am sobbing. I did not know him, but I ache for his parents, and I, like anyone in this small community, struggles with the question of why this…
When Elizabeth Sconert and Nicole Azzi of Bayou Yoga offered to let me do the 21 Challenge at their studio, I jumped at the chance. I’d been skeptical of yoga for at least a decade, but in the last year I had discovered some yoga sequences online that relieved stubborn…
Andrew Brasseaux spent six years working as a paralegal before entering law school. During his second year as a law student, Andrew became the proud papa of a baby boy. As it happens with many of us, parenthood makes us take a second look at our priorities and our path…
As a parent, I function on 45% instinct, 25% experience, 20% advice, and about 10% flying by the seat of my pants. I am not an expert by any stretch and my kids are only 4 and 6 years old. I’m still in the newlywed phase of parenting! Please understand…