There is nothing like the classics. In a world of iPads, Kinect-ified 4D video games and interactive everything it’s kind of hard to get the kids to enjoy some good ol’ fashioned, undistracted family fun. No one ever wants to go anywhere. And when they do, they are on their…
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Holiday Frozen Fun
The hardest part about being a working parent or just a parent during the holiday season is having the kids off for 3 weeks with hardly anything fun to do that all of your kids will enjoy. Parks and museums are usually things that we do on the weekend, and that’s…
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Trick O’ Treat!
Ahh, yes! Halloween! Hippo’s favorite holiday!…well, one of his favorite holidays….actually every holiday is Hippo’s favorite holiday because creole people love to celebrate everything with food! And since I’ve spent the last 14 years having a love/hate relationship with food, holidays are touch n’ go. It seems my anxiety is…
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Julian & Jax
I’m not sure if you heard the news yet about the passing of Julian Bond. As someone who loved history and who had grandparents, aunts & uncles that were active members of the NAACP, I grew admiring people like Julian Bond, Andrew Young and John Lewis. During my recent frequent…
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Stroller Life
I love a good stroller. I’m not kidding. I LOVE a good stroller. As a single active mom with arthritis and an autoimmune disease, my stroller has been my best friend. Trips to Disneyland, red-eye flights, early walks, concerts/movies in the park… all of those things where my five year…
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He Came…He Saw…He Hiccuped!
Last week I took mini Senator to be, Hippo Honeycutt to Washington D.C. That’s right, Hippo went home! LOL! I mean, the way he ran down the jet way once we landed in D.C., you would think he was heading to his grandma’s house full of biscuits! I don’t think…