Education

I’ve never loved school and let's be honest, not many people do! Luckily, I’ve always been able to maintain a decent average with minimal effort.  I am not what some would call an overachiever, I am just an achiever. After...

  Never in a million years would I have pictured me as a homeschool mom. I admit that I do not possess the glorious patience of some other moms, and more often than not, my creative side is involved in...

Two years ago, we {our family} made the decision to move our oldest daughter from a small private school to our neighborhood public school. The results? AMAZING! After seven years, Morgan was antsy. So many things in her life had...

"I never wanted any of my women to work outside the home." The words hit me like a ton of bricks.  This man, this father of an acquaintance, had single handedly knocked down the clear choice that I made to be...

There's something about teaching that has always struck me as weird. In complete disregard for the fact that we are paid a 9 month salary that's divided over 12 months and for the hours of roughly 7:30-3:30 (depending on...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Ascension Episcopal School.  Parenting Bytes in the Digital Age: Creating Healthy Screen Time Habits After a great work day, I picked my two kids up from daycare where I was reminded that the class...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by our friends at Women's & Children's Hospital and authored by Dr. Janna Flint Wilson.  Healthy Holiday Eating Tips Good Year-Round The holiday season is upon us in Acadiana. And, in the heart of Cajun and...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by ESA.  Experience ESA at an Upcoming Preview Day this Winter Imagine it: Your child wakes up in the morning eager to go to school. He climbs into the car at the end of the day...

There is an idea I’ve had for the past couple of years that I finally decided to make good on. You see, my favorite thing to read are children’s books (or picture books as they're commonly known). I read...

Now that school is thoroughly underway, some parents are beginning to receive paperwork requesting permission to have their child complete a speech screening with the school speech-language pathologist (SLP). This can evoke reactions of fear and worry, maybe even...