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Nestle Family Virtual Halloween Party: Easy Costumes

One of the best parts of Halloween is choosing your costume! It is the one opportunity a year where you can live out your wildest dreams.  Through the years, I have been a can-can dancer, Wonder Woman,  a baby and even Strawberry Shortcake.  One year, my Mom was brave enough to make me a witch … Read more

Nestle Family Virtual Halloween Party: Juicy Juice Party Ideas!

My girls are just starting to really get into the Halloween traditions. Dressing up and going trick or treating are our usual holiday highlights. But ever since my husband and I were married, we have made it a tradition to go to the pumpkin patch and carve a pumpkin together. Once we had children, we … Read more

Early Childhood Education: Acquiring Sign Language

Sponsored Guest post Co-written by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas One of the keys to surviving in a tilted economic system in which opportunities to achieve a decent standard of living will be limited is versatility – and the ability to communicate articulately in a variety of ways with the widest possible audience. This includes … Read more

Nestle Family Virtual Halloween Party: Spooktacular Baking Ideas

Here in New Orleans, the weather is still quite warm, so it is hard to believe that the Halloween is just around the corner.  In fact, I haven’t even purchased costumes or candy just yet!  Fortunately, Nestle Family asked me to be a part of their Virtual Halloween Party in order to get me in … Read more

Thanksgiving Pecan Pie (like Granny used to make!)

Down South, there are just certain things you MUST have for the holidays.  Most of my great recipes come courtesy of my Granny, who was a huge part of my life and taught me how to cook.  From the time I could stand, she would drag a chair up to the kitchen counter for me … Read more