Red Stick Mom

“Ride or die- When you are willing to do anything for someone you love or someone you really appreciate in your life; the person who you stand by in any problem and vice versa” (Urban Dictionary) When it comes to girlfriends, I consider myself very lucky. I’m still best friends with the girl who was my next-door neighbor from the time I was 3 or 4. I have an amazing group of women that I’ve considered friends since elementary and high school. I have become part of a wonderful group of friends since joining our school and church parish here in Baton Rouge. I’m even super close to my mom. But I met my “ride or die” in college. We’re...

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts.” Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the ninth day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me… Christmas tree stem activity, Have magna-tiles and mini jingle bells laying around the house? Turns out, that is all you need for this...

It seems as though there is no shortage of advice these days on the internet about any subject you could imagine. So why is it so hard to navigate the murky waters of body image with our daughters? Do you remember the first time you were critical of your body growing up? I’ve seen my two daughters (ages 13 and 10) begin to grapple with these issues at a far younger age than I ever thought possible. Or maybe it’s that as women we’ve been critical of our own bodies for as long as we can remember. We don’t remember when it started, we only know it’s always been that way. I can remember when my oldest daughter was five years...

Growing up, I had many lofty visions of future holidays with my own family. In my dreams, my husband and I would wake up well-rested and full of energy on Christmas morning. We’d enjoy our coffee while watching the kids gratefully open their gifts. We’d spend a relaxing morning at home, head to church, and then have lunch with the entire family. Everyone would be present; the food would be delicious, and all would be merry and bright. Is anyone laughing at me yet? Then I became an adult and realized just how stressful the holidays actually are. Between sending out Christmas cards, making sure the perfect gifts are bought, baking cookies, moving the elf on the shelf every night,...

Cue the Christmas music and hang up your stockings, it is finally Christmas time y’all! With only weeks away from Santa’s arrival, we wanted to do something to inspire you to keep the little ones occupied. So, we bring you “12 Days of Christmas Crafts.” Much like the popular Christmas song, we will give to you a new Christmas craft idea for 12 consecutive days. The posts will include everything you need to know from ingredients to instructions to little tips. Let’s get right into it! On the ninth day of Christmas, Red Stick Mom gave to me … snowman powered donuts, gingerbread play dough, Christmas Water Play, DIY play snow, Christmas Peppermint Sensory Bin, Christmas present sensory bin, Salt dough Santa handprint ornaments, DIY Christmas play...