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If you need kid-friendly things to do in Baton Rouge, we have you covered. There is everything from indoor Baton Rouge family fun to weekend day trips, all pre-approved by our team here at Red Stick Mom! Whether you live in Baton Rouge or are traveling to Baton Rouge with kids, there is plenty to do in this friendly Louisiana city with the family. LSU Football season is also here, and we are all about that! What to pack for LSU Tailgating with Kids. Yay for football season, especially LSU Tigers' football! It is pretty difficult to live in Louisiana without having some love for football, especially for them Tigers. Tailgating is one of those traditions majority of us love to participate in, even...

If you need kid-friendly things to do in Baton Rouge, we have you covered. There is everything from indoor Baton Rouge family fun to weekend day trips, all pre-approved by our team here at Red Stick Mom! Whether you live in Baton Rouge or are traveling to Baton Rouge with kids, there is plenty to do in this friendly Louisiana city with the family. This includes the LSU Football season! Sharing a fun take on the LSU Football season with Kid Problems::LSU Football Edition. Kid Problems  :: LSU Football Edition Spending Saturday night in Death Valley, seeing the Golden Band from Tiger Land run down the hill, and tailgating with friends -- there's nothing like LSU football season!! Although I love football, I realize...

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Coaching and motherhood are a lot alike. There are so many things that go on behind the scenes that people don’t know about. The long hours, the stress, the time management, the worry, I could go on and on. There is such a lack of appreciation. In both, there is so much judgment, from people that have no idea what they are talking about. You deal with Facebook / couch coaches that judge you for every decision you make. They’ve never been a coach, some (and by some, I mean most) of them have not even played the game before. Same goes with motherhood, everyone has their opinions (most of which are unsolicited). They sit and watch (judge) from...

The Funky Bunch My friends and I have tailgated in the same spot for ten years. 2020 would have been the eleventh. It started as a way to stay connected in the wake of graduating from college and not having the go-to sorority and fraternity tents to flock to. It started with an ice chest, a couple of bags of chips, and a scattering of our parents’ tailgate chairs that were too few in number for everyone to sit comfortably. That year the tailgate gained some tents, a grill, and a cover charge.  At one point there was a great blow-up tiger, so you could say that things escalated quickly. That first year transformed into a social club of sorts...