the hunger season

Have you ever heard Keb’ Mo’s song “God Trying to Get Your Attention”? It might be one of my all time favorites. And for those who don’t want me to get all religious on you, it’s cool. I don’t think anyone is going to be singing this song at their place of worship anytime soon. (But if you are, let me know. That’s a church I’d like to check out.) Anyway, I’ve had a God Trying to Get {My} Attention moment over the last couple of days and feel compelled to do something somewhat out of the ordinary on this blog. Today, I’m going to make a big old request for help.

lagniappe, exploreadrienne robideauxMarch 4, 2015giving back, kids, familyComment

let’s talk about birthday parties

We’ve begun counting down to Théa and Gus’s 5th birthday at my house. It’s only 8 ½ weeks away. Yeah, they might be jumping the gun a bit but they sure are excited.

kids, lagniappeadrienne robideauxFebruary 27, 2015kids, partyComment

let's talk about sugar cookies with sprinkles

lagniappe, reviewsadrienne robideauxFebruary 13, 2015baking, cooking with kids, cookiesComment

diy (micro) doll closet

When we left off yesterday, we had discovered that Théa and Gus share the smallest room on the planet and that Hazel, Théa's wanna-be American Girl doll, needed a new closet. Hazel scored an amazing closet with the help of a little Ikea trip and some creativity. Oh. And my husband's handy skills. He's the winner, really.

kids, lagniappeadrienne robideauxFebruary 5, 2015kids, diy, small spacesComment

the teeniest room

Welcome to Gus and Théa’s room, formerly known as my laundry room. This is a teeny-tiny bedroom. It is about 9’ long and 8’ at its widest. Oh, but it isn’t rectangular. That would be too simple.

kids, lagniappeadrienne robideauxFebruary 4, 2015kids, decor, diyComment

family holidays: pictures with santa

When I started dating my future husband, his children were seven, five, four, four, and 2 ¾. I had met each of the kids maybe once or twice when I found myself in line to see Santa at the Nordstrom flagship in downtown Seattle. Now, if you live in a city with kids, you totally know the chaos of waiting in line to see Santa at a department store. It takes forever. Forever. Like best ride at Disneyland forever. And here I was in a new relationship with a man with five children under the age of eight waiting to see Santa. It was a bit surreal.

lagniappe, kids, Christmasadrienne robideauxDecember 16, 2014family holidays, kids, christmasComment

family holidays: christmas cards

I’m a little late on this post. If I had it together, I would have posted this in October when I was trying to decide which Christmas cards to send out. But that is ok because this post is not about what Christmas cards you should make or buy. It is about why you should make or buy something, anything, and send it right away.

lagniappe, Christmasadrienne robideauxDecember 8, 2014family holidays, kidsComment

family holidays: book-a-day

Years ago, my friend Sharon shared several of her family Christmas traditions that I thought were just genius. My favorite was her story-a-day tradition. As she packed up Christmas decorations after the holidays, Sharon would wrap all of the kids’ Christmas books in leftover paper. The wrapped books were pulled out at the beginning of the following December and her kids opened one book per day to read together before bedtime. Brilliant. Wrapping things the kids already owned? Reading a Christmas story together at the end of the day? What’s not to like?

Christmas, kids, lagniappeadrienne robideauxDecember 4, 2014kids, family holidays, christmas, booksComment

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