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Coco Lash Beauty Bar Valentine’s Makeover Giveaway

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Valentine’s Day is almost here and we’re celebrating with some self-love! Whether you’re looking to pamper yourself with fabulous lashes or Glam Makeup, now’s your chance! If you’re in need of some self-love and pampering, you’ll want to check out Coco Lash Beauty Bar, Baton Rouge’s leading spa for skin rejuvenation, wrinkle treatment, eyelash extensions, lash lifts, waxing, microblading, and airbrush spray tanning services. Their staff includes medically-trained aestheticians who will analyze your skin and your beauty goals and design a treatment approach specific to your unique needs. February is your time to feel Beautiful and Fabulous!  

Coco Lash Beauty Bar February Specials

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  • Dreaming of long, full, Glamorous Lashes to bat at your sweetie this Valentine’s Day? Coco Lash Beauty Bar in Baton Rouge is ready and waiting to make your eyes irresistible, alluring and sexy with an exclusive February offer on beautiful lash extensions.
  • $129.00 Full set of NovaLash Classic Eyelash Extensions with Lip Plumping Treatment!
  • BB Glow Facial- For the Ultimate Glow that lasts for 6 months! 20% off a package of 3 services
  • Dermaplaning – $49.00
  • Airbrush Spray Tanning- Buy One get One half off!

Coco Lash Beauty Bar Valentine’s Makeover Giveaway

We’re so excited to partner with Coco Lash Beauty Bar to offer you a chance to win a huge ❤️ Valentine’s Day Makeover Giveaway valued at over $1,400! ❤️

What better way to celebrate the holiday of love than by treating yourself? All you have to do is enter via our Giveaway widget below for a chance to win this ultimate Valentine’s Day gift – be sure to enter on Facebook and Instagram too!!

Be sure to enter across our social platforms on Facebook and Instagram for extra entries too, we will accept entries until Feb. 14 at 12 p.m.

All you need is Lashes and Love Valentine’s Makeover
Classic Eyelash Extensions = Value $150.00
Glam Makeup application = Value $85.00
Airbrush spray tanning for a year = value $1200.00

 

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Mother Son Dance benefiting OLOL Children’s Hospital – Giveaway

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Calling all BOY MOMS, grab your dancing shoes and get ready to enjoy a memorable evening for mothers and sons! Baton Rouge Moms is honored to be a media sponsor for the annual Mother-Son Dance hosted by Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. Activities will include face painting, balloon artists, dancing contests, fun games, costumed characters, music and much more! Proceeds from the Mother-Son Dance will benefit Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital.

Mother Son Dance

 

*NEW THIS YEAR*

Superpower Hour
3 – 4 pm

Use your SUPERPOWERS for fewer lines and more fun with early access to the 2020 dance! Limited tickets are available for our first-ever SUPERPOWER HOUR and they will sell quickly, secure your spot today! *Please note, all Superpower Hour attendees must also purchase tickets for the dance. Superhero Sponsors will receive 10 complimentary tickets to Superpower Hour.

Mother Son Dance

Activities throughout the evening are appropriate for ages up to 13 years old.

When: Sunday, January 12, 2020, 4 – 6 pm

Where: Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge, LA

Tickets: Learn more and purchase tickets at http://www.ololchildrens.org/mothersondance

Proceeds from the Mother-Son Dance will benefit the freestanding Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital.

What is the Mother-Son Dance?
The Mother-Son Dance is an opportunity for moms and their sons to spend a fun-filled, memorable evening together.

Is there an age limit for the dance?
Activities throughout the evening are appropriate for ages up to 13 years old.

What is the attire for the dance?
Dressy casual is recommended.

Will food and drinks be provided?
Heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided. A cash bar will also be available.

What is the individual ticket price?
Tickets are $50 per attendee. (So, $50 for Mom and $50 for each son.)

What is the Superpower Hour ticket price?
Superpower Hour tickets are an additional $25 per attendee. All Superpower Hour attendees must also possess tickets to the Mother Son Dance. (So, $75 for Mom and $75 for each son to attend the Mother Son Dance with early access to Superpower Hour.)

The new hospital, designed specifically for children, has six floors, 350,000 square feet,  It includes inpatient beds, a pediatric emergency room, surgical unit, a dedicated hematology/oncology unit that will serve both inpatients and outpatients, playrooms on every floor and more. The hospital also includes a four-story, 95,000 square foot medical office building primarily for pediatric medical specialists. Whether through community outreach programs, health education, physician training, advanced research, or a state-of-the-art hospital completely dedicated to the care and healing of children, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital stands ready to change our children’s future and we are so very thankful for them.

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Mother Son Dance Ticket Giveaway

Baton Rouge Moms is hosting a giveaway for two tickets to the dance!! Simply enter via our Rafflecopter Giveaway widget below with more entry options on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

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Wellness + Wine – A Self Care Ladies Night Out To Give Back

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Spend a night unwinding and pampering yourself with Baton Rouge Moms and Hands Producing Hope at Perkins Rowe Friday, November 8th for an evening of self-care, fun and giving back! Wellness + Wine – A Self Care Ladies Night Out event will include pampering – mini spa experiences, food, drinks, shopping, raffle, Photo fun, swag bags, conversation with local wellness partners and more—and all for a great cause.  You can purchase tickets here! 

Wellness + Wine

In order to take care of our families well, we have to learn to take care of ourselves well. Let’s spend one-night unwinding, pampering ourselves, and learning about how we can help women around the world live full and healthy lives.  Additionally, Wellness + Wine is a fundraiser for Hands Producing Hope, a local non-profit bringing opportunity, education, and hope to disadvantaged women around the world. We are proud to say that all ticket proceeds will go to Hands Producing Hope!

Wellness + Wine

 

We are also excited to announce that Wellness + Wine is the exclusive preview night of The Hope Shop Pop-Up, Hands Producing Hope’s fair trade shop. All attendees will be the first to see and shop the exclusive merchandise changing lives around the world!

Your ticket to Wellness + Wine includes a drink ticket, wellness experiences, consultations from local wellness experts, swag, sips, bites and more! Grab your tickets here!

Wellness + Wine Details: 

Wellness + Wine would not be possible without our sponsors! We are so very grateful for the following businesses that have partnered with Baton Rouge Moms! 

Wellness Experiences: 

Raffles:

  • Large Drybar Gift Basket
  • Glow Mobile Basket valued at $200
  • Hands Producing Hope Gift Basket valued at $100
  • bareMinerals Beauty to Love 8pc Collector’s Deluxe Original Collection valued at $240
  • URBAN DECAY Naked Honey Eye Shadow Palette valued at $50
  • Erin Condren Coiled LifePlanner Bundle with Accessories valued at $75
  • Live Free Gift valued at $50 
  • and more!!! 

VIP Ticket $45: – ($120 Value) 

Wellness + Wine

SWAG – (Over $100 Value)

Wellness + Wine Food Sponsors

Baton Rouge Sprouts

Ambrosia Bakery

 

Wellness + Wine Sponsors

Special thanks to our Title Sponsors! 

Rapid Urgent Care

Rapid Urgent Care Baton Rouge is located on Essen Lane across from Walgreens and near Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Rapid Urgent Care Baton Rouge is open every single day of the year to meet your urgent care needs. 

Causey Med AestheticsCausey Med Aesthetic in Baton Rouge proudly brings the most cutting edge medical spa and aesthetic services to our clients. Be sure to shop our line of medical-grade skincare products.

Drs. Danielle and Drew Causey provide the best experience in Baton Rouge while promising a relaxing, high-end atmosphere and the best services to suit your needs.

Rejuvime Med

At Rejuvime Medical, our anti-aging specialists in Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, and Metairie, LA, use bioidentical hormones created at a certified compounding pharmacy. These hormones are unlike synthetic hormones. Bioidentical hormones serve as the exact makeup as those naturally produced in your body, reducing risk factors and symptoms associated with synthetic hormones.** Along with biodentical hormone restoration therapy, Rejuvime offers vitamin injections, vitamin infusions, HGH supplementation, cosmetic injectables, and various nutraceuticals to optimize your results.

PeRfect Events is an event planning boutique prepared to create amazing events that fulfill every aspect of our clients’ wish. We are certified stress relievers! With an eye for detail and an ear for buzz, we take planning logistics and promoting an event to a whole new level. Founders of PerRect Events, Erin Fulbright and Brittany Frances, have over 10 years of combined experience in the public relations field and a knack for making every event PeRfect! 

Pour Girl of LA Mobile Bartending LLC is ready to service any event, big or small, and can accommodate all budgets with their reasonable rates! Contact Pour Girl of La Mobile Bartending LLC about booking or to receive a quote for your next event!

 

 

 

Special thanks to our Silver Sponsors! 

Illuminate Natural Health is a Naturopathic clinic that offers services for female health including infertility and preconception through postpartum care; autoimmune, Lyme disease, mold toxicity, pediatric neurodevelopment disorders and neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Sarah absolutely loves everything surrounding the topic of pregnancy and birth, which led her to write her first book, Preparing for Pregnancy, which will launch in Fall of 2019. To provide natural and organic products for the women she serves, Dr. Duhon partnered with Heather Jade Apothecary to establish the product line Mama Bird Baby Bird. She has the knowledge and ability to apply healing modalities such as nutrition, homeopathy, botanical medicine, functional neurology, lifestyle coaching, among many others to assist in the most appropriate, individualized healing path for your optimal well-being.

 

www.geauxpaul.com

Attention Baton Rouge Moms!! Have you been to the Joint Chiropractic on Siegen Lane yet? Dr. Julie LaCour specializes in chiropractic for pregnancy and infant adjustments. ASK about their NEW PATIENT SPECIAL for ONLY $29 (Includes adjustment, exam, and consultation, $39 Value) Gentle chiropractic treatment including joint mobilization, soft tissue treatment, and therapeutic exercise is safe and effective during pregnancy. Doctors of chiropractic are trained to address the challenges of the pregnant body including loosening ligaments and increased weight. Chiropractic care can also help babies struggling with colic! No appointments needs, JUST WALK-IN!! You can find them at 6555 Siegen Lane Suite 12 in Baton Rouge.

Functional medicine is healthcare for the 21st century. Instead of treating individual diseases, functional medicine looks to heal the underlying dysfunctions present in the body that contribute to each condition. We believe you can’t diagnose or treat someone by assuming they are the same as everyone else. With the most advanced diagnostic testing we are able re-balance physiological systems with targeted nutrition support & lifestyle changes designed with each person in mind to unleash your body’s inherent healing ability, achieve wellness and weight loss. We all have people in our lives who depend on us…but we can’t be there for them if we don’t have our health. 
 
Thyroid disease, fatigue, inability to lose weight, diabetes, cholesterol, gut issues, overall poor lifestyle contribute to many diseases.  Functional Medicine can help you find a new path to health and happiness through better nutrition, exercise, and guidance from Dr. Keta and her team.  It’s a lifestyle NOT diet!

 

Causey Med Aesthetic Baton Rouge Giveaway – ($250 Value)

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Is the stress of Back to School season showing in all the wrong places? If you feel like you’re wearing all of the excess stress on your face, this giveaway may be for you! We’re here with a solution for one lucky mom! Baton Rouge Moms has partnered with Causey Med Aesthetic to host a giveaway for one area of Free BOTOX® Cosmetic treatment (valued at $250) (Forehead, Glabella, Crow’s Feet) to one lucky winner! (SEE BELOW!)

Causey Med Aesthetic

Causey Med Aesthetic in Baton Rouge proudly brings the most cutting edge medical spa and aesthetic services to their clients. Drs. Danielle and Drew Causey provide the best experience in Baton Rouge while promising a relaxing, high-end atmosphere and the best services to suit your needs. Causey Med Aesthetic in Baton Rouge offers a range of services, including medical-grade cosmetics and aesthetic services. They also provide medically enhanced weight loss programs and state of the art lifestyle enhancement services.

Causey Med Aesthetic

Causey Med Aesthetic is giving one lucky reader one area of Free BOTOX® Cosmetic treatment! (valued at $250 – Forehead, Glabella, Crow’s Feet) 

Botox is the most popular non-surgical cosmetic treatment, with more than 6 million Botox treatments administered each year. Botox injectable treatments can reduce fine lines and wrinkles without invasive surgical procedures, which could help patients attain youthful-looking skin.

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For more information about Causey Med Aesthetic, or for a full menu of available services, please visit Causey Med Aesthetic online today!

Causey Med Aesthetic
18135 E. Petroleum Dr. Suite F
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

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Disclosure: This is a “sponsored post.” The company who sponsored it compensated BRM via a cash payment, gift, or giveaway. Opinions expressed herein are that of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of the sponsor. 

GymFit Adventure & Fitness Camp – One Week Giveaway

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If you’re looking for a different kind of camp, one of the coolest and most fun camps around… GymFit Adventure & Fitness Camp might be what you’re looking for! GymFit is an all-in-one fitness facility made for ALL AGES that specialize in Ninja Warrior, Circus Arts, Parkour, and Fitness! Your child will learn Ninja Warrior and Circus skills, acro yoga, tumbling, music, art, dance and so much more!  Plus, they will have Ninja Snowballs providing your children with complimentary snowballs, inflatable water slide on water day and super fun themed weeks!

GymFit Adventure & Fitness Camp

GymFit Adventure & Fitness Camp offers a variety of daily activities for your little monkey(s):

  • Acrobatics/AcroYoga
  • Circus Arts (Aerial Silks, Trapeze, Lyra),
  • Ninja Warrior/Parkour Courses
  • Gymnastics/Tumbling 
  • Fitness/Yoga
  • Music
  • Arts And Crafts 
  • Dance
  • Flow Arts (Hoola Hoop, Juggling, etc)
  • Water Days
  • And More!

GymFit Adventure & Fitness Camp Schedule

  • 7:00-9:00am Board games and play time for Early Drop-Off campers
  • 9:00-9:30am Structured play time
  • 9:30-10:00am Campers divide into groups and do warm-up exercises
  • 10:00-12:00pm  Groups rotate to various activities, including staggered snack times
  • 12:00-1:30pm Lunchtime (boys 12:00, girls 12:45) 
  • 1:30-3:30pm Additional rotations and cool down exercises
  • 3:30-5:30pm Movie and board games with all remaining campers

GymFit Adventure & Fitness also hosts kids night, parties, homeschool PE and open gym! They offer the only all-in-one fitness center around with a private 1100 sq ft studio with classes ranging from dance, core fitness, flexibility/contortion,  and more!

One Week Giveaway

GymFit - Adventure & Fitness Camp

We’ve partnered with Gymfit to offer one lucky kiddo a FREE week of summer camp! Simply enter via our Rafflecopter Giveaway Widget below with more entry options on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

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Find out more about all the fun your children could be having THIS Summer!

Provisions on Perkins Baton Rouge – Mother’s Day Giveaway

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We were recently invited to visit Provisions on Perkins to try some of their signature dishes. It was the first visit for many of us and we immediately felt like we had been missing out on a hidden gem. The menu is eclectic, so many wonderful flavor-packed dishes to choose from, from the best in comfort food and lean dishes to fresh, farm to table bites. The menu definitely had something for everyone. The Brussels sprouts are a must try, they were everyone’s favorite! Flavored with bacon, caramelized Vidalia onions, a balsamic glaze, and topped with goat cheese, AMAZING! And the cocktails, if you visit, do yourself a favor and enjoy one of their crafted cocktails. 

Provisions on Perkins

We can say with certainty that the food took us on a bit of a journey, it was an experience!

We’ve partnered with Provisions on Perkins for a Mother’s Day Giveaway!!! One lucky mama will win a $50 Gift Certificate to experience the goodness for herself!!

PROVISIONS 1. (n) a supply of the days necessities, usually food and drink

A healthy amount of obsession, experimentation and love went into creating a whole new kind of restaurant, one that’s never existed before. A little of this and a little of that, but making sure you get your daily provisions.  Provisions on Perkins, something needed every day and of course, brunch on Sundays.

Provisions Baton Rouge

Provisions on Perkins $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway

Simply enter via our Rafflecopter Giveaway Widget below with more entry options on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

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Location
3535 Perkins Road, Ste 400 Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225.753.4864  

Spring Hours
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – Thursday Lunch 11:00 – 2:00 Happy Hour Menu 4:00 – 7:00 Dinner 5:30 – 9:00
Friday – Saturday 11:00 – 10:00
Sunday Brunch 10:00 – 3:00

Car Seat Safety Choosing the Right Car Seat – GIVEAWAY

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“Ask the Experts” is a series on Baton Rouge Moms where local experts share their thoughts, opinions and answer questions relating to health, wellness, parenting and living in Baton Rouge. This week on Ask the Experts, Smith Shanklin Sosa, fellow Baton Rouge parents, are sharing car seat and booster seat safety tips and laws. Be sure to check out the helpful printables that can be used at home, for babysitters, grandparents, or anyone that might need a car seat safety refresher. The best way to keep your child safe in the car is to use the right car seat in the right way.

Smith Shanklin Sosa is also hosting a fabulous giveaway for a GRACO Extend2Fit® Convertible Car Seat below! 

Car Seat Safety

Car seats have come a long way. In the past, they provided minimal protection and were only used for babies; toddlers and other young children simply used seat belts. Thanks to extensive studies on vehicular injuries and advancements in technology, car seats, and booster seats are now mainstays throughout early childhood. Choosing and installing car seats can be confusing, but understanding their basic features and functions will help.

The Three Types of Car Seats

Children under the age of 1 should ride in rear-facing car seats. Louisiana law states that, due to the superior safety of this position in car accidents, children should be kept rear-facing until they are at least a year old or 20 pounds. However, safety experts recommend using rear-facing car seats until children outgrow them or are at least 2 years old.

The next step is the forward-facing five-point harness option. Children should be kept in these car seats until they’re at least 4 years old or 40 pounds. Then, booster seats should be used until children are tall enough to sit unassisted with seat belts safely crossing their shoulders and chests. Parents can choose between high-back and backless booster options. Typically, high-back boosters are used for younger children who don’t yet meet the height and weight requirements of a backless booster seat. These size restrictions should be clearly displayed on the packaging of all booster seats.

Multi-stage Car Seats

Though each type of car seat can be purchased individually, some companies have introduced multi-stage car seats that can adjust to fit children as they grow. Some of these options include the following:

– Convertible: These seats can be installed as both rear-facing and forward-facing to last until the booster stage.

– Combination: Equipped with removable harnesses, combination car seats can be used as both forward-facing five-point harness seats and booster seats.

– 3-in-1: The most advanced option on the market, these complete car seat solutions last until children are ready to use seatbelts.

Properly Installing Car Seats

Each car seat has its own installation requirements, and their instruction manuals provide detailed directions. Car seats and some booster seats are installed using one of two systems, seat belts or lower anchors and tethers for children (LATCH). The LATCH system is available in most vehicles manufactured after September 1, 2002. LATCH systems should not be used when the combined weight of the child and the car seat exceed 65 pounds. For larger children or cars that do not have lower anchors, car seats can be secured by using the seat belt in a locked position. For parents who need assistance installing their car seats or want to make sure they’ve done it correctly, car seat inspections are available at local government facilities such as police stations, health departments, and fire stations.

Learning about car seats and booster seats can simplify the process of choosing the right one for your child. Car seats are safer than they’ve ever been, but accidents can still happen. If you or your child has been hurt in a car accident, the attorneys at Smith Shanklin Sosa may be able to help. To schedule a free consultation, call them at 225-223-6333 or contact us online.

In honor of Car Seat Awareness Month, check out these helpful car seat & booster seat tips to ensure you are keeping your child safe! Click on the image for the full free printables! 

Car Seat Safety Rear-Facing Stats Car Seat Safety

Car Seat Safety Forward-Facing 101Car Seat Safety

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Extend2Fit® Convertible Car Seat Giveaway

  • Helps protect rear-facing infants from 4-50 lb and forward-facing toddlers from 22-65 lb
  • 4-position extension panel provides 5″ additional leg room
  • Up to 50 lb rear-facing allowing your child to ride safely rear-facing longer
  • 6-position recline helps keep your child comfy
  • 10-position headrest adjusts easily for your growing child  

Smith Shanklin Sosa is hosting this giveaway for a GRACO Extend2Fit® Convertible Car Seat (Valued at $200) Simply enter via our Rafflecopter Giveaway Widget below with more entry option on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

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WINNER ANOUNCEMENT*

Stay tuned until the end of the video to find out who won the Car Seat Giveaway!!

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Disclaimer: The purpose of this site is to share BRM’s experiences with food,  fitness, health, and life as well as opinions from some of our local experts. This content is for informational purposes only and isn’t a substitute for professional medical advice.  When it comes to your health or the health of your child, please be sure to contact your physician.

Cirque du Soleil Crystal Baton Rouge

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Cirque du Soleil carves electrifying moments, breathtaking artistry and its unique creativity into ice in a fresh innovative spectacular: Cirque du Soleil Crystal Baton Rouge. World-class ice skating, surreal aesthetics, and artistic prowess fuse together. So let reality slip away as Cirque du Soleil Crystal glides above a most unusual reflection.  A young woman shatters through reality to reach the surreal world of possibility. Beyond the surface, she pursues the life that has been glistening beneath. Sometimes, we must first leave solid ground to find our true footing. Discover Cirque du Soleil Crystal Baton Rouge – A breakthrough ice experience. Skate on the edge of reality.

Cirque du Soleil Crystal Baton Rouge

Cirque du Soleil Crystal Baton Rouge

Cirque du Soleil announces a special Holiday offer for its Baton Rouge performances at the Raising Cane’s River Center from Thursday, January 3rd through Sunday, January 6, 2019.

Holiday offer – Cirque du Soleil is offering 25% off tickets in Premium, Category 1 & 2 for any performances of CRYSTAL in Baton Rouge. This special promotion is available online accessible using promo code SNOW. For more information on this deal – www.cirquedusoleil.com/crystal. Some restrictions may apply

This one of a kind arena production blends circus arts and the world of ice skating in a stunning new production that will take the audience on a journey into a whimsical frozen playground where figure skating mingles with acrobatics and aerial feats.

Directed by Shana Carroll and Sebastien Soldevila, Crystal, our misfit heroine, takes you on an exhilarating tale of self-discovery as she dives into a world of her own imagination. Feel the adrenaline as she soars through this surreal world to become what she was always destined to be: confident, curious, and creative. CRYSTAL invites you to suspend reality and glide into a world that springs to colorful life with astounding visual projections and a soundtrack that seamlessly blends popular music with the signature sound of Cirque du Soleil. CRYSTAL is suitable for all ages.

SHOW SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 3rd & Friday, January 4th at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 5 at 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 6 at 1:30 p.m. & 5 p.m.

 

 

Baton Rouge Moms Birthday | Celebratory Giveaway

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It’s Baton Rouge Moms birthday!! This month marks 5 years since I launched Baton Rouge Moms, however, Baton Rouge Moms was born 13 years ago when I purchased the BatonRougeMoms.com domain. I was a mom with 4 little boys and had big dreams for the Baton Rouge Moms community but little time to bring those dreams to fruition. I wasn’t in the right season to invest huge amounts of time or money into my big dream, so I waited. I’ve come full circle, my boys are now 11, 13, 15 and 17, I never gave up on that dream and when the time was right for our family, I launched… with the help of Maggie Howes of My Baton Rouge Mommy, Tiffany Cruz of Fabulous Mom Blog and a great team of local moms and friends.  

Baton Rouge Moms was worth the wait. 

Baton Rouge Moms Birthday

It’s been a busy five years. Today, Baton Rouge Moms has grown into a diverse community of almost 50,000 moms! We have over 30,000 friends on Facebook, almost 10,000 on Instagram, over 2,000 on Twitter and some that enjoy coming to our website that are not on social media at all. We reach and engage over 50,000 moms across Louisiana each WEEK! My online work and passions have always circled around supporting and encouraging mothers. I started Baton Rouge Moms but WE built this great community and it is my pleasure and my joy to serve Baton Rouge moms and small businesses right here where we live and love. 

Baton Rouge Moms Birthday

THANK YOU for supporting Baton Rouge Moms, thank you for taking the time to Like, Share and Comment, it’s what keeps us going and growing. I want to thank the many businesses we have had the pleasure of working with and connecting with families in the Baton Rouge community, it’s because of these small businesses that Baton Rouge Moms continues to be a FREE resource for families in Baton Rouge and beyond! 

Baton Rouge Moms is evolving and changing things up a bit…

You may have noticed some changes on Baton Rouge Moms, though I started blogging over 15 years ago, I wanted something different for Baton Rouge Moms. As a hyper-local resource, Baton Rouge Moms is no longer a “mommy blog”, we will still share posts but they will be centered around family-friendly Baton Rouge living.  Baton Rouge Moms will bring you even MORE of the content and resources you have come to know and love. We will focus on family-friendly outings, day trips, and the things parents need in their daily lives, such as kid-friendly restaurants, camps, directories, and guides. Stay tuned as we begin to roll out new features! You will also continue to find us volunteering at most family-friendly events around Baton Rouge such as Halloween Town, Spook in Rowe, Christmas on the Boulevard, Mistletoe Market Santa photos and more! I love meeting you all and your kiddos at these events, please stop by and say hi! 

Baton Rouge Moms Birthday

Baton Rouge Moms Birthday

We’re kicking off the birthday festivities with a week of giveaways on our social media pages, some fun surprises, and a brand-spankin’ new theme and logo! How bout that new logo? Thanks to the brilliant and talented, Megan Kelly for hooking us up! 

BR Mompreneurs

Something else pretty special is happening today… a new resource for entrepreneurial moms has launched in Baton Rouge, BR Mompreneurs! If you are a mompreneur trying to juggle all of the things you know how important support is. Since we are in the business of supporting moms, collaborating with Megan Kelly and her new venture was a no-brainer! We are so excited for all that’s to come for our great community of moms! Learn more about BR Mompreneurs in Megan’s first Ask the Experts post and be sure to check out her website, follow her Facebook page and join the Facebook group for support! I’ll see you there! 

Thank you for celebrating Baton Rouge Moms’ birthday with me! Be sure to connect with us on Facebook & Instagram for a week of giveaways and some early morning treats and surprises! 

 

LSU Kids – When I Grow Up, I’ll be a Tiger – GIVEAWAY

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Louisiana State University fans, I see you with your LSU kids. They’re rocking purple and gold jerseys, clutching Mike the Tiger dolls in chubby fists, humming Fight for LSU from memory. Way to go with the indoctrination! If luck holds out, your little ones will grow into fine LSU students.

It’s many a parent’s dream that their child matriculate at a certain university. Still, even if they rebel and choose a school full of students who yell Roll Tide, the message about higher education can get through at an early age. Including children in specific collegiate traditions is a great way to help them understand the greatness that can be the college experience.

Raising Kids Who Yell GEAUX TIGERS!

(or who break your heart and choose a different school)

Here are some tips to help you and Junior along the way:

  • Read, read, read – books about college. So you’re tired of slogging through that newborn board book that features colors? Try a college-themed tome instead. “See Mike?” “Mike the Tiger is orange.” -You get the picture, pun intended. Early elementary-aged kids can recite the couplets in When I Grow Up, I’ll be a Tiger; purchase a book about LSU history for your middle or high school-aged student.
  • Remember that Saturdays are not just for football. Sure, take your child to campus decked out in his gameday best. Also, take an hour to walk around beforehand and explain where Daddy or Mommy took their favorite classes and why this place is so absolutely incredible.
  • Make it clear to a child that college is where many people receive training to become what they want to be. Personalize this opportunity for the child; if he loves math, for example, explain that at college he may take math courses galore.
  • Back to football. A huge part of the college experience is sports, so if your child seems game, grab that year’s media guide and discuss this year’s squad. Is your little lady more interested in outrunning all the other kids on the playground? Request a cross-country media guide instead.

Good luck inspiring the next generation! Introduce higher education to children through your favorite college, watch the allegiance grow, and cross your fingers. Hopefully, they’ll choose your alma mater. And if not – at least you tried.

When I Grow Up, I’ll be a Tiger – LSU Kids GIVEAWAY

LSU Kids

Enter to win one of TWO copies of When I Grow Up, I’ll be a Tiger on our Facebook and Instagram pages!

 

Amy Hammond believes all children should set their sights on college greatness. The author of When I Grow Up, I’ll be a Tiger, When I Grow Up, I’ll Be a Gator, When I Grow Up, I’ll Be a ‘Nole, When I Grow Up, I’ll Be a Bull and When I Grow Up, I’m Bama Bound has been an LSU fan for as long as she can remember. Her books can be purchased online here, at campus bookstores and various retailers; to purchase signed copies, email her at amyz916@yahoo.com.