How was your weekend? I hope you were able to celebrate the dads in your life and have your own weekend fun too! We had a lot to celebrate this weekend, and I also got to attend my new favorite type of party! Keep reading to find out why I now wonder if I’m part
For a full six months before her seventh birthday, my middle kid was planning her party. She had a running list of guests. She had activities. And themes. Her expectations were really, really high. And she talked about them constantly. Ramona Quimby–style, she started inviting people to her party months in advance. And she wanted
I hope you had a fun weekend! I wasn’t feeling 100% this weekend and was worried it would affect my fun. But because I’m learning to make fun a priority, I did my best to save my energy for the fun stuff and let the rest go! We were able to do more than I
Do you have a summer fun list? Over the past few years, I’ve been leaning into seasonal changes more. I shift my menu plans, my wardrobe, and even the puzzles I choose based on the seasons. And as my kids get older, I want to embrace seasonal fun with them! Author and time management expert
Authors Brunch Summer Fridays are part of the weekend, right? We kicked off the weekend fun with brunch at my mom’s house. When my daughter got sick the last week of school, she missed her final “authors tea” of the year. In this sweet event, the students share “books” they have written and illustrated in
Raise your hand if you collected Beanie Babies in the 90s. It’s hard to overstate the grip these sweet little animals had on us. They were currency in the moment, and we were all banking our retirements on them too. Why bother passing fourth grade? Beanie Babies would make us rich beyond our wildest dreams—as
School’s out for summer! My middle daughter had a rocky end to the school year. She got sick the second-to-last day of school, spiked a fever, and had to miss her class party. She also didn’t get to say goodbye to her beloved teacher, who is moving away this summer. The poor girl was also
I hope you had fun this weekend! As an Enneagram One, fun isn’t always (ever?) my top priority. But I’m learning! I’m trying to recognize where fun is already happening in my life and trying to plan more time for it. My weekend fun included friends, games, a good book, and a recipe I quadruple
Most Fridays, we have family game night. We’ve been doing this for over a year—ever since our toddler’s bedtime got to be too disruptive to family movie night. (We were also running out of movies to watch that were actually fun for the whole family.) My husband and I weren’t sure how it would go.
I am a completionist. I derive a lot of pleasure from checking all the boxes. Cherry-picking podcast episodes isn’t for me. I go back to episode one and listen to the entire back catalog in order. You have 500 episodes and 25 of them are about the pandemic? Sign me up. You wrote a book
