This is the most wholesome chaos I've experienced. He set up a card table, printed menus (with typos everywhere lol), and made his little sister the waitress. They served us PB&J sandwiches cut into triangles with Doritos on the side for like $2 a plate. Took payment in coins and kept a "cash regist...
I tried to make those "painted rock garden markers" with my daughter last weekend. You know, the cute ones where you paint rocks to look like veggies and put them in your garden? Looked SO EASY on Pinterest. Took us 4 hours, the paint kept chipping, and they looked like abstract blobs. Meanwhile my ...
Monday mornings when I drop the kids at school after having them the weekend hit different. My 5yo gets clingy, my 9yo is grumpy, and I'm trying not to cry in the carpool line. Then when I pick them up from their mom on Friday afternoon they're either hyped up or emotionally distant depending on w...
It's October and my ex is already demanding to switch Christmas. We have it in writing that I get Christmas morning but she wants the actual Christmas Day this year because her family is coming in. We can trade Thanksgiving but not Christmas - that was the whole agreement. She's acting like I'm bei...
Started a sourdough culture with my 7yo daughter like 3 weeks ago. She feeds it every day, names it (currently "Bubbles"), and is genuinely invested. We finally made our first loaf yesterday and ngl it was actually pretty good. She wants to make it every weekend now. It's simple enough that she can ...
My son has ADHD and online school was a nightmare for him. But we've found that certain apps actually help him focus better than traditional learning? Like Duolingo for reading, Khan Academy Kids for math. The games keep his attention in a way worksheets never did. Anyone else use apps intentionall...
Divorce is final next month and we're trying to nail down holiday agreements. She wants Thanksgiving week and Christmas Eve-Dec 25, I want Christmas evening through 26th, New Years she wants entirely. Seems lopsided to me but I'm not sure what's actually fair here. How do you guys usually split the ...
Everyone's always going on about "screen time bad" and "video games rotting brains" but my kids actually learned to read faster because they wanted to understand the dialog in Stardew Valley. Plus my 10yo and his friend play Minecraft together and they're constantly problem-solving and building craz...
Our son is 3 months old. Before he was born we fought maybe once a month, just stupid stuff. Now? We're bickering constantly. She thinks I'm not doing enough, I think she's being critical of how I do things, neither of us is sleeping, we haven't had sex since before the baby, and honestly I can't re...
Been golfing for like 2 years and my slice is getting worse not better. I know it's probably my grip or my swing path but my buddy won't stop telling me contradictory stuff. Should I just invest in actual lessons or is there a YouTube channel that actually helped you guys? Don't want to spend money...
Ouch. She's 10 and apparently that's the new descriptor for why her room at mom's (redone with new furniture, pink everywhere, very Pinterest) feels 'better' than her room at my place. I'm not trying to compete financially but like... I want her to feel at home here too? Bit of a gut punch ngl.
My son does this thing where he's constantly like "And NOW I'm putting my shoe on, and now I'm getting the other shoe, and now I'm tying it..." for literally 20 minutes straight. Is this normal? It's driving me up a wall but also sometimes it's kind of hilarious? Just needed to vent lol
Okay so this isn't exactly a DIY project but heard some people talking about elaborate cooking plans on here. Tbh? Costco pizza, some sides from home, backyard picnic, zero stress. Kids don't care. Weekend saved. You're welcome lol
I'm supposed to go back Monday. Been home for 12 weeks with my son Kai and honestly it's been one of the best experiences of my life. Yeah I'm tired, yeah there were hard days, but getting to be part of everything early on has been incredible. Now I'm about to hand him to a daycare 40 hours a week s...
So I set a hard limit of 1 hour on weekdays for my 8yo and 10yo, right? Thought I was being the cool strict parent. Found my son hiding in the closet with an iPad last night watching YouTube at 11pm. My daughter's been asking to go to friends' houses way more often than usual - I'm pretty sure she's...