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parentinhalf.bsky.social

I'm not sure how or when, but apparently I have two children and a nice life. Thankfully, our country's willful decline into autocracy removes any concern that things are going too well. 💙✌️

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"OH, LOTS" is not the answer you want to hear when you ask how many baby wipes your 4yo put down the toilet. 🤦‍♀️

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Gonna put this on my wall next to Desiderata. Thank you, @jeffreyaward.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

🤣 then 😬

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Paw Patrol has a technologically advanced tower, a submersible aircraft carrier, and unlimited air and sea vessels. It's basically S.H.I.E.L.D.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Me: Do you want to go to the library? 4yo: (exasperated sigh) I really can't answer that right now... I just don't have a plan for that.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Compiling a list of phrases in-laws should never say. I'll start:

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning, the clog is tubbed

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Still in an emotional hangover from a family fight, physically drained from illness, and mentally flattened from lack of sleep. Really hoping this is more indicative of what to leave behind in 2024 than what's ahead in 2025.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Winter vacation always reassures me in my decision not to be a stay-at-home mom.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

When I run the garbage disposal, I like to imagine all the things frustrating me falling into the hole and being ground into bits of sludge and washed away.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

My two-year-old has finally advanced from his original running joke (playing "is this a hat" with random objects) to a more elevated linguistic humor that involves replacing random words in song and converstion with "poop." Wheels on the Bus will never be the same.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

"OH, LOTS" is not the answer you want to hear when you ask how many baby wipes your 4yo put down the toilet. 🤦‍♀️

Gonna put this on my wall next to Desiderata. Thank you, @jeffreyaward.bsky.social

🤣 then 😬

Paw Patrol has a technologically advanced tower, a submersible aircraft carrier, and unlimited air and sea vessels. It's basically S.H.I.E.L.D.

Me: Do you want to go to the library? 4yo: (exasperated sigh) I really can't answer that right now... I just don't have a plan for that.

Compiling a list of phrases in-laws should never say. I'll start:

Good morning, the clog is tubbed

Still in an emotional hangover from a family fight, physically drained from illness, and mentally flattened from lack of sleep. Really hoping this is more indicative of what to leave behind in 2024 than what's ahead in 2025.

Winter vacation always reassures me in my decision not to be a stay-at-home mom.

When I run the garbage disposal, I like to imagine all the things frustrating me falling into the hole and being ground into bits of sludge and washed away.

My two-year-old has finally advanced from his original running joke (playing "is this a hat" with random objects) to a more elevated linguistic humor that involves replacing random words in song and converstion with "poop." Wheels on the Bus will never be the same.

I'm glad the team at Nick Jr works so hard to write hundreds of shows so that my kids can chain watch the same 8 episodes. #parenting

There is no more unforgiving mirror than your children. #parenting

I just lost the game of "Play-Doh or poop."