Some Posts I Never Published

Until now, I guess!

At Sugarfish, being not-into taking photos

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We just got back from a trip to see family in Canada, and I continue to be shocked/heartened by how viscerally I crave analog time with the kids — and how obvious it is that I’m enjoying myself when I look back at my camera roll and see I forgot to took photos, because I was doing the thing instead of observing its aesthetic potential. Growth!

Calaway Park, Calgary

What we did in Calgary:

• Calaway Park

• Magnet fishing/Metal detecting

• BBQing

• Board Game-ing (Do You Really Know Your Family and Charades for Kids)

• Thrift store-rummaging (I found a pair of shorts that looks like every single other pair of shorts I own, a bunch of cool sweatshirts and henleys for my 13yo, and crafting supplies for my 10yo)

• Tim Horton’s (Boston Cream donut) and Dairy Queen (Skor Blizzard)

• Crafting: Specifically, we drew on shrink paper, baked the drawings, and made them into earrings and lockets. You need to do this; it’s so easy and fun.

Also, here are a couple of posts you might have missed:

• Should You Ever Feel Bad About Your Parenting Choices: A Photo Essay

• How To Make S’Mores Shots (Yes) (There’s also an N/A version)

• A Stroll Down Memory Lane

Anyway. I’m back! On my to-do list at the moment is “figure out financial plan for remainder of truly disastrous year,” so instead of doing that I decided to put together a very long ramble of a post for you. Shall we?