Category: Kid Activities

Let me tell you about the time my middle schooler’s friends almost took out our living room window during a piñata free-for-all.

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Getting your little ones to focus on anything for more than 2 minutes felt impossible sometimes.

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Listen, we’ve all been there… scrolling Pinterest at midnight trying to figure out how to make your kid’s birthday special without losing your mind or emptying your bank account.

After throwing roughly a million parties for my three girls, I’ve learned what actually works and what’s totally not worth the stress.

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Remember when Easter egg hunts meant running around your grandma’s backyard in those itchy tights and Mary Janes, searching for neon plastic eggs while trying not to mess up your dress?

Those were the days.

Now we’re the ones orchestrating the whole show, and let me tell you…it hits different from this side of things.

Last year was kind of a disaster at our house.

I thought I was being clever hiding eggs in “creative” spots.

Turns out I was too creative because even I couldn’t find them all.

Pretty sure there’s still a melted chocolate egg somewhere behind our AC unit.

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So last weekend I literally found myself scrolling through TikTok looking at these insane backyard setups that probably cost more than my monthly Target budget (which is saying something).

There was this one mom who built an entire Ninja Warrior course…like, who has time for that?

Between school pickup, attempting to keep up with laundry, and trying to figure out what’s happening in my middle schooler’s social life, I barely have time to water the sad tomato plant I impulse-bought at Walmart.

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You know that moment when you realize spring break is coming and your Instagram feed is full of moms who seem to have planned entire Pinterest-worthy weeks of activities?

Yeah, me too.

And let me tell you, my spring break planning usually involves panic-googling “things to do with kids” at 11 PM while eating the last of the hidden chocolate stash behind my washing machine.

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