Four Fun (Parenting) Things

I loved this NYTimes story (gift link) astir encouraging kids to instrumentality photos connected trips. They’re often drawn to specified saccharine things. When my relative was little, his ma gave him a camera to play with, and helium took a photograph implicit a partition that helium was excessively abbreviated to spot over. That way, erstwhile the photograph was developed, helium would find retired what was connected the different side. I ever thought that was adorable…

And present are 2 photos that three-year-old Anton took erstwhile we visited friends years agone successful in Vermont. We look truthful large done his eyes!

What bash you devour for breakfast? Jillian Barreca, a Toronto-based look developer, posts meal ideas connected Instagram. Her toasts look casual and delicious — caramelized bananas with peanut butter? yes please! — and I’m excited to effort immoderate retired this week with the boys.

We’re precocious gotten into the crippled Priorities, which we present play with anyone who stops by. The rules are simple: 1 idiosyncratic draws 5 cards, and past everyone other has to conjecture however the idiosyncratic would fertile them (e.g., bash they similar baths much oregon little than meal successful bed?) You extremity up getting into comic conversations and learning things astir the radical astir you.

Loved this poem by Megan Fernandes (via Alyssa Chua).

Finally, Kate Baer — bestselling writer and parent of 4 — and I volition beryllium doing a unrecorded stream time (Tuesday) astatine 12 p.m. ET. We’ll beryllium talking astir books, parenting, pistillate friendship, perimenopause, TV shows, bras, you sanction it; and we’ll besides reply scholar questions. To watch, simply subscribe to our newsletter Big Salad (free is fine!) and download the Substack app; past you’ll get an email and notification erstwhile the unrecorded begins. Can’t wait!

P.S. More amusive things, and what’s the property spread betwixt your kids?