My kitchen looked like a literal disaster zone on Saturday, October 12th, while I tried to figure out how to make a four-year-old’s birthday cake not look like a pile of actual mud. Leo, my youngest, was turning four, and his current personality is 90% “excavator” and 10% “chicken nuggets.” I had this grand vision…
Last September 14, I stood in my Denver backyard watching my nine-year-old daughter, Chloe, try to beat a soggy cardboard bear with a plastic broom handle. It was a disaster. The “hunny” pot I’d spent three hours DIY-ing with flour paste and old copies of the Denver Post simply refused to break. The humidity had…
My kitchen looked like a Pepto-Bismol factory exploded at 6:00 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2025. I stood there, clutching a lukewarm mug of coffee, staring at twenty-one blank white cupcakes and a tub of frosting that I had accidentally dyed a shade of pink so neon it probably glowed in the dark. My twins,…
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Stella’s 12th: Is a Safari Party for Teenagers Even Possible Anymore? Help! @rashida80: Okay, Ginyou fam, I’m in a bit of a pickle. My oldest, Stella, is turning 12 next month, and she’s suddenly decided she wants a “cool, not childish” safari-themed party. Like, not cute little cartoon animals, but more… National Geographic chic? Think…
Teaching second grade in Houston means I have seen every possible iteration of a classroom party, but nothing prepared me for the day I decided to bring the country to the suburbs. My classroom, Room 2B, is usually a place of quiet reading and the occasional stray crayon, but last March 12, it transformed into…
I am currently sitting on my living room floor, surrounded by three empty coffee mugs and enough blue and orange crepe paper to wrap a small car. It is exactly 11:42 PM on a Tuesday, and I just finished steaming the wrinkles out of a bluey backdrop for kids that I bought for Maya’s 4th…
