More Seasonal Stories
- We planned a low-key New Year's Eve at home with the kids, expecting an early night. Somehow it turned into a full living room dance party that lasted until well past midnight, kids included.
- I decided to try composting for the first time, following an online guide closely. Two months in, I have a thriving bin of genuinely excellent soil, and a newfound respect for how complicated rotting vegetables can get.
- We hosted an Easter egg hunt for the neighborhood kids this year, hiding forty eggs across the yard. By the end, we'd only found thirty-eight, and two remain permanently, mysteriously missing to this day.
- We took the kids to the beach for the first time this summer, expecting them to love the water. Instead, they spent the entire day building an elaborate sandcastle and barely touched the ocean once.
- I tried making homemade ice cream for the Fourth of July, following a recipe that promised it was foolproof. It came out somewhere between soup and disappointment, but we ate it anyway and called it a slushy.
- We planned an elaborate scavenger hunt for the kids' Easter baskets this year, with clues hidden all around the yard. By the third clue, I'd forgotten where I'd hidden the fourth, and the hunt paused for a solid ten minutes.