More Family Stories
- My daughter wanted to learn how to bake cupcakes from scratch, so we spent a Saturday afternoon on it together. They came out slightly lopsided but genuinely delicious, and she's already planning our next baking day.
- I set a goal to read one book a month this year, confident it'd be easy. By March I'd read exactly zero, but I had bought seven new books, which I've decided still counts for something.
- My son asked if he could cut his own hair after watching a video online. I said no. He did it anyway during his nap time, and we spent the rest of the week explaining the haircut to curious relatives.
- We decided to try a family bike ride around the neighborhood on a Sunday morning, confident it would be a quick, easy outing. Ninety minutes and one flat tire later, we finally made it back home.
- My daughter insisted on picking out my outfit for a work presentation, and I let her, mostly for fun. She actually picked a genuinely solid combination, and I got three compliments on it that same day.
- I decided to learn how to change my own oil to save on mechanic fees, watching several tutorials beforehand. It took an entire Saturday, cost about the same once I bought the tools, but I felt genuinely accomplished.