For O’Keefe Secret Santa “Loop Engage ear plugs” was all I put on my list and I wanted them more than anything. “Limit the volume without missing a beat,” they say. “Take the edge off while staying present.” This is the parenting dream right? 6:45 PM December 26 I got them in a living room filled with 29 people and I said to my brother-in-law THANK YOU I WANTED THESE SO BAD and then I wanted to put them in right there and just leave them in. “Take the edge off while staying present with in-laws.” The first couple of times that I was with Kevin’s entire family — he’s the youngest of seven — I was 21 and drank so much that large portions of the days are lost to time, but I was very friendly and very engaged with the nieces and nephews, I’m told. Now I am 39 and drinking one weed seltzer and asking for Instagram earplugs as my little treat, like it’d be too indulgent to buy them for myself. Our 18-year-old nephew brought his girlfriend to Thanksgiving with her little white sweater and her purse that she kept with her and I thought I wouldn’t be that age again for anything in the world.
One of my biggest parenting wins to date is convincing them (4 and 6) that Zombie by the Cranberries is a Halloween song