Aunt Katie Book Lady
@katiebelle1121.bsky.social
Former book blogger. Perpetual penguin enthusiast. Anxious parent. Always carries bandaids. (She/Her)
The social worker at my kid’s school is on drop off line duty in the mornings and today he was singing the jingle from the My Buddy commercials.
I now have the jingle stuck in my head, naturally, and I had to explain to my kid that, yes, people did buy toys that didn’t “do anything.”
I now have the jingle stuck in my head, naturally, and I had to explain to my kid that, yes, people did buy toys that didn’t “do anything.”
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The social worker at my kid’s school is on drop off line duty in the mornings and today he was singing the jingle from the My Buddy commercials.
I now have the jingle stuck in my head, naturally, and I had to explain to my kid that, yes, people did buy toys that didn’t “do anything.”
I now have the jingle stuck in my head, naturally, and I had to explain to my kid that, yes, people did buy toys that didn’t “do anything.”
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Do you want to know how into Sonic my child is? It took me multiple listens to “The Life of a Showgirl” to realize that Taylor was not referring to “all the hedgehogs on the wall.”
October 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do you want to know how into Sonic my child is? It took me multiple listens to “The Life of a Showgirl” to realize that Taylor was not referring to “all the hedgehogs on the wall.”
I chaperoned a 3rd grade field trip today and we do not pay teachers enough. I have always known that, but helping herd 75 8-year-olds was something else entirely.
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I chaperoned a 3rd grade field trip today and we do not pay teachers enough. I have always known that, but helping herd 75 8-year-olds was something else entirely.
My particular brand of doom scrolling involves me finding threads of teachers complaining about kids with difficult behaviors in their classes.
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My particular brand of doom scrolling involves me finding threads of teachers complaining about kids with difficult behaviors in their classes.
Incredible article by @readingtheend.bsky.social. How did you get to be so smart and funny and brilliant, huh? Proud to know you, as always. ❤️
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Incredible article by @readingtheend.bsky.social. How did you get to be so smart and funny and brilliant, huh? Proud to know you, as always. ❤️
When trying to figure out the right supports for a neurodivergent child, you end up filling out A LOT of assessment forms. A nurse just called to try to explain them to me and I was like, “not my first rodeo, but thanks for checking in.”
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When trying to figure out the right supports for a neurodivergent child, you end up filling out A LOT of assessment forms. A nurse just called to try to explain them to me and I was like, “not my first rodeo, but thanks for checking in.”
Everything is terrible, but I made this pumpkin in a very natural shade of orange.
September 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Everything is terrible, but I made this pumpkin in a very natural shade of orange.
Some of you have never gotten hopelessly lost looking for an unmarked building on a college campus and broken down crying surrounded by thousands of pedestrians and it shows.
September 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some of you have never gotten hopelessly lost looking for an unmarked building on a college campus and broken down crying surrounded by thousands of pedestrians and it shows.
You know what’s cool? SCIENCE.
September 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You know what’s cool? SCIENCE.
My kid has been in school for 3 weeks. This far he has checked out library books on 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Titanic. This is in addition to last semester’s double feature of the Hindenburg and the atomic bomb. We also tackled Pompeii over the summer.
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My kid has been in school for 3 weeks. This far he has checked out library books on 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Titanic. This is in addition to last semester’s double feature of the Hindenburg and the atomic bomb. We also tackled Pompeii over the summer.
Did y’all know that gender reveal parties are completely optional? You definitely don’t have to have one. You can find out the sex of your baby in a non public way and process that information in private! It will be the least interesting thing about your kid anyway.
September 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Did y’all know that gender reveal parties are completely optional? You definitely don’t have to have one. You can find out the sex of your baby in a non public way and process that information in private! It will be the least interesting thing about your kid anyway.
In case you were wondering how out of touch I am with team sports… My kid’s school is holding a “Hoop A Thon” fundraiser. I 💯 assumed it was a hula hoop contest.
It’s basketball.
It’s basketball.
September 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In case you were wondering how out of touch I am with team sports… My kid’s school is holding a “Hoop A Thon” fundraiser. I 💯 assumed it was a hula hoop contest.
It’s basketball.
It’s basketball.
It’s the guns. It’s always, always the guns.
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It’s the guns. It’s always, always the guns.
If my 8 year old can respect a person’s pronouns, so can you.
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If my 8 year old can respect a person’s pronouns, so can you.
What in the Stars Hollow is going on with the 3rd grade homework packet?
August 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What in the Stars Hollow is going on with the 3rd grade homework packet?
I am 42 years old and wearing a pair of Squishmallow pajamas.
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I am 42 years old and wearing a pair of Squishmallow pajamas.
Me: How was your day, Bud?
Kid: It was good for the most part…
Me: What part was hard?
Kid: Well, Mom, I got tangled up in a book and didn’t get all my work done.
Me: OK- did you bring the work home?
Kid: Yep. And I’m going to do it before screen time.
I guess my kid is just parenting himself now?
Kid: It was good for the most part…
Me: What part was hard?
Kid: Well, Mom, I got tangled up in a book and didn’t get all my work done.
Me: OK- did you bring the work home?
Kid: Yep. And I’m going to do it before screen time.
I guess my kid is just parenting himself now?
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Me: How was your day, Bud?
Kid: It was good for the most part…
Me: What part was hard?
Kid: Well, Mom, I got tangled up in a book and didn’t get all my work done.
Me: OK- did you bring the work home?
Kid: Yep. And I’m going to do it before screen time.
I guess my kid is just parenting himself now?
Kid: It was good for the most part…
Me: What part was hard?
Kid: Well, Mom, I got tangled up in a book and didn’t get all my work done.
Me: OK- did you bring the work home?
Kid: Yep. And I’m going to do it before screen time.
I guess my kid is just parenting himself now?
I have nightmares about high school gym class on a regular basis. So thrilled my child will also get to experience the trauma of attempting to do pull ups in front of a jeering crowd of peers 🙃. Just the cherry on top of the sundae of horrors that is this administration.
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have nightmares about high school gym class on a regular basis. So thrilled my child will also get to experience the trauma of attempting to do pull ups in front of a jeering crowd of peers 🙃. Just the cherry on top of the sundae of horrors that is this administration.
Apparently my child has been info dumping about Labubu to his camp counselors and I had no idea those things were on his radar. It’s like a haunted keychain? Where in God’s name do I even find a Labubu? I’m so confused!
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Apparently my child has been info dumping about Labubu to his camp counselors and I had no idea those things were on his radar. It’s like a haunted keychain? Where in God’s name do I even find a Labubu? I’m so confused!
I didn’t go into this Cowboy romcom expecting to end up sobbing, but here we are. LOVE IS A WAR SONG by Danica Nava is a delight. They’re good tears, I promise.
July 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I didn’t go into this Cowboy romcom expecting to end up sobbing, but here we are. LOVE IS A WAR SONG by Danica Nava is a delight. They’re good tears, I promise.
After losing his dad to leukemia, my husband makes donating blood regularly a high priority. It’s lovely. It would make me misty-eyed if not for the fact that he refers to it as “The Bloodletting” like he’s seeing a medieval plague doctor…
July 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
After losing his dad to leukemia, my husband makes donating blood regularly a high priority. It’s lovely. It would make me misty-eyed if not for the fact that he refers to it as “The Bloodletting” like he’s seeing a medieval plague doctor…
I may have found the most wholesome corner of the internet. Service dogs that can sniff out blood sugar changes in kids with type 1 diabetes. They’re better at their job than the fancy glucose monitors and are happy to be paid in cheese. 🥹 I just love them so much.
July 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I may have found the most wholesome corner of the internet. Service dogs that can sniff out blood sugar changes in kids with type 1 diabetes. They’re better at their job than the fancy glucose monitors and are happy to be paid in cheese. 🥹 I just love them so much.
Not a week goes by without my husband or myself referencing something adorable/silly/brilliant/weird our kid has said or done at some point in his nearly 8 years and I love that. It’s such a wonderful thing to witness a child growing up.
July 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not a week goes by without my husband or myself referencing something adorable/silly/brilliant/weird our kid has said or done at some point in his nearly 8 years and I love that. It’s such a wonderful thing to witness a child growing up.