I think I want this, but with an asterisk at the end…

Someone arguing to dismantle the Dept of Education:

Santa was here 🎅🏾❤️

Guess I squeezed that one in under the wire.

Modern parenting is a trip.

One of the kids asked what Assad looked like. Siri let us down though.

I remember trying to take three toddlers, then four young kids, to museums and leaving near tears and sweaty with exhaustion.

Today was a leisurely, pleasant day. Lots of things are hard about big kids, but lots of things are so.much.easier.

What it’s like having four kids.

Took a stab at recreating the joy of this sleepless photo.

I’m 41 and my twin brothers will be 38 in a few weeks. Not sure we’ve gotten any easier for my mom to deal with, though.

This is a typical street sign in Pittsburgh to indicate that a street is not passable by car. If I go left, it’s a street. If I turn right, there’s a dead end and a set of stairs. Many houses have addresses that are actually for a road that is just steps🙃 They are called orphan houses.

Our cat: “Oh good, you’ve all gathered to pet me.”

Just had a very Pittsburgh morning bowling in the basement of a former Catholic convent in the South Side (while our iconic and ever-present “wintery mix” comes down outside.)

Look for this unique listing in my Pittsburgh Magazine column soon!

Semi lukewarm take:

✔️ MTG threatened to release all their dirty laundry if they stood in Gaetz’ way.
✔️They all have big closed door meetings.
✔️Bros told him, “Dude, withdraw or we will get in trouble too.” (I’m assuming)

So he withdrew and MTG got this as appeasement:

(It was MJ the Musical, and she lovesss MJ)

I guess I forgot to do an intro post before I dove in! Hi, I’m a freelance journalist and content writer based in Pittsburgh. I mostly cover parenting, education, kids-and-tech, family travel, lifestyle, and real estate. My husband and I have four kids and too many pets!