🔨Lil Treasures #139: Costco and Things Jael Did

Plus some Q+A's for your weekend!

My friends. My beautiful friends. You can’t tell me ANYTHING today because my kids started back to school this week and I feel my powers returning. She’s back in a routine. She’s Lexapro-ed. She’s watching TWO TV shows. She made a meal plan and stuck with it. She’s discovered these oversized boyfriend button-downs. Is there functional chaos all around? Yes. Are we bothered? Not this week, my friends. Not this week.

And so, in honor of these small people returning to structure, it’s Q+A Week. On the Swipe Up+, we talked about parenting after purity culture (like…what DO we want our kids to know about sex?), mom guilt, and disappointing people. Here’s an exerpt:

But what I discovered is that a person who is so disappointed in me for making a change that it would trash our relationship are not people who loved me, but people who loved when my choices served them.

If you’d like to join us in the Swipe Up+, just click below to get started. And as usual, if a subscription isn’t in the budget, we’d love to give you one for free dollars. Just email hello@erinhmoon.com and we’ll get it taken care of, no questions asked.

But I did save some Qs to be Aed here on Lil Treasures, so buckle up, ‘cause we’re going in: rapid fire style.

Q: What’s one viral video that leaves you in tears you’re laughing so hard? — @wavesbythewater

A: It’s definitely this absolutely bonkers music video.

Q: What’s your go-to mantra when it comes to mothering? I need a phrase to repeat to myself. — @_em_possible

A: When I was actively working with Mary Van Geffen, she had me repeat to myself “I am the conductor of peace in my home.” every time I walked into my house. I still do it!

Q: Best way you’ve learned to navigate preteen hormones/angst/in-between stage? — @_vickiehogan_

A: Take almost nothing personally. Become unoffendable.

Q: What do you wish you knew when you were 24? — @shelbihan

A: Wear sunscreen daily. Quit wishing you were at the next stage of life (impossible, I know). Screw up. Try new things. Travel.

Q: What are you most looking forward to this fall? — @troxellr

A: The return of Erin Moon, Sports Mom.

Q: Are you a planner user? I need one for mom life and working from home and its all overwhelming. — @mirmade85

A: I use the Get to Work Book and it’s the only planner I’ve ever been consistent with!

I got a lot of questions this time, so I may do a part two next week, yes?

Okay, let’s do the treasures!

⚾ Get your tissues ready, because this grandpa/grandson baseball moment will put you in your feels 🤧

🌽This hilarious child talking about his love for corn is my video comfort blanket of the week. How I feel after watching it:

Ashley C. Ford @iSmashFizzle

I would die for that corn kid

🖥️ Anne Helen Peterson, an excellent writer who has done extensive research on work culture, published this article about women working from home. If you are a woman who has spent any time in that WFH culture, make sure you give it a read!

📘I am so jazzed about Shannon K Evans’s new book Feminist Prayers for My Daughter which is set to release in early 2023. You can find out more about it and pre-order your copy here! I loved Shannon’s book Rewilding Motherhood as well.

💁‍♀️Five stars to this video of potential smash hits from the Bible.

🎭 To all my now-grown theatre kids who have their own children now, may we leave this kind of legacy.

🎁 Many thanks to those of you who took the Lil Swipes survey and gave us your brilliant thoughts! We love to use your insight to help us notice the blind spots and to improve this space for you to continue to enjoy. We had almost two thousand responses come through, which is truly amazing!

And so without further adieu, the two winners for the Amazon gift card giveaway are…….burgessbunch4@gmail.com and baileyonealpr@gmail.com! Send us an email at hello@erinhmoon.com and we will help you claim your prize!

💃Last treasure for the week is this Denzel + Break My Soul mash-up. The internet contains multitudes.

This week’s Tweets:

er0b @er0b

thank you to everyone who was nice to me when I was 20. I was annoying and did not deserve it.

Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga

did you grow up as a christians-shouldn’t-have-tattoos christian or a hebrew-word-tattoo christian

Garrett Bucks @garrettbucks

Not trying to start an intergenerational gen x/elder millennial vs. younger millennial/gen z war, but can we all agree that it's a legit bummer that Sesame Street demoted Grover (very funny, complex character) for Elmo (not funny, his only bit is speaking in the 3rd person)?

Alexis “Bring Back Bunheads” Wilson @sassyblackdiva

One thing about me……I cannot wait to go to sleep

✨ Mikey ✨ @mikey_almeida

they kinda give zendaya and tom holland

This one sent me

d @danielslaterr

This is literally the funniest thing I have seen in 2 years

Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze

I shouldn’t have to drive, it is society’s job to build me a quaint little village or college-type campus where all my friends live within walking distance

soul nate @MNateShyamalan

founder of costco: [drunk as hell] it’s gonna have hot dogs and optometrists

Victoria Thompson, M.S. is back home! @VictoriaTheTech

I'm just going to shout it into the void: There is not a teacher shortage. There is a SALARY SHORTAGE. There is a WORK AND LIFE BALANCE SHORTAGE. There is an EMPATHY SHORTAGE. There is a BEING TREATED LIKE A PROFESSIONAL ADULT shortage. I said what I said.

Tiffany Dorrin Olsen @TiffanyDOlsen

Really excited about my parent coach* having 25 new sessions for me to watch. *Bluey

Have one heck of a weekend, pals! Looking forward to reading your treasures!