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First rain of the season and we already pulled out one of the kids big christmas presents. El niño is going to take a financial toll in more than just the normal ways.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve made it in life* *Running the scholastic book fair at my kid’s elementary school

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My husband accidentally started streaming his spotify through our thermostat instead of the house speakers and my god the future is lame

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is what every writer needs to feel in their soul (at least occasionally) and it’s why ai will never make anything worthwhile.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Planted my garden in the middle of August this year because of…life…but here we go getting some tomatoes and a teeny wee strawberry.

A few small red and yellow tomatoes and one very small and slightly disfigured strawberry but it tasted great

Just 2 happy kiddos walking around a community garden. They look peaceful and in an idyllic place but i assure you, it was pure chaos. The little one wants to rip out all the pinwheels and the big one wants to eat everything. Impossible to garden with them. Constant vigilance instead.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*I’m a cool hip urban dweller just checking things out* I whisper to myself as I load up on my weekly Costco run

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apologies to my neighbors who hear me yell ‘No! Fuck!’ at approximately this time every weekday when a notification comes through that the 2.5 yo is taking a nap. There goes bedtime once again.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The crib to bed transition has got to be one of life’s greatest tests of parental strength and fortitude and i’m 2/2 for absolutely losing

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats on making it to parent teacher conference season. Your school will be early release for the NEXT 2 WEEKS. Pick up your kid by 1:20 you absolute moron who thought they could have a job and kids. Also, you cant bring your kid to the conference and we only take conferences after the release.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me to myself all weekend when solo parenting and the kids are driving me up the wall:

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Movie theaters should always have a movie for little kids playing. Dont care if its new or 50 yrs old. Just let me get out of the house and give my kids high level snacks they never get anywhere else. It could be Frozen. It could be Cars. It could be old eps of Mr Rogers I dont care.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Since the cars in Cars are just using their bodies to race, Cars is actually about ultrarunners

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Got a random text today from a company that runs an after school enrichment program at my 6yo’s school that she had been checked out by her dad…who is on a work trip out of town. And their number isnt callable. And i was wrastling a fiesty 2 yo out of preschool.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The pledge of allegiance, according to a 6 yo who is just learning it in school: I pledge allegiance to the flag of united states america and to the republish for which it stands one nation under garden justice and liberty and justice for all

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I actually had a dream about a crockpot last night if you’re wondering how old i am

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mr Rogers driving a backhoe goes pretty hard

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*Asking for more salsas than I can possibly handle so the people working at the fast casual mexican restaurant respect me*

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 1st cold of the new school year to all who celebrate (suffer)

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Nate's Scary Myth @natesmith.dev · 05/09/2026

"have you asked chatgpt ?' no mf, I conferred with Zoltar

Zoltar, the arcade fortune teller featured in Big (198x, Tom Hanks, Robert Loggia)

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My 6 yr old just lost her first tooth and i’m 99% sure she ate it.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know we give boomers a lot of shit but can we take a moment for my silent generation father who, despite living within 100 miles of the mexican border his entire life, and the past 45 years 30 miles from it, spelled fajitas ‘faheatas’.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We’ve made it through our first week ever with the older kid starting school at 8am. It’s…deeply unpleasant getting 2 kids up, fed, clothed, sunscreened, packed, emotional needs met, little one diapered multiple times, and in the car by 7:40 by myself.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

fuck, marry, kill but it’s the apps your public school wants you to use

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It's still Albrot @albrot.party · 26/08/2026

Attention Parents: We will no longer be using MyGrades for progress reports, they will be on RePortz. Discipline & attendance events will be tracked on Spanc. Bus service will be monitored with YELO. These services are accessible through the KidzPortal. You can set up your portal account in MyGrades

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

that’s not period blood it’s chunky raspberry chia seed pouch one of my kids wiped on the butt of my jeans this morning i whisper to anyone passing behind me until i get home to change

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

6 yo starts 1st grade tomorrow and it just sunk in i’ll have to get 2 kids up and fed and dressed and sunscreened and in the car by the same time i usually wake the first of them up 🫠

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Have you ever witnessed a 6 yr old mumble ‘no spinny’s?’ to themselves as they open a cooler at a birthday party? what happened to those plastic bottles of fruit punch where you had to rip the top off with your teeth. these kids nowadays. (that was my 6 yr old).

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

2 yo: i want to see the future Me: ok 2 yo: on your phone. Show me picture Me: i cant. Only you can see the future 2 yo: i’m gonna run away. I’m scared of the future 6 yo: that’s not the future! That’s the toilet!

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

One thing about elementary school is that your child’s item can be very clearly labeled with their first and last name and they still throw it in the lost and found and then email constantly to check the lost and found but it’s in a part of the school you have to sign in as a visitor to go to.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

6yo: what if there was blood in our hair and nails Me: then getting a haircut would be really gross 6yo: yeah the shop would be called Blood Town

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The End of Oak Street comes out this weekend! A special one around here because my husband went to Atlanta to film it when we had a 4 yr old and…wait for it…2 week old. He was able to come home for about 26 hours twice a month for 5 months. I truly dont know how I made it through that one.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Whelp, another one* bites the dust *naturally beautiful mom friend got lip injections

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

oh dear its the dreaded unnecessarily added to a group text by a boomer

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

When my daughter was 5 she ate several pounds of various fruits at a birthday party, then ran hard for an hour, then threw up all over. As she was throwing up and sobbing she mumbled ‘i want to cut bangs’. Making questionable choices with our bangs is a rite of passage for all.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Is there a greater feat in adulthood than conquering a stainless steel pan?

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

There’s nothing elementary schools like more than Jersey Day

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I once had hundreds of tiny lil fish eat all the dead skin off my feet at a little shop in barTHAlona so i can celebrate this, right?

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

2yo: where’s gregor? Me: mr mcgregor is right there 2yo: he’s a monster. a big monster. Me: well to him, peter is the monster. 2yo: peter monster?

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In today’s edition of modern parenting is impossible: it’s water day at 6yo’s camp. So towels, change of clothes, swimsuit. It’s also fort building day. So sheets, blankets. IT’S ALSO ‘anything but a backpack day’. For real. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Peter Pot Roast

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My most elder millennial thought: Some people really need to put down their phones and grab a beer bong

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Alberto’s parking lot. Not only were the rolled tacos top notch but you could find out where the best house party was for the night.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Was the brief and sudden illness the explosive diarrhea disease because that would be a nice touch

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

5pm? This game is anti west coast mom

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

6 yo invented a new game: soccer, but with 3 goalies. 2 of them are just doing the normal goalie things but 1 is unaffiliated with either team and just roams the field growling and trying to scoop up the ball. Unclear what they do with it when they get it.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The 6 yo and i have been making very low effort paper flags for each team we are cheering for

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

But isnt it an important part of childhood/adolescence to learn that doritos + cheez wiz BURNS

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

What is fifa doing having this game during bedtime when i’m solo parenting. It’s 6:57 every parent i know is fighting for their lives getting youngest kids asleep we deserve to see red cards as they happen!

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