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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

6yo suddenly remembered there was a toy (singular) stuck in his T-rex's mouth and asked us to get it out. We were in tears laughing by the time we finished.

A reddish and yellow toy T-rex, lying on its side, looking like it must be exhausted from surgery. On the table next to it lay the head of a plastic toy paintbrush (belonging to a Bowser Jr action figure), a plastic hourglass timer that might be used for a board game, a Mario action figure, and a small blue piece of a chain fidget toy. Not pictured: the needle nose pliers used to remove the paintbrush piece, the chipped gel manicure of the mother who had to try to pull the T-rex's stomach open, or the two parents who were laughing so hard as they discovered each new toy that they were crying.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

2) Do people typically keep their gel manis for longer than 2 weeks? My nails honestly look pretty good but my nails are SUPER long and they're looking grown out at the cuticle.

A person's hand, showing off a manicure (minus the thumb). The nails are oval shaped, and somewhat long with short nail beds. The polish on the nails is light pink.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

First, they invented "Hershey's Kisses and sugar. Then they made their own "cake" using sandwich bread as the cake. I had to melt chocolate candy melts for "frosting," in between the slices and on top. The top slice of bread had sugar on it as well. Then they added Hershey's Kisses.

A teal plastic kids' dish on a wooden countertop. Upon the dish is a cake. This cake is made out of two slices of whole wheat sandwich bread, and the frosting (in between the slices and all over the top slice) is melted chocolate candy melts. A Hershey's Kiss sits upon each corner. You cannot see the granulated sugar that sits under the chocolate, on top of the top slice. My children invented this cake.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I just started reading Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social, and I spotted this book at CVS just now. I had literally never noticed stuff like this before??

A copy of a book titled "A Woman's Guide to Spiritual Warfare" with a very serene, feminine, almost water-colored cover, but also with a big ol' sword diagonally down the middle. The subtitle reads "How to Protect Your House, Family, and Friends from Spiritual Darkness." Bonus content: a book by Lee Strobel is right below it.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

And so here it is, a desk for 7yo.

A small black computer desk with a small white swivel chair. The desk surface has a tablet, keyboard, mouse, and headphones, along with some miscellaneous items for a kid.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Omg this is so cute, here's mine

Mouse-drawing of a horse, with a black head and body, slightly thinner lines making up the mane and tail, teal back legs and purple front legs. It's not great but it's recognizable as a horse drawn by someone who learned how to draw from Ed Emberley.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Shabbat and Chanukah together are my favorite.

Shabbat candles and Chanukah candles, lit for Shabbat and the 6th night of Chanukah.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

On the one hand, I am very, very, very unhappy that my new doctor's office does 2 days of prep instead of 1. On the other hand, in the past two weeks, multiple people have told me they've had to reschedule because of failed prep. So at least this might prevent that from happening.

A big plastic pitcher with a red top, on a table next to an empty cup with a straw in it. The pitcher looks empty but is in fact filled to the brim with 64 ounces of white Gatorade mixed with 238 grams of Miralax. Not pictured: unhappy person who has to drink this entire thing.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I refused to watch or let my kids watch Home Alone 2 on principle, but I guess the kids noticed it on streaming and begged to watch it. Spouse let them know Mom had said no, but 7yo realized that he could message me through GChat while I was at the store.

GChat message between poster and "E"
E says, "LET US WATCH HOME ALONE 2" in all caps with at least 25 exclamation points.
Poster replies, "Oh, sweetie!! I guess you can but it has Donald Trump in it."
E responds. "I know btw thanks for letting us watch it!"

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Finished product. I forgot how much I HATE frosting cakes??

A child's birthday cake. The cake is round with light purple frosting, and it says "Happy birthday Aiden!" in pink letters. There are two red balloons drawn in frosting, as well as Bluey and Bingo figurines stuck onto the cake. There's a number 5 candle and a blue and white striped candle, unlit.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Anyway, here's the print out (reversed because you have to flip it to transfer). Pray for mojo.

An outline of Bluey, and a gray-scale image of Bingo, along with "HAPPY BIRTHDAY AIDEN!" written in reverse.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Way back when, for Kid 1's first birthday, I learned how to do frosting transfers and made him a cake that was a play on those Usborne "That's Not My ..." book series. (I didn't realize I didn't have black food coloring until it was too late, forgive me.)

A square-shaped birthday cake with a frosting illustration of a birthday cake on it, with the text "That's not my cake ... its frosting is too sweet." Yellow stars that honestly don't look very good surround it, and there's a little mouse peeking out from behind the cake on its plate.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

@rosannapansino.bsky.social My kids are currently interested in playing "chef," demanding to make "real food recipes," so we found a Nerdy Nummies recipe we could make on short notice/no time to go to Michael's. (Pink) Navi pops (free-handed wings) were a moderate success!

Three pink "Navi" pops--Nilla wafer cookies dipped in pink melting candy with little white candy wings--sitting on wax paper on a table. At least one of the pops looks moderately good, and the rest show off the truth of Mom's free-handed chocolate skills (not great).

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The local bakery I went to today does babka knots on Fridays

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We sort of have one, but he tortures comedians.

Sam Reich celebrating at the end of the "Escape the Green Room" episode of Game Changer. Lou Wilson and Siobhan Thompson in the background look moderately traumatized as confetti rains down.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We accidentally startled one in our backyard today! Much bigger than the bunnies we normally see. Both kids got to see it, so they were downright delighted.

A large grayish brown rabbit in a backyard, sort of blending in with a pile of dead leaves.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thanks @mindseyeyarns.bsky.social for the yarn recs! Made this korok and korok seed using Circulo natural cotton and Queensland Collection Coastal Cotton. The latter was especially lovely to work with, very smooth!

An amigurumi (crocheted) korok and little korok seed.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

The "dream house car" from the "Escape" episode of Bluey.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Oh, I've read that story!

The cover page of "Too Many Daves," a Dr. Seuss story. The illustration shows a typical Dr. Seuss illustration of a blonde woman and a few small blonde children. Even without reading the story, you probably can guess that all of the children are named Dave.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This is giving me flashbacks to my then-2-year-old's biblically accurate gingerbread men.

Two kids' plates, each with two gingerbread men cookies. The blue plate on the right has two more traditionally decorated cookies, although they've clearly been decorated by a young child. The green plate on the left is splattered with red icing that looks a little like blood, and the gingerbread cookies just have a bunch of candy eyeballs on them, stained with more red icing. It's hard to say whether or not they are more or less creepy given that a 2 year old child decorated them.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Listen, CVS, I admit that I should have paid a little more attention to the drug name. But I've been buying your brand of cetirizine for literally decades and this is the first time I've ever accidentally bought a completely different drug. I think this one might be on you.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Finally got my 4-year-old to try drawing. He's very insistent that he can't (even though he does at school!) so I pulled out a classic Ed Emberley book and we drew a spider side by side. I am so proud of him, and more importantly, he's proud of himself!

A spider drawn by a very proud 4 year old. The body and legs are light pink, its eyes are orange, and it has a black line coming up from its back to represent some silk. It has a little happy smile.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I let my kids pick out yarn for me to use to make them new gloves/mittens and hats. My 6yo picked out the most '90s yarn color I've ever seen. @mindseyeyarns.bsky.social I'll be sure to share the finished products when I'm finally done!

A piece of knitting on double pointed needles. The yarn is straight up nineties colors, bright blue with neon yellow and neon pink highlights.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

All of bsky for the past week and a half

Famous Club Penguin meme with a penguin working dispatch. They answer the phone with, "nine one one what is your emergency." The second panel has them asking, "what do you mean youre being murdered." And finally, they say, "thats illegal people can't do that."

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My spouse bought me the menorah of my dreams about 10 years ago, and I love it so much, but it's entirely glass plus little metal inserts for the candles, cleaning it is a nightmare.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I'm super sick with I don't even know what, but I did finished my first amigurumi project. I do not like crochet and am not very good at it, so I don't know how much amigurumi is in my future.

A small white amigurumi bunny wearing a green crocheted dress.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

every time I see this photo of my oldest kid, the day we brought him home from the hospital, I say, "awwww my potato!"

Newborn baby wrapped in a swaddle, in the middle of a crib. A light brown oval has been added to the photo to cover his face for privacy reasons. He is a small potato baby, a very cute potato.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Two suspicious crewmates were here for Halloween (no faces, but they are wearing ski goggles). I also had the worst time carving pumpkins because I didn't realize the patterns had difficulty ratings when I let the kids pick which ones I had to do.

Two children, facing away from the camera, in homemade Among Us costumes. The taller child is wearing black and the shorter child is wearing purple.

Two jack-o-lanterns on a dining room table. One carving is of an owl sitting on a branch, and the other is of a spider with fangs. The carvings are pretty good but not expertly done and the person who did them was miserable the entire time and has so many regrets.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I just finished knitting this blanket for a friend who just had a baby after years of painful and difficult IVF.

A knitted baby blanket made with pastel rainbow colors.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

There are, of course, mistakes. I hated the yarn I picked. And I only had enough time to knit the smallest version--I finished less than 24 hours before my best friend's wedding today, which was the occasion I was making it for. But anyway. I made this.

Medium shot of a brunette woman, from behind. She is wearing a navy blue, beaded lace shawl.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

I definitely owned almost these exact pairs of shoes in late middle school.

Online store photo of a women's dress strappy dress sandal.

Online store photo of a women's platform wedge sandal.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

Quote with a picture of you from the '80s

A photo from the 1980s of a toddler smiling shyly at the camera, while lying in a sleeping bag with a pillow.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

This is literally a dream come true for me. 1) You play as Zelda. 2) It's the adorable Link's Awakening Remake style. 3) It comes out right after my birthday. I haven't been this excited since the same thing happened 5 years ago when Link's Awakening Remake was announced.

Promotional image for the newest Zelda game, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Zelda herself is front and center, wielding a wand. The style is the same as Link's Awakening Remake, and the release date is September 26, 2024.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

show me a game that came out when you were 12 Just finished playing it with my kids. 5yo in particular LOVED it.

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Phira @phira603.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

The info page for the pattern: Please note that this is a very difficult pattern with a LOT of color changes. This is NOT for anyone who's new to C2C, and is only for advanced crocheters. Me:

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