ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I could not be more delighted by my 4yo’s attempts to draw The Pigeon 4230
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Arguing with my 9yo daughter about whether the bonus Jonas is real 190
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Went to see Coyote vs Acme, which the kids enjoyed despite having zero previous experience of Looney Tunes. 9yo thought Bugs Bunny was maybe from a cereal box, but she is fully familiar with John Cena. 080
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 24/09/20264yo fighting sleep: “is there bones in my eyeballs?” “I don’t know what I lookeded like when dinosaurs were alive” *quietly sings something from kpop demon hunters* [silence for long enough that i think he’s asleep] “Let’s have a staring contest!” 1100
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Malicious compliance: preschooler edition, after being asked to tidy up his cars that were on the floor 2200
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026We entered a hedge maze and the children abandoned us 5130
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Why did my 4yo get $80 worth of vegan protein shake powder in the mail?? 4100
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Drove the children past this Massachusetts landmark, and 9yo is CONVINCED those are hooves 360
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Mixed opinions here on whether this means we got a good grade on “parent questionnaire” 180
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Went on a duck boat tour for the first time ever; the kids got to drive the boat in the Charles, and now they’re in the Pru courtyard, bellies full of Shake Shack, lying in the grass and staring up at skyscrapers 0160
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Wife and I just spent a very normal amount of time wordsmithing our reply to the 4th grade teacher’s welcome email parent questionnaire. 090
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The same radio station was playing Better Than Ezra when I parked at the grocery store…and when I got back into the car 30 minutes later with the groceries 020
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh lord there’s a Mr Beast ghost kitchen running out of this Friendly’s 110
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We have eggs and bacon for dinner regularly; it’s quick and everyone in the family likes it. Offered scrambled eggs for breakfast and 4yo was scandalized and delighted to eat them “in the MORNING!?” 1160
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026That sure is a plate Florida issued? 020
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026THREE. Three underwires!static.klipy.comSesame Street The CountALT: Sesame Street The Count 680
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 20/08/20269yo, asked to chase seagulls away from our beach snacks, waves her arms at them and says, “sorry, seagulls, you’re amazing!” 180
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 17/08/20269yo declared this store “a vibe…such a good vibe” and then both kids selected off-brand butter squishies 250
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026So close to vacation, and yet (predictably) so much traffic 2130
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I just snapped an underwire bending over for the SECOND TIME THIS WEEK. 240
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 12/08/20264yo, giggling as he explains his art: “I was trying to make a 6-7” 060
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Did not go to Mad Matt’s for lunch 340
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Celebrating my post-birthday with jury duty. The jury pool wall decor includes “We Want Bread & Roses, Too!”, “Ponzi Scheme”, “The Cocoanut Grove Fire”, and “Sacco and Vanzetti”, in large red and blue lettering. 4100
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Dream House getting a little Game of Thrones here 190
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Pediatrician telling my 9-year-old daughter, in the tone of delivering a terrible diagnosis, that she is on track to be tall, taller even than some boys, and that the boys might not like that. 2131
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 02/08/20269yo in the next room, apparently having trouble voice-to-texting her search: “rarest dumplings. Rarest dumplings. Rare est DUMP lings.” 040
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The part of summer where my kids are about 50% through summer break and suddenly there are kids in my FB feed going back to school 040
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Yesterday 9yo and her bestie went to half-day arts camp, went ice skating, ate lunch, and watched The Cutting Edge, at which point bestie was all peopled out. Meanwhile my kid came home and NEEDED to move and talk, so she did calisthenics while simultaneously giving her 4yo brother a math test. 170
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 25/07/20269yo, perusing an Onion graphic that was mostly incomprehensible to her, got to this one and said, “that’s right, queen. Be strong, do your goals, and be yourself. Unless yourself is bad; then don’t be yourself and work on that.” 060
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 25/07/20264yo: “I wasn’t going to kiss you; I was going to bite your nose” Me: 0100
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Day camp theme this week was fairy-tales and heroes. Songs at the Friday performance include: How Far I’ll Go, YMCA, Happy, Believer, I’ll Make a Man Out of You, Unstoppable, Holding out for a Hero, and Fireflies. The audience is spectacularly bad at clapping in time to the beat. 060
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The thing about under-used mall is that there’s lots of space for things like this 030
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Post-apocalyptic! at the semi-funct shopping mall 140
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026We are moving my library to a temporary location this week in preparation for a renovation project, and I can't say that I recommend moving a library...from one weird historic space to another...as a fun activity 380
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Packing up the library for renovations and found this at the bottom of a file drawer? 050
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I am stoked for the tall ships coming to Boston, and I don’t think my family is on my level yet 0100
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Perfect timing for the rabies story in the news 😬 230
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Worked late tonight, big news of the day when I got home is that 4yo learned about how he has veins and blood inside his body and is having an intense time processing this info 190
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 03/07/202684 degrees at 10:24pm in New England 😭 030
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We have BATS in our BELFRY (crawlspace) 140
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026For the nonprofit side of my work, we're setting up Q***books to replace the overly-complicated spreadsheet that a volunteer set up years ago and only I understand 120
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 23/06/20264yo, playing with tiny Calico Critters: “This is the OFFICIAL ROLLER COASTER for BABIES” 060
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Happy Father’s Day, my 4yo (who has two human mothers and zero human fathers) cheerfully called this 37”axolotl hammer that he won at the carnival “daddy” 0130
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 18/06/20269yo updates, she is still working on perfecting the Hannah Montana Hoedown Throwdown dance, and she’s led Morning Meeting twice. 060
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Our work email migrated to google over the weekend, and it is twisting my brain to be doing work in the gmail interface??? 130
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026My mother arrived yesterday for a visit and was pleasantly surprised to be surrounded by Scottish accents on the commuter rail 070
ryanspharmacy.bsky.social @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The algorithm is trying to get me into roller coaster fandom, and I’ve watched enough ride videos that my 4yo just asked if I could find “the scariest roller coaster in Ohio” to show him 350
