Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My 2nd grader has to do weekly reading logs, and every entry this week was the book "How to be a Math Genius," until the final day, when he switched to the instruction booklet for Majora's Mask (he has no interest in the actual game, he just really likes N64 instruction manuals) 1130
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Got an x-ray done and then was told I’d need to physically mail the CD they gave me with the images to the specialist’s office two towns over. 121
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I really need to figure out a punishment for my kid that isn’t also a punishment for myself 2191
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026god give me the energy and enthusiasm of a new elementary school teacher 070
Reposted by EmilySpindlehorse @spindlehorsetoons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Love is Hell, but it’s worth it. Helluva Boss Season 3 Part 1 premieres October 14 on Prime Video. 371961675
Reposted by EmilyU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026Happy Baby Safety Month. 853614920
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I need someone to buy this house, because every time I drive by, I think I’m looking at an old election sign and having a stroke 060
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I was having the coolest dream last night. I don't remember the exact plot, but I remember I'd just summoned a dragon... and then my kid woke me up to ask "what if there was a slap chop made of lego?" 091
Reposted by EmilyHazard @datgreenmonstah.bsky.social · 07/09/2026static.klipy.comHomestar Runner: Todaybor Day is Labor Day!ALT: Homestar Runner: Todaybor Day is Labor Day! 03019
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026James is once again trying to teach my mom the modulo operator 140
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026James came home from his first day of 2nd grade with this picture of “what a mathematician looks like” 290
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026James and I just got back from open house at his school where we got to meet his teacher and see the classroom he’ll be in this year. The entire room is Animal Crossing themed. I’m genuinely jealous and losing my mind 2100
Reposted by EmilyROWAN @rowanclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Happy 13th anniversary to Final Fantasy XIV! This is just a handful of the pieces of art I made inspired by the game over the years, from 2019-2023, as many as I could fit in a post on here. You can see the progress I made in that time! 51335793
Reposted by Emilymiss fern (scary) 🏳️⚧️🎃 @miss-fern.bsky.social · 19/08/2026don't you dare insult putt putt the car. don't say shit about that little guy, not in my house 20518121
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026James wrote this program in scratch and just left it running while he went to play with his toys 170
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026James: I made a level with the rule "Baba is float and sink." If that was in real life, it would mean he was neutrally buoyant me *frantically googling when school starts up again*: oh, neat 3302
Reposted by EmilyThis Machine Kills Hair Bands @she5los.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We're playing a game in age order, so James just turned to my mom and me and asked, "Which of you is older...?" 151
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So, the popsicles taste good, but the two darker colors are nearly indistinguishable through the wrappers, I can’t remember which is which anyway, and the third flavor looks like this… 180
Reposted by EmilyCelesse ✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026So my big fluffy boy racked up some hefty ER bills over the weekend and I'm running a quick print sale to help out with this 🫠 Use coupon code HELPDUNCAN for 20% off all art prints in my shop! SugarBunnyShop.com Shares are appreciated 🙏💕 #artshop 6369263
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026We've been playing Chain of Memories, and James has been trying to figure out how many members of the Organization there are, since I won't tell him. He heard one of them call Marluxia 11 today, and told me, "I'm guessing there are 12, 14, or 15. Those seem like good numbers of guys" 1246
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I made the mistake of telling James I was playing a Lingo fan level, and now that he knows that's possible, he keeps asking when he can make one 🙃 150
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The house on our street that burned down under mysterious circumstances a couple years ago is finally back on the market! 2152
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Help, James has started pointing out continuity errors in Kingdom Hearts 1190
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I told James to get his bed ready to sleep in, and instead he stacked up a ton of blankets and stuffies and told me he was terraforming it 0110
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s day 1 of summer break, and James just said, “imagine if you had a keyboard and you had to make a bunch of faces with no emojis. what a life!” 2192
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026James told me the cover of my library book reminded him of Calvin and Hobbes. TF kind of Calvin and Hobbes have you been reading, buddy?!? 190
Reposted by EmilyRyan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 29/05/2026Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image. 21974122069
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I just realized this pattern of mispronunciations my kid makes is just the opposite of people who say “nucular” for nuclear He consistently says words like particlear, reglear, binoclears 0120
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026me: time to go to sleep James: no! I’m not done reading about malware! me: you what? James: 090
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 16/05/2026nurse (administering a basic mental health screening): do you ever hear things other people don't? James: no, I'm not a very good listener 1141
Reposted by EmilyAmy McEuen, Ph.D. @mceuen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com 3698762203
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The kids at James’s school have been raising baby salmon since January, and tomorrow it’s time to release them into the wild 😭 0121
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026She’s so cuuute!!! I was up way too late last night finishing the skirt, but I got her done in time for James to give to his teacher before the end of teacher appreciation week! 3110
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The braid on this little Frida Kahlo doll I’m making for James’s teacher came out perfectly, but now I have to cover it up with flowers 😭 270
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I was not aware Stranger Things had a new spin-off series aimed at kids and was really confused (still kind of am?) when my first grader got a plastic demogorgon in his happy meal??? 160
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I told James we had to discuss the paper his teacher sent home about some issues in class, and he dramatically responded, “we can’t! I’m just not made to be talked to!” 190
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026overheard walking past Ben and James's tabletop game: Ben: he asks for a hug James: [my character] loves hugs! Ben: roll to hug James: natural 20!!! Ben: it's the best hug you've ever had! 190
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026this is what happens when you give middle schoolers a week off 070
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026If James tells me "don't fall for the hype," one more time, I'm banning youtube in our house 1111
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 30/03/2026James has been eating insatiably for the past week, and now all of his shirts are suddenly too short 🙃 160
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026My 7yo set up his spring-loaded pokeball to look like a space ship, then called me in and read a passage about the 1986 Challenger explosion before throwing it at a chair. How’s everyone else’s morning going? 2141
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I’m not feeling great and forgot to cut off James’s reading time and make him go to sleep. By the time I got there, he was writing out Scratch code by hand… 190
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I asked James why his cherry blossom art project looked like a binary tree while all his classmates’ work looked more organic, and he told me he was copying a puzzle he saw in one of my room escape games. I’ve go to stop asking these questions when I’m not ready to get owned 1111
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026LRT my local library just started this reading program for adults only. Millenials are gatekeeping literacy so hard the kids aren't even allowed to read for pizza anymore kcls.org/kcls-rewind/kcls.orgKCLS RewindI (still) read for pizza Whether you had fun reading for pizza in the '90s or want to experience it for the first time, we're giving… 061
Reposted by Emily🦇Bram Stoker’s Grantula🦇 @grantthethief.bsky.social · 09/03/2026My childhood unironically 2527061052
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 08/03/2026James keeps asking me why the Scratch logo looks like it’s in the Animal Crossing font, and now I can’t unsee it 050