Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I still can't believe how much money the neuropsych people charged just to tell me this kid is neurodivergent 0100
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 · 29/09/2026I took it to the UPS store and asked the guy at the counter which mailing envelope would be most appropriate, and he just shrugged and told me “that’s up to your professional opinion. I just ship the stuff.” I feel like I’m being pranked 050
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 · 26/09/2026Trying to force him to practice would be even worse. I can’t even get this kid to fill in his weekly reading log 030
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
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I set phone alarms for stuff like this so I don't zone out and leave my kid stranded at school or whatever 130
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What brand of protein powder do you use? I've had struggles getting my kid to eat enough, and there are only like 3 natural protein sources he'll eat. He won't do protein shakes, but would almost certainly drink smoothies if I could just remember to make them 110
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. 853613920
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 · 13/09/2026no offence to mom, but if I had to guess which one of them already knew that, she wouldn't have been my first choice 030
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 · 07/09/2026No worries, I know a lot of people whose families loved that book, and I'm learning now that some people also found the book I preferred to not be inclusive enough either 100
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It may get better in the later books, but would like to add a caveat that the first book is very much not trans-inclusive. I tried to read it to my son, and there was a lot of repetitive "girls and women have these parts, never these parts" which was very awkward when his "dad" is a woman 🙃 140
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I really enjoyed "Making a Baby" when my son was that age. www.goodreads.com/book/show/54... We tried "It's not the Stork" first, after everyone recommended it, but found it very trans-exclusive, which didn't work for our family.goodreads.comMaking A Baby: An Inclusive Guide to How Every Family B…In this honest, accessible illustrated guide to how bab… 040
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I asked and he confirmed this is based on Prof Arthur Benjamin’s TED talk 😆 youtu.be/M4vqr3_ROIk?...youtu.beLightning calculation and other "mathemagic" | Arthur BenjaminYouTube video by TED 050
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I told him to go make dinner for his stuffies while I was busy making real dinner the other night, so he went over to his little play kitchen and started complaining about how “snorlax needs 8 loaves of bread, but that’s soo much work! That’s 128 pieces!! Since each loaf has 16 pieces” 040
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’d been hoping the random math part of his brain had moved on from that, since lately he’s just been really into powers of two 140
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 got to choose his desk, then looked up at the papier-mâché fruit label hanging overhead and said “I guess I’m in Pear Town” 080
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The prize corner is a homemade replica of Nook’s Cranny housing a mini crane game that says “Nook’s Craney” 160
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 · 14/08/2026This is our second box and I’m pretty sure the first ones at least did not have that line around the top 😆 270
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 · 02/08/2026I’m dying, but it may be a while before we actually get to the reveal, because today James learned how to make his own Baba is You levels and that‘s all he’s been able to focus on since then 180
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 · 16/07/2026Right??? He did make a level on paper a couple weeks ago, where he tried to add in additional punctuation rules, but he still couldn't accurately spell all the words he wanted 040
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 · 15/07/2026He spends most of the time I'm fighting running around the room acting out his own battles with his toys, and I can barely get him back to the computer for cutscenes, so I don't even know how he's remembering these details 080
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026He hasn't even started on the big stuff yet. He's just like "wait, the journal cover in Chain of Memories is blue, like it was in the first game, so why was it red when Jiminy took it out in the cutscene yesterday? Is there another journal?" 170
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Help, James has started pointing out continuity errors in Kingdom Hearts 1190
Emily @whylemon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026My 7yo wants to be an engineer when he grows up, and that’s one of his favorite books 150
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 · 04/07/2026We arrived just after they started evacuating and thought we’d scored a great spot near the gates, until someone passing by stopped me just as I was about to pay for parking 070
