Accessory Tuesday: Grandfather Signet Ring
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I recently became obsessed with signet rings. I found the perfect one (coincidentally with my initials!) on eBay, but if you’re in the market for a new one, this one from Catbird looks like the one I bought.
This ring is perfect if you find gemmed rings too fussy for everyday wear. Made in LA from sterling silver, this simple, classic ring can be engraved with a monogram or single initial for a personal touch.
Catbird’s Grandfather Signet Ring is $300 and comes in sizes 5-13.
Does anyone else’s school have a PTA that’s functionally a d1ctatorship? When my daughter started kindergarten, there was an open PTA meeting in August that I attended but they already had a slate of officer candidates in mind who were approved by consensus vote. There were no more open meetings for the rest of the year. Since then, they haven’t even had the one open meeting! The president just emails at the beginning of the year, introducing herself and the other officers. There’s little to no turnover among the officers from year to year, and there doesn’t appear to be any way for parents to get involved with the PTA except by being an officer.
I’m not sad I’m not on the PTA. I’m overwhelmed with work and life right now and to the extent I have bandwidth for volunteering I prefer to work directly with kids doing things like coaching youth sports or serving as a lunchroom monitor. It just seems so odd to me, especially at a public school!
What backpacks are trendy for 3rd grade girls? My oldest had a PB teen one in 3rd, my middle had a State bag. Now they are too old to know what’s trendy!
I’m curious if anyone here has experience with Montessori elementary schools. My son has been in a Montessori preschool since he was 3 and has loved every minute of it. He is a year away from starting kindergarten and already learning how to read and do basic math (addition and subtraction). This is entirely self directed; we are not pushing him. Given how much the environment seems to suit him, we are exploring a Montessori elementary school for him. Would be curious to hear if anyone with older kids can weigh in. For us, thankfully, we are in a position that cost is not a major consideration.
Do you think it’s over the top to wear a full length dress to a bar mitzvah for a kid you don’t know well? I think it’s probably overly dressy for our area but (long story short) we found out yesterday that we have a bar mitzvah on saturday. I have a long Adriana Pappell dress that I bought for a wedding last year and really love. I do not currently own a cocktail dress that fits and I’m really dreading the thought of trying to find one on short notice. I’ll wear (appropriately modest) business casual to the temple and I guess that could probably work for the evening party too, but I’d rather wear something more fun and sparkly.
Okay wise ladies. Seeking your reccomendations on stainless steel snack containers to fit in a Pack-It snack bag (not box). Looking to hold things cut fruit, turkey, cheese, etc. and cut down/limit single-use plastic.
How much notice should I give for a kids’ bday party? Kiddo has a late summer birthday, but I wanted to wait until school starts as he’s still sorting out friend groups, etc. Is two weeks enough? Is three weeks notice better? I’m overthinking this I’m sure.
Here’s a fun/random one for the day. My family just returned from two weeks in Europe, and were legit shocked at the prevalence/options for non-alcoholic beverages. Everything from NA beer to NA cocktails that tasted shockingly exactly like the real thing. We ended up not drinking anything alcoholic on the trip, as we loved that we could still have the ritual of ordering a G&T at the pool bar at 2PM (bc yeay vacation!), but didn’t have to worry about having a sober driver or getting drowsy or having a headache later.
Anyway, I think we are going to keep it going at home. Has anyone done anything similar? Good brands or recipes to try?
My 10 year old son is struggling so much socially right now. He’s a smart, athletic kid so it really feels like he shouldn’t be? But he has no interest in video games or sports fandom (he likes to play sports, but he’s not reading statistics at home and my husband’s not a big sports fan so there’s no espn on at our house all the time like it seems like there is at some of these houses – we’re also in texas!) He finds it hard to converse with the other kids because that is All They Talk About. And he pretends to know stuff since he’s an insecure 10 year old boy and then gets teased and made fun of.
I have him signed up to try a new sport this fall. I also think he needs to embrace the nerdier crowd who maybe don’t talk about favorite baseball players in other divisions and historic NBA stats and roblox exclusively. But he’s not actually that nerdy of a kid, if that makes sense. (We go to a small private school – the other group of boys is obsessed with an obscure animal – not his thing – and there’s another group who do math problems for fun at lunch – also not his thing).
Please tell me it will get better! Older DD has never struggled socially and neither has his younger sister. And it kind of breaks my heart. I think he needs to learn how to navigate social situations with all these kids but also maybe just find his people (he has a good friend he sees occasionally at our neighborhood pool who also went to his summer camp with whom he gets along great – they’re just at different schools). But yeah, anyone else have a son experience a similar phase? any suggestions? I think unfortunately this is one thing I can’t do for him.
I know everyone is very anti- social media these days. But I don’t find it to be all bad. What are things that you like in this new media era?
Three from me:
–We like playing euro boardgames as a family, but it can be hard to get everyone up to speed on the rules. There are a lot of good videos on YouTube now that basically teach the game so we can watch a few minutes and get playing. It really lowers the barrier to entry.
–We try to do any appliance and home repairs ourselves and you can basically find a tutorial for how to fix anything online. It’s saved us thousands on appliance and home repairs. Even for super weird repairs.
–I really enjoy puppetry and making elaborate costumes and props (for Halloween costumes, school plays and projects, elaborate birthday parties, etc). There are tons of creators online who show things they’ve made and give tutorials and techniques for how they make things. My feed is full of this stuff now and it’s my favorite doom scroll.
Advice on getting a younger kid (6) confident and excited about a sport they feel hesitant about (soccer)? Knowing this kid, she will enjoy it once she improves a bit and makes friends, but after a couple of practices she just wants to quit. Not trying to make her play competitive college ball but also don’t want to give up right away.