Family Friday: Sunny Patch Undersea Treasure Hunt Pool Game
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We’ve been spending a lot of time at the pool this summer and I need some new pool toys.
I’m considering this treasure hunt pool game from Melissa & Doug. This set includes six sinking treasures and a floating treasure chest. Have your kids race to slot the treasure into the chest or try one of the other included game suggestions. Made from sturdy plastic and fade-resistant colors, this will be a favorite for summers to come.
Melissa & Doug’s Sunny Patch Undersea Treasure Hunt Pool Game is $13.89 at Target and also available at Amazon.
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- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
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- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
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What outdoor toys did you get he most mileage out of? Cozy coupe? Sandbox? Water table? We are in NY/NJ where it has been so HOT.
We are moving to a new place and without daycare for a week. My parents are coming to help “watch” 20 month old while we unpack. We are moving from an apartment to a home with a backyard so have NO outdoor toys. I am willing to buy some backyard toys to keep him occupied.
I was hoping to buy a used water table but they get snatched up so quickly these days that maybe I just need to buy a new one.
My kids swim school has this toy and they love it. I would never buy it for home because then it would spoil one of the swim class incentives!
I am not feeling well today – very tired. I traveled last week and have Covid tested every day and it’s been negative. I am probably just tired from travel, little kids, etc. I am scheduled to run a 10k tomorrow. I really want to do to. I am a 5k person and this is my first time running six miles. Is there some kind of magic so I can feel up to it tomorrow?
What would you pick? Part-time at a mid-size law firm (meaning 1300 billables) in a transactional practice or a full-time (9-5) in house role (where comp/hours worked turns out to be about the same)
Context: 2 kiddos under 5, older one is high needs, so flexibility with daytime therapy/appointments is necessary.
Help me solve my organizing problem. When we come into the house, we’re coming in through the garage, through a very small passthrough laundry room, straight into the living room. My kids (and DH) have gotten into a habit of dumping their backpacks and work bags behind the living room couch. It drives me batty because it’s in my line of sight when I’m working in the kitchen and walking across that strip of floor 1000x per day. The laundry room is small and configured in a way that it’s very hard to make a drop zone in there. I have tried, and it’s never stuck. Coats aren’t an issue; they get hung up on hooks in the garage but my people don’t like putting their bags on said hooks because they almost always need something from their bags in the evening.
I guess I’m looking for:
a) maybe a storage solution for behind the couch, knowing that habits are hard to break and maybe I should meet them where they’re at.
b) advice for re-training these people, again, to take their bags to their rooms, knowing that I will turn into a nag and I am the only person bothered by this dumping ground.