So apparently the most existential question you can ask a mom is what she wants to be when she grows up. Because, well... good question.

This week, Kendall and Emily are talking about their kids' very ambitious career plans (including an animal orchestra), the chaos of planning halloween and christmas at the same time, and why a three-year-old's birthday party apparently requires a full project management system.

There's also a porta potty turned potential halloween decoration, a debate about whether a drawer full of tape counts as men's crafting, and a very important conversation about a toddler who was promised a cookie.

Basically, just another week of trying to keep everything together while wondering when we became the adults in charge.

Key Takeaways

1. Apparently becoming an adult doesn't mean knowing what you want to be.

2. Making the holidays magical is basically a second job.

3. Not every free minute needs to be productive.

4. Being grateful for family help doesn't mean agreeing with everything.

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Apparently we've reached the phase of motherhood where our kids are losing teeth, questioning our ages, and making us feel approximately 50 years old.

This week, we're talking about everything from the absolute audacity of Costco putting out Christmas decorations before October to Halloween candy politics, stolen trick-or-treat bowls, and the surprisingly complicated business of the tooth fairy.

Plus, Kendall gets personally victimized by a Costco cardboard box, Emily almost becomes a youth soccer coach, and we discuss why taking multiple kids to the doctor should qualify as an extreme sport.

Just another week of being humbled by motherhood. wait...same.

Key takeaways

• Our kids have no problem humbling us. Whether they're confidently telling us we're 50 or making us realize we have no business coaching soccer, motherhood keeps everyone grounded.
• We're somehow already parenting actual kids. Loose teeth, sports practices, and tooth fairy logistics are arriving, and neither of us seem particularly ready.
• Can we enjoy the season we're actually in? Christmas decorations appearing before October spark a bigger realization that we’re just rushing through holidays and childhood.

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Emily is trying not to accidentally give her daughter a lifelong fear of the ocean. Kendall is wondering how much we're all going to give our kids to talk about in therapy anyway. So naturally...we have some things to discuss.

This week we're talking about the impossible job of trying to raise tiny humans without projecting all of our own stuff onto them—from fears and homeschooling to the things our parents did that would absolutely not fly today. Plus: why Kendall will not be getting a dog, the deeply personal offense of your children waking up the second you try to have 20 minutes alone, and whether anyone actually remembers to put sunscreen on their kids before school.

Basically, we're all doing our best. And they're probably still going to have notes.

• Sometimes the hardest part of parenting is figuring out what not to pass down.
• Our kids aren't supposed to become tiny versions of us.
• There's no version of parenting where you get everything “right.”
• Every generation thinks the previous one was absolutely unhinged.
• Children and dogs are both a lot of work, but only one eventually wipes its own butt.

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