California, universal school lunch. Suburban district with ~1200 students across 3 elementary schools.

The district has one central kitchen, and each school serves from steam trays and insulated cabinets.

Here’s the elementary school lunch menu for October

Generally repeats every 3-4 weeks.

I’m so so sorry.

There are many summer day camps for children that cover parents’ typical work hours.

He’s also an expert baby appraiser:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hPmCdoOgW_o

It’s a YMCA camp they’ve gone to before. It helped that we did family camping at the same site the previous year so everyone knew what to expect.

I think a weekly discussion post is a fine idea.

My news: Kids are away at camp, time to celebrate!

Get the velcro swaddles, like SwadleMe, and when swaddling hold their arms straight at their sides while you wrap tight like a burrito. You should be able to keep them swaddled until at least 3 months. From there we moved on to a sleep sack.

If you get married first, the cute little bastards aren’t actually bastards.

You know in your heart if you really want kids.

You know in your head whether you’re in the right situation to raise them.

Don’t have kids unless both you and your partner definitely want them. If you both really want kids, ask yourselves whether now is the right time or if there’s something you should wait for first, like career, housing, finances etc.

“Everything goes in their mouth” is the easiest way for things to go wrong.

Don’t turn your back on them for a second.