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Henry’s Room
Matt and I hit a big milestone at the end of last month: We saved up all the money we need for the large down payment + closing costs on our permanent loan that we’ll need to fork over as soon as our house is done being built. Celebration!(While one part of my brain is celebrating, the other part is busy making Excel sheets to predict how much money we’ll need to cover Henry’s childcare costs during my non-paid maternity leave and creating additional tabs to map out a budget for all the appliances we need to buy, like a washer/dryer, refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher).Another part of my… Read More -
Selling Gift Cards
Henry received a Toys R Us gift card for his birthday from a family friend. One morning after reading his current favorite book (Big Machines), I asked Henry if he would like to use his birthday money to buy a truck. He is currently very interested in machines and animals. He received an ant farm for his birthday, so I figured a truck would make sense to complement his interests.First we went to How We Montessori to figure out which brand of trucks Otis and Caspar have. We were elated to find out that the trucks they have–Bruder–are available on Amazon. Henry and I scrolled through all… Read More -
Henry’s 2nd Birthday Recap
While we’re on the topic of Henry’s birthday, we might as well chat about his actually birthday parties!Yes, the phase “birthday parties” is intentionally pluralized. We purposefully planned two different celebrations to honor Henry’s birthday.Now that we’ve lived in Austin for a year, we have a lot more connections. I didn’t want to throw a single party and overwhelm Henry with a ton of people all at once. However, I also wanted to invite everyone. The solution was to throw a party on Saturday morning for a couple of his closest friends and to throw a separate party on Sunday afternoon for the adults in our lives whom… Read More
