Henry’s old Montessori School (Austin Montessori) curated recommend book lists for Children’s House (age 3-6) and Lower Elementary (6-9). I’ll be getting lots of these at the library in the coming months! 

Happy Reading! 

I recently read this article about the rising extravagence of children’s birthday parties. The idea is that the phenomenon of “expenditure cascade” causes people to feel pressure to spend more and more because everyone else is doing it. 

I’ll admit that I almost hosted Henry’s upcoming birthday at Kiddie Acres because he would have had a blast and there’s a limited time frame in which he can have a party there, but we’re opting for another year of a birthday party at home. I worry that once we venture beyond our home for birthday parties, there’s no turning back!

It’s going to be a simple birthday party on our deck