#TBT to this cuckoo-nut Aunt Dena from Liv & Maddie! It was just so fun to be her wacky self! I miss my wonderful LAM family:) I was recently interviewed for the delightful @retrospectivearooney podcast, and if you are interested in an Aunt Dena deep dive, you should check it out:)) Link in stories 🌴🌊🌞☮️💕
Capped off the weekend with a trip to urgent care and a broken ankle. My poor buddy has a healing road ahead of him, but so far he’s pretty excited about his crutches 🤷♀️ #boymom #bikefall #sendwine
Capped off the weekend with a trip to urgent care and a broken ankle. My poor buddy has a healing road ahead of him, but so far he’s pretty excited about his crutches 🤷♀️ #boymom #bikefall #sendwine
Hugo is 3! We are so full-hearted to celebrate this delicious kid! 💙💙💙Where does the time go? 😭@tgfacepaintandballoonart @lunaskyeballoons
Hugo is 3! We are so full-hearted to celebrate this delicious kid! 💙💙💙Where does the time go? 😭@tgfacepaintandballoonart @lunaskyeballoons
Hugo is 3! We are so full-hearted to celebrate this delicious kid! 💙💙💙Where does the time go? 😭@tgfacepaintandballoonart @lunaskyeballoons
Hugo is 3! We are so full-hearted to celebrate this delicious kid! 💙💙💙Where does the time go? 😭@tgfacepaintandballoonart @lunaskyeballoons
HIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE omg friends, I’m sorry I’ve been such a stranger! These past couple weeks I have been so busy: * Catching puke in my bare hands (Hugo had a stomach virus 😩) * Practicing how to fake-choke in an audition (and subsequently receive an imaginary Heimlich maneuver) SEE POST ABOVE 🎥 * Making lunches no one eats * Making dinners people kinda sometimes eat * Asking people to sit down while they eat * Wishing like hell I could sit down while I eat * Vacuuming areas where people ate while standing up * Finding Wordle joy * Doing @theclass whenever possible * Cultivating deep self-love (turns out this needs to be an ongoing endeavor) * Weeping over the deep love I have for my children * Weeping over the deep frustration I have that one won’t sleep past 5am * Weeping over how parenthood can be so magical and also just so freaking boring and no one talks about that * Sneaking away to work on the Wordle * Dragging people to the library when they’d rather be on the iPad * Cajoling people to put on socks, shoes, clothes, and brush their MF teeth * Doing alien robot voices for voiceover auditions * Attempting to shed old ideas of Where I Thought I Should Be By Now and get on board with The Actual Now * Working to get off Instagram more * Recognizing the irony of posting all of this on Instagram Why are you so busy, friends? How are you? Sending you a big hug… XOXO Jolie PS go listen to the @jayshetty interview on the @goop podcast! It’s so good!
Holy smokes, how’s everyone doing out there? I’m doing my very best to stay in my tiny optimistic bubble, even if it means I don’t get out much, save school drop offs and pick ups. Keeping the kids healthy and in school (as much of that as I can control) has become top priority. We chose to cancel Louie’s big birthday party and let Omicron have its way a little longer. When we told him, he cried. It broke my heart. I canceled the bounce house and the pizza and the giant cake, and we found ourselves with zero plans over his special weekend. I kept coming up with fun backup ideas, places to go, and then realized WE CAN’T GO ANYWHERE. As a last ditch effort, I ran to Whole Foods to find something festive from the bakery. It was so picked over, the only thing remaining (that also seemed relatively palatable to a 7yo) was a red velvet cake, except it had the most horrible decoration – it looked like it had a few vaginas lying on it, with a heavy sprinkling of rabbit turds on top. I bought it despite the pit in my stomach. It just felt so lame, trying to make mirth out of a shitty situation and just: poor Louie, you know? I drove home feeling so defeated, and when I pulled into my driveway I looked down at the cake sitting in the passenger seat next to me and I laughed out loud. Like a huge belly laugh. Shit, that’s ugly, I thought, maybe this will make a good story someday. I have pouted and begrudged my way through so much of these past 2 years, feeling scared, feeling heavy with resentment, wanting the world to be different in a hundred ways. But I’ve quietly noticed lately that as Omicron has been sweeping all our current plans aside (yet again), I’m recovering faster. I’m letting it roll more easily, I’m finding more peace (even if it means going on news fasts and making my Dry January a Damp January). Through the deep breathing and pivoting and letting go and making the best of it? Dammit, I can actually FEEL my resilience. And I’m seeing it in the people around me, too: my kids, my husband, my friends. What a blessing. [continued in comments👇🏻]
Friends, my lip has fully healed from its kid-toenail wound and I couldn’t have gotten through it without all your support. 👄❤️ Happy weekend! Love, Grandma 👵🏼
Please see my recent post about the pumpkin patch aka The Stupidest Day Ever 🤡🎃👻
Happy #nationalsonsday 💩 (post by Louie)
Find a BFF who unabashedly welcomes ALL that you are, while inspiring you to love yourself the way they love you. And who will always pose for a selfie even if it’s in front of a dumpster gate. ❤️ My heart is immensely full after some IRL face time with @nicoleforester ❤️!!!!!! Love you, chickenwing!
B A T H 🛁 H A C K S
Such a magical szn 💫🎃👻
It’s called A C T I N G 🪜 🎭
Yayayayayaya so excited to be a part of this project!! 🎥❤️
Yayayayayaya so excited to be a part of this project!! 🎥❤️
Louie, 7: “The nanny giggles way more than you, Mom” 😑
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Spent some time lying under this tree today and it might have been the best thing I’ve done all year. (Also about to get my period so am feeling v emo and dramatic 🎭🤡😭😂❤️) sending love, friends 🌳
Weekend PSA 🌈
Making it work 💫
Today is World Food Day and millions of kids around the word don’t have enough food to survive. So my friends at @thisbar created a community of change-makers called THE TABLE as a simple way for all of us to help these children receive the nutrition they need. Because every kid deserves to thrive. Check out this video and please visit thissaveslives.com/thetable to join The Table and help battle child malnutrition each and every day. #WeEatTogether #GlobalMalnutrition #worldfoodday2021 (Love you @toddgrinnell and the beautiful humanitarian you are. You inspire me to be better) xo jolie
