Currently: July 2026

Peanut Butter Fingers · 2 weeks ago · 103 views

Hi friends! I’m coming to you this morning before we hit the ground running! It’s another camp-free week over here but our day will be a full one thanks to all-day pool plans we have on the agenda with ome of our best friends. I’m hoping to squeeze in a quick workout and a walk with Comet before we head out so let’s get this blog post rockin’! I’m feeling chatty and a little scattered today so how about a chatty, scattered blog post!? A “Currently” style blog post is calling my name today, so let’s catch up with a collection of things currently going on around here. Currently: July 2026 Currently Reflecting On: World Cup Joy! To say our family enjoyed the World Cup this year is a huge understatement. The boys’ natural interest in soccer coupled with so many games airing at decent times for us to view them live and the collective joy of the world coming together to root for their favorite country (and then their second favorite, third favorite, and so on) was just so fun! The boys loved picking a team and learning all about the players and the countries and Ryder in particular got really into the flags, drawing and coloring team flags for every game once we hit the quarter finals. We also loved hosting a group of 30ish friends at our house yesterday for the final match even if it was waaay less exciting than the third place game the day before (how wild was that!?)! I think a huge part of the joy of the World Cup extends beyond soccer as the boys broke out the interactive LeapFrog Magic Adventures globe toy we’ve had for years nearly every day to find the countries competing that day. They’d walk into the kitchen spouting new facts about the countries competing and proudly proclaim who they were rooting for and the various reasons why that country was “their team” now. Now I’m left with one question: What are we going all-in on next!? We love the Olympics in our house, too, but we’ve got another two years before those happen again so let me know what we’re all cheering for next because we’d love something fun to fill this World Cup void! Currently Reading: By Myself: The Calamity Club by Kathryn Sockett  This loooong book came very highly recommended by a couple of my college friends. I just started reading it and while I have no idea where it’s going, I’m enjoying it so far. There’s no denying Kathryn Sockett is a talented writer. With the Kids: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Series by Judy Blume The very first book I remember a teacher reading aloud in class when I was a kid Tales of a Fourth Grade nothing and the little brother Fudge-centered books that followed. I lucked into finding a couple at our local used book store and couldn’t wait to read them with the boys because I remembered thinking they were so funny as a kid. The humor of these books certainly holds up BIG time as our kids absolutely crack up at Fudge’s antics and the silly things that happen in these books. But now, as a mom and as a picky parent, I am finding I have to alter the way some of the characters speak to each other as they can be quite disrespectful and the way even parents and kids communicate back and forth in the book isn’t my favorite. (I’ve also heard there’s a Santa spoiler in the Superfudge book so we’ll be skipping that chapter because we’re a Santa fam.) Anyway, I say all this to say, they’ve been really fun and nostalgic for me to read with the boys even though I’ve had to be a little creative as the narrator. Currently Exercising: When I Can (Top: Splits59 / Leggings: Nike but old) Do you guys feel like you’re more or less consistent with exercise during the summer months? Travel, hosting friends and family and minimal camps for the boys means my normal routines are basically blown up in the summer making exercise all over the place. I’ve found a groove that works for me and it’s commiting to four days a week when we are home. Anything else is just icing on the cake! I’m still very much enjoying Madeline Moves’ Weekly Moves app. I am exclusively doing the 30-minute version versus the longer option and feel like this is a better and more realistic/managable fit for me. I will also pepper in my own workouts from time to time and it’s working well for the summer. Currently Drinking: All The Things I love a fun beverage and have a few in my current rotation that I’m loving: Morning: Whole Milk Latte