{"id":93725,"date":"2025-04-22T03:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/four-fun-parenting-things-cup-of-jo\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T03:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:13:45","slug":"four-fun-parenting-things-cup-of-jo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/four-fun-parenting-things-cup-of-jo\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Fun (Parenting) Things | Cup of Jo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"hero-image hero-image-main hero-image-main_1 hero-bleed \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1.jpg\" alt=\"smores\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-725x483.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/div>\n<p data-image-hide=\"1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1.jpg\" alt=\"smores\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-725x483.jpg 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/smores-anton-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I loved this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/03\/29\/travel\/family-vacation-travel-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BU8.UBTm.xpShAAxomKHB&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYTimes story<\/a> (gift link) about encouraging kids to take photos on trips. They\u2019re often drawn to such sweet things. When my cousin was little, his mom gave him a camera to play with, and he took a photo over a wall that he was too short to see over. That way, when the photo was developed, he would find out what was on the other side. I always thought that was adorable\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"1\" data-article-image-position1=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"Joanna\" width=\"1580\" height=\"1046\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM.png 1580w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM-725x480.png 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM-680x450.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM-1536x1017.png 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.24\u202fPM-1272x842.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"2\" data-article-image-position1=\"2\" data-article-image-continuo=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"toby\" width=\"1586\" height=\"1046\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM.png 1586w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM-725x478.png 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM-680x448.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM-1536x1013.png 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.33.21\u202fPM-1272x839.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>And here are two photos that three-year-old Anton took when we visited friends years ago in <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2016\/08\/03\/vermont-family-summer-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Vermont<\/a>. We look so big through his eyes!<\/p>\n<p data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"3\" data-article-image-position2=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"easy breakfasts toasts\" width=\"1936\" height=\"1902\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM.png 1936w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM-492x483.png 492w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM-680x668.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM-768x755.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM-1536x1509.png 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.08.13\u202fPM-1272x1250.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1936px) 100vw, 1936px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What do you eat for breakfast? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jillian.barreca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jillian Barreca<\/a>, a Toronto-based recipe developer, posts breakfast ideas on Instagram. Her toasts look easy and delicious \u2014\u00a0caramelized bananas with peanut butter? yes please! \u2014 and I\u2019m excited to try some out this week with the boys.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"4\" data-article-image-position1=\"4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game.jpeg\" alt=\"priorities board game\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game-644x483.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game-680x510.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/priorities-board-card-game-1272x954.jpeg 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re recently gotten into the game <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4isYDFs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priorities<\/a>, which we now play with anyone who stops by. The rules are simple: one person draws five cards, and then everyone else has to guess how the person would rank them (e.g., do they like baths more or less than breakfast in bed?) You end up getting into funny conversations and learning things about the people around you.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"5\" data-article-image-position1=\"5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1608\" height=\"994\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM.png 1608w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM-725x448.png 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM-680x420.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM-1536x949.png 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.58.44\u202fPM-1272x786.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1608px) 100vw, 1608px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Loved this poem by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meganfernandes.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Fernandes<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/thewriterlyz.substack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alyssa Chua<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"6\" data-article-image-position1=\"6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png\" alt=\"Kate Baer Joanna Goddard live chat\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-336524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-725x480.png 725w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-680x450.png 680w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-1536x1018.png 1536w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-2048x1357.png 2048w, https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-21-at-5.22.23\u202fPM-1272x843.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2020\/11\/10\/kate-baer-beauty-uniform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Baer<\/a> \u2014 bestselling poet and mother of four \u2014 and I will be doing <a href=\"https:\/\/joannagoddard.substack.com\/p\/live-stream-announcement-kate-baer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a live stream<\/a> tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12 p.m. ET. We\u2019ll be talking about books, parenting, female friendship, perimenopause, TV shows, bras, you name it; and we\u2019ll also answer reader questions. To watch, simply subscribe to our newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/joannagoddard.substack.com\/p\/live-stream-announcement-kate-baer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Salad<\/a> (free is fine!) and download the Substack app; then you\u2019ll get an email and notification when the live begins. Can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/tag\/fun-things\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More fun things<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2019\/11\/04\/what-age-gap-do-your-kids-have\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what\u2019s the age gap between your kids<\/a>?<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-meta aside-meta\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/04\/21\/four-fun-parenting-things\/#comments\"><\/p>\n<p><span>12<\/span> COMMENTS<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/04\/21\/four-fun-parenting-things\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved this NYTimes story (gift link) about encouraging kids to take photos on trips. They\u2019re often drawn to such sweet things. 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