Juliette MacKay

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

@kvenit @wschneider412 Katie - we literally just got home from electric car road trip - was easy peasy - dm me if you want to know more :)

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

😳 - just had modern day event similar to when my toddler sister worked VCR better than my parents….

5yo (who can’t read yet) just switched tv to the Apple TV input & mirrored her phone so she could listen to her music…in less than 30 seconds without any instructions/help

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

@annaboudinot This week I told my kids how I used to dread having to call my parents collect on a pay phone outside my elementary school when I didn’t have a quarter - they couldn’t understand what a pay phone was, who an operator was, or why it would be expensive

[County of Ventura @CountyVentura]

Shout out to Girl Scout Troop 61688 for dropping off Girl Scout cookies and hand written notes of support for the staff at our Las Islas Clinic in Oxnard!! We appreciate the kindness!! #venturacounty #healthcareheroes #girlscoutcookies #community #girlscoutsrock #thankyou

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

Following an unexpected afternoon rest :

5yo - Much better; my head isn’t rattling anymore

Me - what do you mean by rattling?

5yo - too many words running around my head

Guess virtual TK was intense today 😂

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

I remember reading a few years ago how we need to find a way to teach children grit. I think the pandemic has taken care of that for this generation of kids...😥

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

I left my shoes outside my 9yo bedroom on my way to put him to bed the other night and forgot about them. I apologized the next day and he says, “I’ll just sell them if it comes to that”.
Wait - What in the world could lead to you needing to sell my shoes ?!?! 😳

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

@JNHitt I only know one - she thinks she can change traffic lights 🚦

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

5yo: I can keep a secret
Mom: Tell me one secret you’ve kept
5yo: Well for a long time...all of my powers

🤔...🦸‍♀️🦹‍♀️...🤫

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

During an impromptu and informal game of Pictionary with the family, our 5 year old chose her own word... she drew many things including people, the earth, and stars...she became humorously exasperated that no one got it...the story of “creation” from the book of Genesis😲🤯

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

Clearly two learnings for me about my 12yo - no respect for my cutting skills & sarcasm is elusive

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

12yo from other room - Dad can you come help me cut something for this project?

Mom to Dad quietly - love that she calls you not me

Dad to 12yo - Yeah you know Mom can’t use scissors

12yo - I called Dad not Mom

Parents laugh hysterically

12yo - why are you laughing?

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

@kvenit I liked it, but I’m a sucker for any show with flawed normal people who have super powers

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

4yo - “I always get confused when I go back in time” 🤔

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

9yo - “Life is like a balloon it keeps deflating every second” 😢

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

I was lamenting to my husband that I feel like I’ve lost my fun. So asked my 4yo daughter if I’m fun. She responds with hysterical laughter. I ask her if it’s because she thinks I’m fun or because she’s like no way. She continues laughing and says “no way”. Soul crushing 🥺

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

Normalization is so helpful! I wish official channels would give both the actual counts and counts normalized for population.

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Per requests, I created a new plot type of *confirmed* COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people (i.e., normalized by the state's population). Several hot spots in total case count go away (e.g., Illinois, Texas, California), while Louisiana & Colorado emerge as new hot spots.

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

Amidst 4yr old assigning imaginary superpowers, she replaced my rainbow making powers with shooting poison against bad guys - I protested - exasperated she said “Fine. You can have rainbows - but they kill people”

[Juliette MacKay @juli8_m]

11yr old playing superfight : “Well I don’t know about that we watched Mister Rogers once and it was about a dead fish”