Megan

Wife. Mama. Lover of redwoods, fog and water. Grammar snob. Snark generator. Cook. Repository of inane facts. Nerd. A 1 on the Enneagram. A's fan.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

My niece just referred to the CAL bear on her mother’s sweatshirt as a hippo.

I can’t wait to tell my brother about it.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Matt: “Come hang out with your favorite uncle.”

Almost-2 year old-Niece: “Uncle Jeremy!”

#thingsmyfamilysays

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

“Uncle Benny gets angry playing Ticket to Ride.”

#thingsmyfamilysays

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Show Host: "We'll ponder English maritime history, which has been a power that hasn't been overthrown in over 1000 years."

Me: "We should take care of that."

Matt: "Suck it."

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

You mean the Dole Whip Ride? Who doesn't openly love and adore this attraction?!

Bring them to me!

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

After playing an epic game of capture the flag with middle schoolers:

Me: “I’m so gonna feel my age tomorrow when I wake up with my ankle not working.”

Lucas: “I taste copper.”

#actualconversations

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

“Look! It’s a mango nut! I mean a coconut.”

#thingsmyfamilysays

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

My youngest brother sent me a photo of his cat. Curled up in his lap. Fuzzy blankets. Sleeping.

That cat is living everyone’s best life.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

I was a hero today when I retrieved a ball that had been kicked over the school yard fence.

That is all.

[Sacramento Fire Department @SacFirePIO]

Today, members of multiple different fire agencies came together to climb 110 flights of stairs to honor those who died on September 11, 2001. This event has been a tradition since 2009 and held locally in Sacramento. Thank you to everyone in attendance.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

‘Mama, you look much prettier when your glasses are on your eyes.’

#thingsmyfamilysays

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

My husband just referred to my pillow preferences as ‘setting up my pillow fort’ and now I’ll never call it anything else.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

This signage makes me feel some inexplicable degree of happiness. I really hope they have one for swans as well. Because swans in the UK are A-holes.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Good lord. Never seen a goose warning reach level 5 before.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

@autopia500 @PandaExpress Nah, that fortune cookie is just haunted.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Any mother of small children understands this perfectly and on a spiritual level...

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

I can't! 😍🥰❤️

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

After more than eight years of service, this TSA airport sniffer dog officially retired.

This is how they surprised him on his final bag search.. 😊

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

I suppose now we’re all dealing with the artist formerly known as Twitter.

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Nature is weird. And wonderful.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Crab wiping its eyes.. 😅

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Me: “Oh, that’s handy! The frozen spinach is already chopped.”

My Mother: “That’s how I always buy it.”

Me: “Well, I buy whole leaf frozen spinach. Like a moron.”

#thingsmyfamilysays

[Megan @mformerkaetzel]

Uncle Benny : “Parents always drive their kids to therapy.”

Jeff: (yelling from the other room) “Or drugs.”

#thingsmyfamilysays