Do you get heart palpitations just thinking about planning a kids' birthday party? Or wish all your days didn't just blur into a big bowl of mush? Today we take a careful and curious look at how we mark moments, big and small. How can we do this with a little more intention and a little less stress??

Tune In to Hear Up Talk About:

🍋 The inexpensive and spectacular ways Caitlin's mom marked a moment, large or small.

🕯️ Elevating a mundane moment through attention to sensory detail.

🧶 Why Rebekah still remembers the first day of kindergarten.

🎊 The many many ways paper chains have marked moments in Caitlin's life.

✨ Shifting from the big & expensive to the tiny, doable, and affordable.

🛒 The celebratory groceries practice Caitlin & Andrew share.

🤡 What makes planning kids' birthday parties so freaking stressful.

📝 Breaking the script on rehearsed moment to create novelty .

🏔️ Putting more energy into creating peak moments and less on fixing everyday grumbles.

🗓️ Marking moments as a way of making sure you remember your own life.

🍼 The REAL reason Caitlin is having a baby shower.

The sensory birthday party Caitlin talked about.

Breakfast in bed on Rebekah's 4th birthday, a smiley face made out of powdered donuts and sausage links.

Mentioned In Today's Episode:

If you would like to support Kate Weiners in the aftermath of the fire that damaged her bookstore, Monstera's Plants, you can purchase a gift cared here. They are working very hard to re-open and could use some help in the meantime!

And if you missed our episode with Kate, listen to our conversation here.

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

As Always:

Check out Caitlin and Rebekah's Book Shop! Here you can find every book mentioned in our episodes, as well as a few additional faves.

Use this link to get a 25% discount on a PokPok subcription! And if you haven't listened yet, check out our interview with PokPok creators, Esther and Melissa.

We would love to hear from you! How do you think about Caitlin's ideas of "romanticizing" your life or "memorializing" a life before it ends? What ways have you found to make a moment, large or small, more meaningful? What do you think makes this work hard?

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