And we're back. And you're back every time, every time. I just get so amazed and excited

that you came back. Thank you. We keep throwing this party and there keeps being guests.

And it's just my favorite kind of party because no one's really here at my home.

It's just, it's perfection in every way. This is episode, you know, two of the week.

We can do hard things. So of course, this is that we can do easy things episode.

We're just taking it easy breezy as we always do, right? Amanda and Abby.

Yeah, that's totally our mo easy and breezy.

Yeah, yeah, light. Okay. So what's up this week? I woke up this morning feeling very content

because we actually have a house full of children right now teenagers.

So our oldest has a couple of friends staying with us for a week.

And so they were at our house and then our middle had two friends sleeping over last night.

And the younger one also did so we had this house full of teenagers.

And I remember sitting on the couch last night, we were playing some scatter grays game

or something charades of some sort and thinking, oh my gosh, I was so afraid of having teenagers

because the world scares the crap out of you about how much they're going to suck.

But actually, I think that the teenage years, while there's been plenty of drama and trauma,

is my vibe. I think it's my favorite parenting slice.

You're good at it. You're good at it. You really are.

Thanks. I mean, you know what? I think I'm good at it.

I remember a long time ago reading this New York Times article by this brilliant person

who said that what teenagers need is just a potted plant parent, which basically means

that once the teenage years come around, your job is to behave in always like a potted plant in the corner.

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