#299: Yesteryear & What Kind of Genius are You?
A Beautiful Mess Podcast
Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week we're discussing Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke and taking a quiz on what kind of genius we are. We'll also chat about a listener hot take on whether or not kids should be taught euphanisms.
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Beautiful Mess Podcast Your Cozy Comfort Listen. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm your host, Elsie Larson. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm your host, Emma Chapman. |
| 0:11.4 | This week, we're discussing yesteryear by Carol Claire Burke. |
| 0:15.3 | And we're taking a quiz about what kind of genius you are. |
| 0:19.0 | We'll also chat about a listener hot take on whether or not |
| 0:21.9 | kids should be taught euphonisms. Okay. I'm so excited. Okay, before we jump in, it has come to my |
| 0:28.8 | attention that our listener has pointed out that we never re-recapped our trip to Disney. |
| 0:35.7 | Oh, okay. Yeah. So I was thinking like maybe in our summer episodes we should do like an all Disney episode because I feel like I could at least do that. I think you have more if they're looking for like the Disney tips. I feel like you have more of that. And I have more of like, I went with my kid one time. |
| 0:55.9 | I'll tell you how it went. Yeah. Yeah. He was four and it was just the two of us. Here's how it went. |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah. Well, I'll just say a couple highlights then. Yeah. And then we can save it. Send us your |
| 1:07.3 | opinion if in podcast at WoffMunds.com, if you think Disney episode or hell no, either way. |
| 1:14.7 | Either way. |
| 1:15.3 | We'll just do it if someone wants it. |
| 1:17.2 | Okay. |
| 1:17.8 | So this was a very special trip for us because, first of all, my kids are 8 and 10. |
| 1:23.3 | So they are getting a little closer to the tween age. |
| 1:44.1 | And, yeah, Marigold had me look up the definition of a tween is nine. So next January. She wanted to know if she was in. Yes. She's like very excited to be a tween. Oh, my gosh. But she kind of already is. Just let her know. She already vibes like a tween. Well, last weekend, she declined to go to Build a Bear, so I feel like she's already a tween. Yeah. I mean, I'm planning a little mall date with her. And I wasn't even going to suggest Build a Bear. I'm like, let's head into Sephora and buy the most expensive lip gloss you can find. That's right. So it was special because we did the Bipity Woppity Boutity Boutique, |
| 2:04.6 | which if you don't know what that is, it is a little kid's boutique. You have to make an appointment |
| 2:09.8 | ahead of time and they dress your child up like a princess and they do their hair and they do, |
| 2:15.0 | I think they do their nails. They do kind of like everything and then they sprinkle glitter all over them. |
| 2:20.5 | It's just a whole thing. |
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