You're listening to the Girl Next Door podcast. I'm Erica. And I'm Kelsey. We're two former next door

neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting you to come on in,

have a drink, and stay a while. Hey friend. Hey friend. So school for most families is back in full swing

and we thought it would be good to do a back-to-school check-in episode and give an update.

It's been a while since we've talked about school.

And just talk about how school looks currently for our families, what routines are working well for us, some of the challenges we're experiencing with school, plus a bit of a deeper dive into some of the

differences and similarities between homeschool and public school as Kelsey's kids go to public

school and I homeschool. We also want to remind everyone that we will be releasing our next

Friends of the Show Patreon bonus episode in September. That will be in honor of Labor Day and come out just a bit

after Labor Day. We'll be doing a deep dive into all things work. We'll be reflecting on our

experiences of working full time in traditional jobs and what our work looks like now. Plus, our

favorite products and strategies for our work and what we say when someone asks,

so what do you do?

So that will be available for all of our Patreon members.

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the work we do to make the show. Yes, thank you. Okay, before we dive into our topic today,

let's catch up about what's been going on in neighborhood news around your neck of the woods.

I want to share about what i think

must be the best money that we have been spending this summer and that is memberships for each of

our three kids to a nearby trampoline park okay yes so worth it so worth it so it's twenty five

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