The best summer kick off party EVER! The kids had the time of their lives ☀️🥹 🕶️ @Kendall P

If you landed here searching for aesthetic summer party ideas, I need you to lower your expectations right now. This video is just pure backyard chaos. We threw an end of school party for the neighborhood kids that was entirely uncurated. The kids essentially turned into overtired little monsters the second they got off the bus. My honest verdict is that you should skip the Pinterest balloon arches. Just buy cheap popsicles, throw down some towels, and turn on the hose.

If you look closely near the kiddie pool, you can see the exact moment my neighbor Kendall gave up trying to keep the snacks dry. Her youngest dropped half a soggy hotdog straight into the sprinkler puddle. He just picked it right back up and took a bite. I almost edited that out. I am so glad I left it in because it is the truest representation of summer parenting I have ever captured.

The analytics on this one really cracked me up. It barely crossed two hundred views. The algorithm clearly wanted my face and a snappy text hook in the first three seconds instead of wet children running across a lawn. But the moms who did find it watched it on loop. The engagement rate was actually massive for my page. People left the best comments about their own ruined backyard grass and sticky porch steps. It proved to me that we are all just tired of seeing perfectly styled outdoor gatherings. Sometimes you just need to watch a plastic slide slowly collapse under the weight of seven toddlers.