Patriot in Clogs

Patriot in Clogs Just a mom married to a Dutchie who moved her family from Los Angeles —> NL🇳🇱
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09/27/2026

Don’t ask me where to find things I still don’t know.

In honor of my sons 8th birthday today, posting my favorite throwback to my 33 hours of labor that ended up in a c-secti...
09/27/2026

In honor of my sons 8th birthday today, posting my favorite throwback to my 33 hours of labor that ended up in a c-section, during which I felt them slice me and audible screamed so they put me to sleep, and I woke up, very, extremely, utterly, high as a kite 😂😂😂😂😂

09/25/2026

I didn’t have a good word for bad things but I just mean like disappointments or sad things happening to them. Doing it under the safety of your own home as a child allows you to figure out how to deal with it so when you’re no longer in your own home but on your own without your parents you already know how to deal with it. Absolutely love it.

09/22/2026

Listen, if you’ve been to my house I can guarantee you I have made you go upstairs and look at all the work that I’ve done on it 😂 also I share extremely personal detail details on a daily basis. Maybe this is why I don’t fit in😂😂😂

09/21/2026

You can tell how excited I am to be Dutch

09/20/2026

My daughter got into the face paint, my husband asked why I let her do it the wrong way. I told him: obviously she’s protesting.

This is one of those moments that reminds me why I love raising my kids in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱My friends in California g...
09/12/2026

This is one of those moments that reminds me why I love raising my kids in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱

My friends in California got this message from their school. California already provides free breakfast and lunch to every public-school student, regardless of family income. Yet we’ve somehow reached the point where schools need official policies telling students they cannot leave class to pick up DoorDash and Uber Eats.

It’s not really about the food. It’s about the culture we’re creating around kids: instant gratification, constant convenience, phones, delivery apps, and the expectation that whatever you want should arrive exactly when you want it — even during the school day.

One thing I’ve come to appreciate so much about Dutch schools is how much more simple and grounded childhood can still feel here. My kids go to school with a sandwich and some fruit. There isn’t a cafeteria full of choices, and certainly no expectation that a delivery driver is bringing them restaurant food in the middle of math class. 😂

Kids don’t need every adult environment redesigned around their wants. Sometimes “this is what we’re having, this is when we’re having it, and now get back to class” is actually a very healthy lesson.

California, I love you… but the longer I live in the Netherlands, the more I appreciate the Dutch approach to certain things. 🇺🇸🇳🇱

*pictured altered with AI for privacy, content remained the same

Remember when i was worried about what i was going to do all day now that my kids are at school? 😂
09/08/2026

Remember when i was worried about what i was going to do all day now that my kids are at school? 😂

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