Notes from the fridge
Short essays and practical notes on saving childhood — the drawings, the voices, and the small moments that make a year.
The fridge gallery
Every drawing your child makes goes through the same lifecycle. The fridge is the first museum. What comes after is up to you.
Three questions to ask before they grow out of it
By age nine, kids stop describing their own drawings the way they did at five. Three specific questions you can ask now — and what you'll get back.
What grandmothers kept (and what we got wrong)
Generations before us were better at choosing what to keep. We got better at keeping everything. Both have a cost — and one of them ages worse than the other.
On not making cute
Most kid-product brands lean hard into 'fun' and 'playful'. We chose specific instead. A short note on why.
What kids say about their drawings
The explanation is half the artifact. A short observational piece on how children describe their own work — and why it's the part most parents overlook.
The voice you'll miss most
Drawings survive on paper for decades. The voice that explained them ages out before adolescence — and almost no one records it in time.
When a drawing starts to move
What it actually feels like to watch your child's drawing come alive — and why the magic isn't really about the animation.
How to preserve your child's drawings: a complete guide for parents
Every parent ends up with drawers of kids' drawings. Here's how to keep the ones that matter — physical, digital, and animated.
Why kids' drawings get lost (and how to save the ones that matter)
Most kids' drawings disappear in the great purge moves of childhood. Here's why — and how to spot the ones worth saving before they're gone.