This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ellie Kemper, who is in partnership with Pirate’s Booty . It has been edited for length and clarity .
It’s July, but I’m realizing there’s still a lot of summer left. Sometimes I’m like, “How many months until school starts?” There are still a lot of days to fill with my kids, who are 6 and 9. I’m trying very hard to keep them off screens as much as possible this summer, because it’s very easy to slip into that.
Recently, we visited family in St. Louis, where I’m from. My parents and my brother still live there, and my kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. I loved growing up in…
