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Emily Busby

Emily Busby

Oct 5, 2026

1:21
Yep.
1:22
I never anticipated ever being a children's book author.
1:25
We had some friends over.
1:27
We were cooking dinner, just kind of the usual weekend fun, and my girls specifically were balking orders at me left and right when I was trying to be over the stove, do all the things, and my husband came in from grilling and said, "Girls, just give Mommy a minute.
1:40
She's not an octopus.
1:41
She only has two hands." And that's honestly what started it all, because right after he made that comment, he laughed and looked at me.
1:48
He's like, "That would be a great children's book." And I was like, "Ha ha, funny," you know, kept sipping my margarita, enjoying our friends.

7 MINS LATER

9:05
Yeah.

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