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01/21/20

Remember five years ago when I started @insta2yearold on Instagram? Since then, so much has changed.

01/20/20

Our Favorite Books about Martin Luther King Jr.

For the past three years, whenever we walk into a bookstore or library, Harlow gravitates to the first book she sees with Martin Luther King Jr.’s face.

01/14/20

Harlow’s Recipe for Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes

Harlow has tried many box mixes and the results are clear— nothing compares to when she makes pancakes from scratch.

01/14/20

32 Game-Changing House Rules and Parent Hacks

I asked you guys to tell me simple changes that you implemented at home last year which had positive results. For instance, we made a “on iPad in the morning” rule that resulted in way less yelling.

01/09/20

Spending New Year’s Eve on the Slopes

We decided to switch it up this year and spend New Year’s Eve in Vermont, skiing, sipping hot chocolate and eating s’mores.

01/07/20

My Top Ten Moments of 2019

My “Top Ten Moments of 2019” focuses on the stuff that was important to me (both big moments and small), as opposed to what did well on Instagram.

01/06/20

Welcoming in a New Decade

Mike and I started this decade as total parenting newbies, with a three week old baby girl. It is honestly hard to remember what life was like before then.

01/06/20

Our Remarkably Average Chrismakuh is Actually Pretty Perfect

Four years ago, even though I didn’t know it at the time, an important family tradition was born. It’s not just the giving and the magic. It’s the holiday we host in our home.

12/29/19

25 Kids Who Requested Weird Gifts for Christmas… that Santa Delivered!

There’s the kid who wanted an eyeball ornament, the kid who wanted a tornado and the kid who wanted a puzzle of his dad sitting on the toilet…

12/24/19

42 Stories that will Make You Believe in Christmas Magic

I asked you all to share something that happened in your childhood or with your own kids that helped reinforce your belief in Santa or keep the holiday magic alive.

12/18/19

Our Morning at the Top of the Empire State Building

Last week my family got to take a tour of the newly renovated Empire State Building Observatory Experience, including a first look at the new floor to ceiling windows all the way up in the spire!

12/17/19

6 Rules for Santa that Will Make Your Holidays Easier

Here are a few rules that we’ve established (and a few I wish I established earlier), both to curb the greed and to keep the magic alive as long as possible.

12/17/19

Mazzy and Harlow Met the Real Santa

Mazzy has been doubting Santa since last year, but has not fully given up on him yet. While we were waiting for him to come over, she said, “If he’s really Santa, he’ll know my birthday.”

12/10/19

Our Coffee Shop Closed

The Bean closed. That’s the coffee shop next to our bus stop where we’ve been buying morning muffins for the past six years. It feels like an era is over.

12/04/19

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings

For Thanksgiving, we now have a tradition of two very different evenings. “Adult Thanksgiving” at Mike’s family’s house on Thursday night and “Kid Thanksgiving” at Grammy’s house on Friday.