I debated writing this post, because this is a new development that I suspect will only get better. But just in case this new phase of sisterhood ends abruptly tomorrow, I don't want to forget it.
Mazzy has started narrating Harlow's inner thoughts.
The premise is this:
Harlow is a baby, therefore she has no idea what is going on.
It works like this:
Harlow, Mazzy and I all get into an elevator. There are three other people inside. Mazzy says, "Harlow's like… who are all these people? I've never seen them before!"
Then everyone laughs. Even the other people in the elevator who can't know what the hell Mazzy is talking about. They don't know Harlow's name. They might think Mazzy is speaking in the third person. Regardless, they laugh. Which makes Mazzy do it again and again and again.
So far, it has not gotten old.
It started like this:
I was talking to Harlow as I was getting ready in the morning. Just narrating what I was putting on and why, like you are supposed to do with babies so they are exposed to speech and language. It's something I did a lot with Mazzy when she was a baby and I feel like I haven't done enough with Harlow. Hence, the whole not-talking-yet thing.
Anyway, as Harlow stood in my closet (she loves it in there), I was blabbering on and on about my choice of shoes and whether I should wear pants or a dress when suddenly Mazzy interrupted.
"Harlow's like… WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MOM??? I don't understand what you are saying!"
She had a point.
"Harlow's helping me decide whether I should wear pants or a dress."
Mazzy wasn't buying it.
"Harlow's like… WHAT ARE PANTS, MOM???"
I wish I could make you hear Mazzy's intonation correctly. It's like sarcasm X 5.
It snowed the other day and Mazzy and Harlow were watching in front of the window.
"Harlow's like… what is all this white stuff? Where did it come from???"
We went to the grocery store.
"Harlow's like… where are we? Why is there food everywhere???"
We got into the car.
"Harlow's like… why am I buckled into this seat? Where are we going???"
I'm not sure how this is going to play out, but I suspect, as with most things, Mazzy will find a way to work it to her advantage. For instance, let's imagine, sometime in the future, I give them both a cookie.
Then Mazzy could say:
"Harlow's like… I don't need a cookie. You should give both cookies to Mazzy!"
Or maybe I will find a way to work it to my advantage. For instance, let's say Mazzy is throwing a fit about something ridiculous.
Then I could say:
"Harlow's like… what is Mazzy so worked up about? It's just a television. She can watch it tomorrow!"
It will be like our own little passive aggressive dance.
MAZZY: "Harlow's like… why can't Mazzy just go to bed later? What's the big deal?"
ME: "Harlow's like… why can't Mazzy just listen to Mommy? I'm sure she has really good reasons for everything she does!"
Or perhaps the best scenario of all is if Mazzy and I get into a huge battle of "Harlow's like…" and then Harlow suddently chimes in with her first sentence ever.
"Harlow's like… stop putting words in my mouth!"
That will be the dawn of a whole new era of sisterhood.
Should get interesting.
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For mother’s day I would love brunch and books!
I want no fighting from the kids, no video game playing from the husband, to sleep in and to eat all my favorite foods!
I really want a full spa day. Facial, massage, mani-pedi, second massage… And then to come home to a spotless home
I just want to spend time with my boys for Mother’s Day!
I think I’m just going to take the day off of wiping. Noses and tushies are hubby’s job next Sunday.
I would love a glass of wine and a picnic lunch…and to not have to change a diaper the entire day…wishful thinking with a one year old… ?
For Mother’s Day I want to sleep in and relax! Seems so simple yet sooo hard to get
A housekeeper or a drill Sargent
What I really want for Mother’s day, is a sewing lesson. Sounds cheesy but I have so many projects pinned that require sewing in my ” i wish I could board”.
What I really want for Mother’s Day is for my family to spend the day together. My fiancé works 2nd shift at a prison and my stepdaughter lives a few states away with her mom so it’ll be a few weeks until I can get what want but I can’t wait! What I would like immediately is some time to myself! With a toddler and another on the way, it’ll be a long time until I can get that again! Lol
For Mother’s Day I would like three things 1) to sleep in past 7 am, 2) to not cook or clean up from anyone else cooking any meals, and 3) to only be responsible for wiping my own butt for 1 whole day (that is, no diaper duty or responding to “Moooooommmmm, I need help!” calls from the bathroom). It’s a tall order, but I’m still hoping that the magical sparkly unicorn of Mother’s Day gifts can happen.
For Mother’s Day I would love to have a day of no cleaning and all of the Monday prep done for me!!
For Mother’s Day I think that all I really want is 12 solid hours of sleep. And to wake up to find that someone put all of the laundry away.
I’d really love the day off spent in a hotel room with room service, a mini bar and a beach downstairs for to lounge on. I don’t want to have to clean up anything or get anyone anything for a whole 24 hours.
For Mother’s Day I would love a day and night alone in a fancy hotel, spa package, and no alarm clock (tiny human or otherwise)!
Sleep!!!
All I want for Mother’s Day is a full night’s sleep! It’s not going to happen since I have a nursing baby, but I can dream…
I would so very much love the weekend you just had for Mother’s Day!! Adult time away from the littles!! That would be amazing!! for my son to be potty trained overnight!!! No more diaper!! That would be a real win for me!!!
For Mother’s Day this year I would really like an outdoor bench for my yard and an uninterrupted 2 hour nap 🙂
For Mother’s Day I really want a cheesey, adorable, and beautiful piece of mommy jewelry that says my daughters name or has her birthstone.. And a day at the spa!
For Mother’s Day all I really want is time with my mom and my mother in law.
For Mother’s Day, I would love to go shopping alone and buy clothes for me! P.S. I’m a size 9 shoe!!!!
I just want a nap
For Mother’s Day, I want to wake up in a hotel room alone, spent the day lounging at the pool with booze and books, and go home in time for tacos and a perfectly week-behaved toddler.
I might get the tacos, at any rate.
For Mother’s Day I would love a framed photo of my two girls (age 16mos & almost 3) in the same shot and smiling/looking at the camera!
For Mother’s Day I would really like some sleep
P.s. Adorable old post. Hard to imagine a silent Harlow. I just started reading last year! I need to start at the beginning.
For Mother’s Day, I’d love a weekend to myself at a luxury hotel with room service, unlimited mimosas, and premium cable!
What I really want for Mother’s Day, is just 6 hours of solid sleep, I don’t think that is asking too much from my 6 month old or 3 year old or 5 year old. Haha
For Mother’s Day this year, what I really want is 24 hours fully away from my children. I want a chance to get to miss them. We just moved cross country, which has meant the past 6 weeks have been without any breaks from my kids. I just want a little room and a little air.
I really REALLY want a real, breathing, mooing, Miniature Moo Cow for Mothers Day this year! YES, there really IS such a thing!! :0)
What do I want for Mother’s Day?? Hmm well it’s technically my 2nd year being a mom but last year my little man was only a month old so now that I have had a year of love and memories with this sweet boy I think I really want the full on hand made crafts and same old kind of family day! Or an amazing spa day! I could deff go for a spa day!! Lol
I’d love for my almost 9 month old to start sleeping through the night! Or at least 5 hours straight! She wakes up every 3-4 hours. #teamnosleep
For Mother’s Day, I just want to spend some quiet relaxing time with my daughter! No errands, no have-to’s, just time.
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a relaxing day at some spa all by my self, or maybe just be able to take a nice long Quiet Bath..
What I really want for Mothers’ Day is to sleep!!!! Being almost 9 months pregnant but with a 3 1/2 year old at home is SO exhausting. I wish I could just have an entire day to lay in bed, watch TV, and sleep whenever I want and for however long I want.
I want to be offered a new job in my home state for Mother’s Day. Fingers crossed!
I would really love some “me” time. I’m a stay at home mom and while I love the time I get with the kids, I just really need some time to charge my batteries.
I would like a full nights sleep for Mothers Day! It’s been about a year and half since I’ve seen a full nights sleep (my baby is 1 and has yet to sleep through the night)! And maybe just some flowers and kisses from my boys! ?
For Mother’s Day……a morning with my boys (4 and 2)…..a few hours alone of freedom….and a wonderful dinner with my hubby!!
For Mother’s Day I would like lots of cuddles from my girls. I also wouldn’t complain if my husband made a delicious breakfast!
I want a stress free day for Mother’s Day which would include getting more than 4 hours sleep, a shower, time to do my hair and make-up so that I don’t look like I’m homeless(which is my current look lately), good food prepared by my husband, no laundry or chores and a big glass of wine or two lol!! Material things are great but it’s the simple things that really bring me joy these days. Mostly, I would just love to hear that I’m doing a good job because I’m extra hard on myself:)))
What do I really want for Mother’s Day?? Well that is easy … I want to spend the day with my 3 beautiful girls and husband just being together. Being able to just enjoy ourselves as a family and share a great happy day 🙂
What I really want for Mothers Day is to sleep in and have all 3 of my kids home together for dinner 🙂
All I want to do on Mother’s Day is have my six year old daughter with me and have a picnic at the park.
You see, her father and I are currently in an ugly custody battle and he is threatening with keeping her that day.
Please send prayers and well thoughts my way.
I would desperately love a spa day for Mother’s Day- no, a spa weekend. With a girlfriend or a few and relax kid free. Preferably somewhere without phone reception 😉
What I really want for Mother’s Day is to go home and spend the whole day with my baby! I’ve been away for work for almost a year now so that’s really all I want. But since that’s clearly not possible, what I would really like as a gift for Mother’s day is just a simple facetime date with my child. ?
For Mother’s Day I am hoping for a mani/pedi and a nice, long nap! ?
The perfect Mother’s Day in my mind is exactly what I have planned this year 🙂 a very low key day with my daughter, my man, and NO housework!! We’ll be watching movies, pigging out and not worrying about the dishes until Monday morning!
The only thing I want for Mother’s Day (which I know I won’t get) is to finally get my husband to agree to move back to Florida. I want my kids to grow up near family!
Looking forward to possibly sleeping in, a stacked breakfast but no clean up afterwards, a fun and relaxing day with the family, maybe a quiet afternoon to myself for a pedi, and a nice dinner without any clean up 🙂 Hope you have a great Mother’s Day!
For Mother’s Day would love to spend the entire day snuggling and giggling with my three children and their father at home. And for this swag bag entry to not be such a pain in the ass. (Keep accidentally clicking ads and having to start over). PS- I never win anything anyway… So.). ??
What I would really want for mother’s day is a day to sleep in, uninterrupted. Then, have brunch with my family. Then, go to a spa, by myself, for a massage and a facial. Come home to a clean home and baby fed and happy. Cuddle time before having dinner with my family. Then, some quiet time alone before bed.
All I want for Mother’s Day is to sleep in. But since we also are having our daughters christening this Sunday I doubt that’ll happen
I would love to spend a day with my husband. No kiddos to lug around. No restaurants picked solely on the fact that they have chicken and fries. Just me and that cute guy I married. (Y’all, he really is a great guy.)
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a day with no whining!
I just want my children to get along for ONE FREAKING DAY! Perfect Mother’s Day gift!!!
What would I like for Mother’s Day? Sleeeeeep. And for my kids to not be picky eaters FOR ONE DAY, or forever. That would be great. Oh, and an unending margarita….
I really want to eat a nice dinner out that I don’t have to cook for Mother’s Day.
For Mothers Day I would like a fun day with my husband and daughter. Even just a walk to the park would be nice. Weather gods: it would be great if you could help me out. Then a nice dinner, homemade or take out, I don’t care I just don’t want to make it.
What I really want is a makeover. I’m feeling haggard 7 weeks in with baby #2 and could use some serious freshening up!!!
For Mother’s Day I would love a full house cleaning and the windows washed while I get to spend time with my hubby and kiddo!
This is my first Mother’s Day. I really want to spend it with my beautiful baby girl who made me a mommy and my own mom who spent my whole life showing me how to be a great mom.
This is cute! I constantly narrate for my puppy, Olivia. Although, she’s probably not as sassy as I make her out to be!
For Mother’s Day I just want to make sure my own mom has a beautiful day. She truly deserves it.
So this might sound bad, but for Mothers Day I would really really like to not have to eat scrambled eggs for breakfast! 😉 My youngest makes me scrambled eggs every Mother’s Day, which is really sweet, but I HATE eggs. He knows this, but since eggs are his favorite and my husbands favorite, he thinks I will change my mind eventually. Hahaha
I am not for sure what I want for this mother’s day. I want the day to myself and to be pampered but then again I love spending time with my boys and my husband and would just kind of like to go have a nice dinner with the kids and go walk around somewhere window shopping. It’s a tough decision. I do love watching your Snapchat and Harlow is such a cutie my youngest is 18 months but he heard her voice and watches them with me 🙂 have a great mother’s day yourself!!!
I would love to have a housekeeper and a chef for Mother’s Day!
For Mother’s Day I would love a day with no arguing or crying! Preferably at the beach 🙂
These are wonderful photos! I just recently started following you so seeing little Mazzy and Harlow is so fun! What I really want for Mother’s Day is a day of SILENCE! The kids can be around me or away from me, but I just want it to be quiet. I have been dying for time to think and it’s been hard lately!
All I really want for Mother’s Day is to sleep in as late as possible after seeing Kenny Chesney the night before!!
One night alone in a hotel, so I can totally relax, watch chick flicks and sleep in peace.
For Mother’s Day, I would love to have an uninterrupted nap via a nice & long massage session, the clutter in my apartment to be magically tidied up and/or gone, and a peaceful dinner with my family… or as peaceful as one can get with an 18mo old and a newborn!
For Mother’s Day, I would really like to not have anything to do with my inlaws for the day. No obligation, no guilt trip, etc. and I don’t want a Mother’s Day gift if they are going to hand them out to non-mothers too. I don’t buy that shit that being an aunt is like being a mom, unless you are an aunt who is actually mothering a child. It minimizes those of us who ARE mothers. And I would like for my husband to cheerfully help me with projects around our house in a way that is actually helpful.
For mother’s day, I want a framed picture of my kids handprints.
For Mother’s Day, I’d love a day with no arguing from my two kids. It’ll never happen but a girl can dream!
What I’d love for Mother’s Day is to be left alone. To not have to make phone calls to family or talk to people. To sleep in and not have to change a diaper and whenever the baby is fussy my husband hustles her out of the room.
A vasectomy.
A full nights sleep!!!
I’d love a sleep-in and breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day! Then a lovely day with my family where we do only what I want to do. 😉
All I truly want for Mother’s Day is some time to myself. I have a 16 yr old and a 6 yr old. Life has been rough the last month or so in our house and I have had no time to breath on my own or just collect my thoughts without another voice or set of eyes starring at me.
I have to stick with the normal wish for Mothers Day…sleeping in!!!! Waking up on my own timeline, showering at my own pace, sipping coffee and flipping flyers and piddling as I please!!! The difficult part of this equation is I don’t want my hubby to sweep my son away so I can have the house to myself…id love to see & hear them close by but not have to be the primary caregiver. I’d miss them if they were away!
What I really want for mother’s day is to be with my daughter.
For mother’s day I’d like for my LO to finally sttn…
I would like a mini vacation, anywhere warm would be nice.
What I really want for mothers is a day is to be pampered.. This is my first mother’s day of not being homeless and living under the same roof as my husband. For most of my daughter’s life I have felt like a single parent and being on my own. I am so thankful for everything I have and its nice to have my best friend back right where I need him.
What I really want for Mother’s Day, is a day planned by my kids and husband! Don’t ask Mommy where she wants to go eat or do, I just would love for the day to be planned out ?
I want the house we moved into a year ago finally painted! Or flowers. That’s more likely.
For Mother’s Day I would love a full night of uninterrupted sleep!!
I really really want to take my hubbs & daughter to Disneyland for Mother’s Day (or I guess have THEM take ME) but we just moved & he’s starting a new job, so I’ll settle for a dinner date & solo nap!! ?
This will be my first mothers day and all I want is to sleep in!
I have a 5, 4, and 2 year old and am 6 months pregnant. What I want most for Mother’s Day is to not be asked what I want. I want my husband to completely plan the entire day with no input from me, it would be great to get to take a back seat to all the planning and organizing, even if just for one day! (okay, and maybe to sleep in past 6:00 am too)
What I really want for Mothers’ Day is to have a nice phone call with my mom.
I’d like a nice three course meal eaten hot and without interuption. And someone to mealprep the next month for me…
I want the swag bag for mother’s day, and a weekend getaway, something special from my husband and the first steps from my baby❤
What I really want for this and every Mother’s day is someone to clean my house. Four kids and a full time job, and my whole weekend is spent cleaning and doing chores. How I would love to not worry about catching up on so much cleaning.
Sleep, and brunch all alone. No one requiring my help and all the bloody Mary’s for meeee!
I would love to go on a bike ride with my family. Also to include a picnic that I did not have to make/pack.
I would really like a pedicure. I haven’t gotten one for almost 5 years.
For Mother’s Day I really want a babysitter for a day (or just 8 hours). I need to get some things done without holding a kid in my arms! Oh and I would like a really long bath. With a book, wine and peace and quiet, the kind I used to take for granted.
For Mother’s Day all I want is breakfast in bed, which means not waking up with the kids, and for my husband to handle ALL of the duties for the day. This is something he does every Mother’s Day and it’s a nice treat to be able to sit and relax all day.
I also asked for hobby lobby gift card. ☺️