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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What I really want for Mother’s Day is a fun family day trip together where no one argues or gets annoyed with each other !
This Mother’s Day, I’ll be 34 weeks pregnant with our first. He’s due in June and at this point, all I want is a new set of legs and the ability to sleep through the night. Oh, and for my bladder to magically have the ability to empty itself without me having to turtle roll over and get up.
For mother’s day I would love to have a long lazy day (sleeping in past 7 am!) , a steaming mug of coffee that I can drink without re-heating and once I feel human again – a fun day with the fam!
For Mother’s Day I would love a meltdown-free weekend!
What I really want for Mothers Day is ONE argument free afternoon. No kids bickering back and forth. Wouldn’t that be glorious?!!
For Mother’s Day this year is really like someone to deep clean my house for me. Mainly because we just moved to a new state and I have no energy to do this with 3 littlest under 5!
What I would really like for Mother’s Day is a train ride with my son and husband. A little over an hour from me they do stage coach robberies and other kid things for train rides (Christmas they do the polar express). I’ve never been on a train and my son loves to play with them….it would be fun! Also a gift card to go to the library or shopping alone for two hours!
For Mother’s Day this year I really want a new bike and a bike cart that attaches to the bike! Hopefully I’ve dropped enough hints to my hubby 😉
I would like my old happy-go-lucky daughter back and not my drama-crazed 7-year old! 🙂
I’d love a day of sleeping in, no whining, no cooking and a nice piece of jewelry. I think I’ll definitely get the sleeping in and no cooking but I’m doubtful on the other two!
Cute post! I wonder if Mazzy remembers doing this… For Mother’s Day, I’d like two well-behaved children at our fancy Mother’s Day brunch in Georgetown 😉
This is still one of my favorite posts.
For mother’s day all I want is a cheap pedicure.
I would like to be able to sleep without early interruptions. Perhaps my husband can take the kids somewhere else so I can have the bed to myself! oh AND a massage!
or at least the swag bag 😉
I would like a good nights sleep, a clean house and a nap!
What I really want for Mother’s Day is to take a long (and I mean marathon long) bubble bath with a giant class of wine and relax. You know, without shampoo bottles and bath toys being tossed in at me and my husband asking me when I’m going to be done every 5 minutes.
What I really want for Mother’s Day is not one day but a full weekend of being HOME completely alone where I can sleep in, take a nap, read a book, watch tv and eat whatever I want with out ANY inturptions just get to do what I want when I want. Of course that would be the mornings I can’t sleep past 6 am for no reason, there will be nothing on the tv and Ill just end up cleaning and doing lanudry but with no one to get in the way. Did I mention having complete silience for more than half a second!
I wish for a weekend free of illness. It has been a long winter/spring full of colds and gross viruses. Also for my 3 year old to learn his inside voice. A nap and some chocolate would be nice too.
For mother’s day I really want to get a night of comfortable, uninterrupted sleep, followed by a morning waking up on my own and getting ready in my own time. That day I don’t want to make anyone a meal -including myself, or get anyone dressed – including myself, or have to fight to convince anyone to do something against their will (ie getting strapped into a carseat, eating vegetables, or that shoes must go on the right feet. That night, I will read 1 bedtime book and then someone else will take over the rest of the bedtime routine, including but not limited to: hair and teeth brushing, jammies, and getting up 15 times to bring a sip of water or put a blanket back on the child. I will, however, accept all hugs, kisses, and snuggles offered throughout the day.
Haha this post is hilarious.
But what I REALLY want for mother’s day is my daughter to stop being sick. Yes, she’s a toddler in daycare and I’m sure that by the time she is in kindergarden her immune system will be amazing but it’s pretty awful these days. Like high fevers every 10 days. I also REALLY want all the other parents to stop sending their kids to daycare when they’re sick and giving my kid germs.
And also a king sized bed with new white sheets and delicious pillows.
A relaxing day with the family where I don’t have to cook!
What i really want for mother’s day is one day where no one tries to karate chop me or put a lollipop in my hair… And maybe cake. Yeah, cake would be awesome!
I think for mothers day I would like a thorough house cleaning.
What I really want is to have someone help me clean up the stuff I threw in the closet when someone was coming over but only after I have slept for a full 8 hours. I just need time to finish the 9000 things I started but never got to. 🙂
For mother’s day I would like some alone time to maybe go shopping and not have to rush home, maybe get my hair done…
For Mother’s Day this year, I really truly just want strawberry cheesecake.
To sleep all night. Until 7! And to pick the lunch spot.
Aww, look how young Harlow looks! I just want to do NOTHING on Mother’s Day like no cooking, no cleaning, no bathing the kids, nothing!
For Mother’s Day I would like to sleep soundly through the entire night until my body and mind are fully rested and then spend the day playing at the beach with my two kids and partner. I would also like to be able to take the next day off from work, being that it is my 40th birthday, but that won’t happen because my parents are leaving town on Mother’s Day and one of my employees is taking off (I run my parents’ company). Oh well, I’ll still take the sleep (hahaha) and the day at the ocean. 🙂
I’d like a warm, sunny day to play outside with the kids (it is still freezing in Montreal!).
I would really love a day out on the trails with my boyfriend. I do not get much “me” time and while I adore my little 3yr old, I feel pretty tired lately with a lot of stressors that are going on. Her dad had his visits suspended so its just me and her and she has done great through all of it.
As a Mom to three boys I would really like a gift that they (with the help of Dad) actually pick out. Instead I buy, I wrap, I act surprised when they give it to me.
I really and truly want nothing but strawberry cheesecake this year. My mother asks for jewelry and shoes every year, but my tastes are simpler, hahaha
For mothers day:
All I really want is SILENCE! Well, and to have my coffee in utter peace! Well, and since we are asking for gifts a midday shower+nap.
Happy mothers day!
A beautiful day for some outdoor time with my husband and kids.
For Mothers Day I would love to drink my coffee while it’s still hot, go to the bathroom with nobody following me and eat without having to get up a 100 times!
For Mother’s Day this year I really and truly want nothing but strawberry cheesecake. My mother asks for jewelry and shoes every year, but my tastes are simpler, hahaha
I would love an all expenses paid shopping spree! Or maybe just a massage…But would settle with brunch with my two girlies and my hubby and be a happy momma!
If love to be able to visit my mother on Mother’s Day. They visit me frequently but I would love to take my daughter to my childhood home.
For Mother’s Day, all I want is a day alone with no responsibilities. Oh, and a massage. As a single foster parent working full time, I rarely get time to myself to rest my brain!
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a girls night out, which I’m getting! I’d also like to not get a hangover the next day from said girls night out…
I’m traveling for work this week and fly home Sunday. I hope it’s the perfect combination of a few hours to myself to enjoy a leisurely brunch, followed by a few hours on the plane to read, with no travel drama or delays, and a huge grin from my 20-month-old son when I get home, followed by dinner out with my husband and son.
What I’d really like for Mothers day is a morning with my daughter to get pedicures and an afternoon/evening with my husband to enjoy and be pampered.
This Mother’s Day, I would loooooove to be able to sleep in! For just one day I would love for my body to ignore it’s impulse to wake up at the crack of dawn, and allow me this one day to sleep in. My perfect day would consist of a delicious brunch with my two favourite lads (likely including waffles) and a walk around the Japanese Gardens (a beautiful tourist stop in my town). It’s what we did last year and it was the perfect day. If for some reason a mani/pedi happened to be thrown in there somewhere, I definitely would not complain!
Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mom’s out there. Soak up the day. You deserve it!!
For Mother’s Day I would love to sleep in!
I would love to not have to think about mother’s day for mother’s day. I would love a relaxing day at home without the extended family gathering. I have my sisters and my in laws trying plan things and i have been ignoring it all!
What I would really love for Mother’s Day is for my 3 month old NICU baby to come home – almost there!!! 🙂
I would love a massage…for the luxury of the massage but mainly just the time going to the appt, the actual appt, and driving home to be alone with my own thoughts!
For Mother’s Day I would really love to be the center of attention! I don’t want to cook, clean, or change any diapers. I know I’ll have to nurse the baby, but hopefully my husband can handle the other two for a couple hours. I would like to take a boat ride on the river and have a nice dinner …. without having to scream at the chaps. Fingers crossed and wishful thinking! It’ll still be a good day no matter what I’m sure! 🙂
What I really want for Mother’s Day is for someone else to finish all the laundry and dishes while I nap outside in my hammock!
For Mother’s Day I just want to get my haircut for the head massage Happy Mother’s Day to you!
I would love to sleep in! I can’t wait for my breakfast in bed and my sweet girls bringing it so proudly. 🙂
This swag bag looks AWESOME! And – that’s what I really want for Mother’s Day right now! 😀 Lots of cool stuff!
This year: Breakfast in bed with my kiddos! However, last year my husband sent me to a hotel/spa overnight with two other moms and it was amazing… If I hadn’t been gone all this week I would want that again! But this year, just want to enjoy breakfast in bed (cooked by them and my husband!)
For Mother’s Day, I want my fiance to be off work so I can spend the day with him and our awesome daughter! I also would like to have my mom over and cook her a nice supper and dessert.
For Mother’s Day I’d love to sleep in and then spend the day with my daughter and husband, though a little jewelry never hurts, either!
Dinner out.
For Mother’s Day I’d like my husband to get up with my daughter. I’ve gotten stuck doing the AM routine and I’d like a few minutes extra in bed and not fighting over non PJ attire, teeth brushing, etc.
What I really want for mothers day is a week long vacation at the beach with my family! Only in my dreams!
All I’d really like for Mother’s Day is for my kids to be happy and feel loved…while I’m gone on a spa weekend. Away from home. With my own bed. With breakfast in bed. Brought by room service. And to binge watch Bravo TV in bed. In a bathrobe. All day. ?
What I really want for Mother’s Day is all 4 of my kids to obey and get along. I just want one fun day as a family with no yelling or discipline needed. Just laughs & hugs!
Just not to have to cook!!
For Mother’s day i would like to be able to sleep in. And wake up to my fiance feeding the babies. But of course, having twins, he needs help. SO maybe just some Olive Garden will do.
All I want for Mother’s Day is to be able to sleep in and hang out in bed until I’m ready to get up, not when the kid decides I need to get up.
What i want is to shower alone without my daughter pulling nack the curtain slowly and whispering “hiiiiii”. Not only does this perpetuate my fear of dying Norman Bates style but it interrupts my deep deep shower thoughts.
For Mother’s Day I would really love a shopping spree!
I want it all on Mother’s Day and I want it all to work perfectly! (Well you asked what I really wanted. Dream big right?) I want to wake up refreshed and then go workout and have a massage or a mani pedi (any personal up keep!) They I want my husband to plan something by himself for us to do as a family that ends up being really fun. I want it to be a day where we just really click as parents. You know, those brief moments when you look at each other and totally think, we got this parenting thing down BOOM! I want to see my daughter smile and laugh and realize how lucky I am to be her Mommy. I want to end the day with a glass of wine in hand, a tucked in sleeping babe and the warm fuzzy feeling of feeling truly appreciated by my family.
What I would really love for Mother’s Day is a dinner at a nice place where both of my kids were able to eat since my daughter has Celiac Disease and those places are hard to find. A day with both kids is all I want.
For mother’s day I really want to shop alone and buy new clothes and sandals like I haven’t done in more than 5 years!
This post is hilarious btw. I wonder how Harlow would narrate for Mazzy’s should she lose her voice or have her tonsils out, or major dental surgery….
What I want for Mother’s Day, both of my little girls happy and healthy and under the same roof!
For Mother’s Day I would love nothing more than to stay in a hotel room by myself. No one to steal my food, after refusing their own, a clean space that I will not have to clean up first, and a nice bottle of wine. I need silence for Mother’s Day. I have three kids that talk 24/7 – yes, they even talk in their sleep.
All I want for Mother’s Day is the day off to spend with my LillyBear. I’m the ONLY mother at my place of employment and I was scheduled to work. While all the single 20 year olds got the day off. Ugh.
I really want a nap and a massage!
All I want for Mother’s Day is to get over the daycare germ illnesses that have been plaguing our family for months! Baby’s first few months in daycare has not been easy! P.S. Fun to see this old post, Harlow is so teeny tiny!
To sleep in! And I wouldn’t turn down some good chocolates.
Hmm … well, I have a few Mother’s Days behind me … and the last few have been without my wonderful Mom or amazing MIL on earth any longer … that was a major adjustment (lost them 10 days apart) … my kids and hubby treat me well most days so, this year, I don’t really want anything for me … I would, however, love to see my oldest surviving brother whole and healthy and well … he’s currently in treatment (chemo and radiation) for colon cancer. Once he licks that, he still faces newly discovered Hepatitis C and minimal liver function from that … and is not a good candidate for transplant for a number of reasons.
I was blessed to be able to spend last week with him and nurture him a bit … he’s got a good support network around him and a good attitude! Seriously, some miracles for him would be the best Mother’s Day gift ever!!! <3
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a cleaning service so I can spend more time with my 2 girls…and the May swag bag 😉
I would love a day when I didn’t have to worry about cooking and cleaning and I could just relax.
What I would love for mothers day… would be for my husband to be home to spend the day as a family. My husband works offshore and he won’t be home for any holidays this year.
For Mother’s Day I just want to feel appreciated and validated that even though I am a stay at home mom I play just as an important role in supporting our family as my fiancé with a full time job. I also want my mother and grandmother to know how much I appreciate and look up to them.
My idea of a perfect Mother’s Day gift would be a day where I do not have to make any decisions! And I guess a pedicure would be nice too 🙂
To have all the answers…
For mothers day I would like to wake up on my own, not by an alarm or my 3 year old yelling in my face at 5:30 am or my 12 year old telling me he is bored 200 times. No baseball practice, no cooking, no getting anybody a drink, no taking the dog out to pee, no driving. I want a sunny day that I can sit in the sun and not do a thing for anyone but myself! #wishfulthinking
What I really want for Mother’s Day is one last Mother’s Day with my only child. New baby is due very shortly after, just want him to cook a bit longer. And be able to spend these last precious moments with my son.
All I want for Mother’s Day is an entire weekend off with my family. I usually work Saturday and my husband works Sunday nights. So weekends off together are rare for us.
I would love a massage at a local spa and a nap for Mother’s Day.
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a new tree for my backyard!!
A nap! For me! ?????
I would love a spa day after sleeping in and being showered with jewelry and breakfast in bed.
What I really want for Mother’s day is to sleep in, a guilt-free gift card and a little questionnaire about what my daughter thinks of her mom. I always ask her the same questions but for her dad and I just wish he would think to do something similar. I also want a tech-free day where we get to play games as a family and talk to each other instead of our phones.
I would love for my husband to measure, order and install cafe shutters on our upstairs bathroom. It’s been five years and there is still a faded sheet, dangling from a too-small tension rod that has slipped down on the right side creating a pretty convincing picture of squalor.
Last year I bought MYSELF a necklace with my kids birthstones.
This year? I really just want them to acknowledge me with sweet hugs and no tantrums ( 5 yrs and almost 2).
And also a REALLY DELICIOUS chocolate dessert.
I’ve asked for kid crafted stepping stones for the garden but a cancellation of all soccer games on Sunday would be better!
I have my eye on a couple really cute teething necklaces that I’d love for mothers day. Also, a nap. And coffee.
I would love a fancy coffee brought to me in bed, after I have been able to sleep in 😉
Oh how TINY!!! Mazzy is so beautiful and Harlow is the cutest lil raccoon EVER!
For Mother’s Day this year I would love a day to take a day for myself! Maybe get a mani/pedi, haircut and facial. I never get to do those things with 3 children! Not asking for much!
I just had my baby last week, so I’m looking forward to lots of cuddles and taking in that baby smell as much as i can.
For Mother’s Day, I would really love a haircut and color. My hair has not been cut in so long, it looks bad and my greys and new roots are showing a lot. Other than that just a heathy happy family and some good news to help us financially. Haha
What I really want for Mother’s Day is a day devoted to self-care: spa treatment, mani/pedi, haircut! Being a mama to twins hardly allows time for any of that!
Steamed crabs for dinner! oh and I guess time with my family. 🙂