Lots of stuff happened in June, have you noticed? For starters, Harlow had a bit too much to drink at a friend's BBQ and we had to carry her out before she passed out on the lawn and embarrassed herself. Or maybe she was just drinking water and it was time for her nap, I can't be sure.
Secondly, this week I wrote a post called "The Benefit of Lazy Parenting" which has quickly become my all time most popular post. It really should have been called "The Case for Lazy Parenting" but I didn't come up with the right name until two days later.
OH WELL.
I am so happy this post resonated with everyone. I feel like I am in the minority with this in real life, so I'm pretty floored so many people online feel exactly the same way.
Online friends are the best friends, am I right?
On Monday, I'll be posting the top ten finalists for the #DysonDads contest. It feels a little weird sorting through almost 2000 pics of your husbands/boyfriends/partners to select my favorites, so please visit this post or visit the #DysonDads hashtag on Instagram and let me know (in the comments below) if there are any guys you would really like to see take home the prize.
You know, because you appreciate their housework. *AHEM*
Speaking of Dyson, I figured out who my five biggest fans are (or at the very least the five biggest fans who live in the continental United States) and will be sending them all Dyson Digital Slim DC59 Motorheads too.
Collectively, they've commented over a few thousand times, so I am both flattered and a little concerned for them. I will list them in order from "slightly stalkerish" to "might be standing outside my window with a boombox playing In Your Eyes as I write this"…
Congratulations to Meg Y, Kelly H, Suburban Snapshots, Nicole Leigh Shaw and Natasha (aka Bert & Duke's Mom)!
Natasha, it is time to talk to Joan Cusack and put your kickboxing career in perspective, 'mmmkay?
Seriously— I love you all right back and wish we could have a big party with fruity cocktails, passed hors d'oeuvres and husbands vacuuming as entertainment.
Unfortunately, I've got posts to write and Bugaboos to give away and biceps to photograph. Gratuitous Mike shot!
What else happened in June besides Mike's arms winning our hearts?
• We showed off our new house!
• Harlow drooled on me in a teething frenzy
• Mazzy said goodbye to preschool
• I learned saying "Goodbye to Preschool" means singing the Bubble Guppies theme song in the "End of the Year" show
• Mike's brain exploded from too much princess knowledge
• Jerry Springer tried to steal Mazzy's glue stick
• Poppy asked a woman if she was pregnant (she was not)
• Mazzy fell in love at the top of the Empire State Building
• I spoke in front of crowd and survived
• Mazzy joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy
• I stole snacks from facebook (and learned you all should click "get notifications" on my fanpage to make sure you see all my posts)
• "Solar System Spectacular" and "Egg Shell Surprise" both took home prizes in Mazzy's Bake-off
• @missminx1 won a very fancy $495 bottle of Vaseline (nope, that's not a joke)
• Uber extended their offer for $30 off your first ride if you use the "MOMMY SHORTS" promo code through September 1st, 2014 (download the app here)
And that's it.
Thank you all for reading! Especially Natasha. You gave me your heart, I gave you Dyson. I hope that's better than a pen.
XO, Mommy Shorts
you have no idea how excited i am to get the dyson! you rock!
Love love love your pictures of the girls…Wish you lived in Texas so I could hire you…
Thanks for the Mike shot. Seriously. Ugh. Is it just me or do men look exponentially hotter in dark jeans like that?
I WON SOMETHING! Got an email from In the Raw to claim my bag!!! I was sooooo thrilled!!! Woohoo! Thanks Mommy Shorts! You seriously rock!
You are awesome! I won a bag of Monk Fruit in the Raw. I never win things. I’m so psyched!
Obviously, I would LOVE to win! But as far as other people, I adore that picture of the son helping lay flooring with the hard hat on!
I guess I’ll have to up the stakes on my online stalking of your page 😉
My husband could REALLY use this dyson. (@janelpeyton on Insta — we’re in your top 40 with Captain Bubble Beard giving a bath to his mateys.). But mostly, he’s just incredible. He comes home from a long shift at the hospital (he’s an OB/GYN resident) , takes over the bathtime, evening, bedtime routine for 3 boys under 4 years old and rocks it all. So deserving! Check out all our #dysondads submissions and you’ll see for yourself! Thanks!
Gotta shout out my own hubby here… Vacuum or no vacuum, he is an awesome, involved father that loves his baby girl to pieces, and I love watchiing him interact with her. Definite heart melter. Submitted a few pics under @momeelovescoffee on IG., and we made your list of 40 as well. Enjoyed seeing so many dads involved with their kiddos. Proof that there is still so much good in this crazy world. Thanks, Mommy Shorts and Dyson, for proving that!
I am beyond excited to have won! I never win anything. Finally, all these wasted work hours have paid off!
Of course im biased toward my own submissions, especially because my husband was genuinely very excited about the prospect of winning a much needed well functioning vacuum…but in fairness to all I love the one of daddy and daughter sitting on the beach.
And just to let you know how amazing and deserving my hubby is, he is a pastor who works so much but takes every Friday off work to spend all day with the kids and clean our house. He is the one who keeps things clean and looking good. I Apreciate him so so much. He even let me submit a hilarious and embarrassing photo of him in a marshmellow photo face cut out with our two year old.
I get notifications and still missed this post. Figures.