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02/11/15

Packing Up the Kids for the Coldest Weekend of Our Lives

Mike and I are taking the kids for a ski trip this weekend, where the weather will be zero degrees, feels like negative eleven. Sounds a little like Arendelle. Brrrrrrrr.

02/10/15

I Lost My Valentines to Each Other

This year, I got my girls Valentine’s Day cards to give to one another, because more than they are mine, they belong to each other.

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02/04/15

A Perfect App for Toddlers

One problem with kids using an iPad is they can easily switch from games to shows. I always look for great games which engage the kids enough, so they won’t switch over to passive viewing.

02/02/15

Mazzy and Harlow Lose their Minds at the St. Regis (In a Good Way)

Mike and I packed up the kids for a staycation at the St. Regis New York, setting the bar EXTREMELY HIGH for future family travel. Mazzy felt like she was living in a palace.

01/30/15

Mazzy and Gavin’s First Date

Mazzy and Gavin got all decked out in Gymboree’s Valentine’s Day collection and stepped out in NYC. Are you ready for the cutest date ever?

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01/29/15

16 Cases of “Mom Purse”

The items moms keep in their purse might seem ridiculous to most, but trust me— they are princess coloring books and Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle underwear of a prepared person who has learned from experience.

01/28/15

12 Haikus that Speak the Truth About Motherhood, Very Succinctly

Peyton Price writes all her thoughts on modern parenting in three line seventeen syllable haikus.

01/27/15

A Game of “I Spy” with My Daughter Turns Into an Instagram Account called @PinkinNyc

What started as me taking photos of pink things to show my daughter, has turned into a game of “I Spy” between the two of us. We’ve really been playing all along.

01/21/15

Every Single Little Thing in My Purse (Not Including the Crumbs)

I poured out my purse to explain every ridiculous item in it. Plus, I’m giving away five myCharge Razors and five $100 Visa gift cards.

01/16/15

Are you Ready to Rock the Lunchbox?

My mother was a health nut when I was growing up. I’m sure this taught me very valuable things about food (“candy makes your teeth fall out”, for instance), but it also taught me how to covet thy neighbor’s lunch.

01/12/15

Road Tripping to Rhode Island

Rhode Island is probably not a place most people think of as a destination spot, but maybe they should. For my fellow New Yorkers, it’s close, family-friendly and makes for the perfect long weekend road trip.

01/07/15

Hilariously Over-the-Top Photos Capture the Truth in Parenthood

Danielle Guenther, the photographer behind the hilarious “Best Case Scenario” parenting photos not only agreed to an interview, she suggested a photo shoot for my family. Oh, boy.

12/31/14

The Top 12 Mommy Shorts Posts of 2014

I can think of no better way to spend New Year’s Eve Eve than putting together a list of the most popular Mommy Shorts posts this year— because THAT’S WHAT BLOGGERS DO.

12/22/14

21 Gingerbread Houses Only Hollywood Could Have Built

Anybody can make a gingerbread house, but it takes a truly obsessive person with a lot of free time on their hands to make a gingerbread house modeled after the house in their favorite movie or TV show.

12/18/14

Mayhem Gets Her Own Fashion Line and Gives Mommy Shorts the Inside Scoop

Mayhem and her mom Angie, of paper dress making fame, are getting their very own kid’s collection at J. Crew. There will be “Fashion by Mayhem” labels and everything.