In The Crib Archives - Page 3 of 21

02/06/20

Conversation Starters Go Hilariously Wrong at Neve’s American Girl Doll Party

A birthday party at American Girl Place includes a private room, place settings for everyone’s dolls, dinner, cake and conversation starters, which were freaking hilarious.

02/04/20

53 Cheap and Easy Valentine’s Gifts for All the People You Love

If you want some ideas for reasonably priced Valentines’ Day presents for your kids, I made a guide. I also included a few gifts that I want, some options for Mike and a few for your single friends too.

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.

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12/03/19

250 Gift Ideas to Knock it Out of the Park this Holiday Season

It’s the 2019 Mommy Shorts Holiday Gift Guide! We’ve got gifts for kids, gifts for adults, and gifts for everyone in between; like panda lovers and people who are fans of Harlow’s baking show.

11/20/19

How We Spent Harlow’s 7th Birthday

For her 7th birthday, Harlow requested Chinese takeout, doughnuts and to watch a movie at home. Honestly, I cannot think of a better way to spend an evening.

08/19/19

Harlow’s Baking Show: Chocolate Chip Pancake Tacos

Harlow has been filming episodes of her baking show faster than we can edit. Today, she’s making chocolate chip pancake tacos, which is my new favorite breakfast food.

05/06/19

An Unsatisfying Update on the Home Polish Situation

After I posted on social media, Noa Santos, their CEO, reached out to me for a meeting. I requested that he come to my apartment but he insisted that we meet in a restaurant. Fine. We met on February 7th…

04/11/19

Harlow Thinks She has a Baking Show

I have never seen someone so enthusiastic while baking corn muffins in my life.

02/21/19

Everything You Wanted to Know About Brandless

Have you heard about the brand called Brandless yet? They sell everything from toothpaste to pancake mix and almost every item is only $3.

02/13/19

Stars, Fairies and Butterflies at Harlow’s 6th Birthday Party

Harlow wanted a fairy party, and then midway through planning switched to a star party, and then decided she wanted a butterfly party, and then finally settled on incorporating all three themes.

02/12/19

Our Remarkably Average Kitchen Reveal

As many of you know, my home renovation has not been the smoothest experience. But despite how painful the process has been, I am still very excited to reveal our new kitchen.

01/31/19

Here is What Home Polish Did to My Apartment

I’ve been struggling to write a post about my experience with Home Polish. Then I thought— you know what? The pictures speak for themselves.

12/10/18

STEM Toys for Chemistry Loving Kids

If your kid is obsessed with making slime, that’s a good thing, because, that’s SCIENCE! And there are tons of other cool experiments they can do to further fuel their love of chemistry.

12/06/18

Teaching the Kids that the Holidays are More about Giving than Getting

When Kid Made Modern reached out to collaborate for the holidays, I was relieved to hear that the purpose was to give toys away to a charity of our choosing instead of more to my kids!

11/30/18

Harlow’s Dream Comes True with the Barbie Dreamhouse

Normally, I shy away from partnerships that give us extravagant toys just for the hell of it, but this was Harlow’s birthday! The perfect opportunity to give her EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTS.