In the end, Harlow didn’t just make our whole family Andy Grammer fans, she made us fans of concerts in general.
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I can’t believe it. On Wednesday, Mazzy entered the 5th grade and Harlow entered 2nd grade. Where has the time gone????
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My mom once told me that my dad wasn’t that good with my sister and I as babies; he was way better with us when we got older. I didn’t really understand what she meant, until I watched it happen with my own kids.
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06/24/19
School’s Out for Summer!
Mazzy and Harlow both look older, wiser and have way longer hair than they had on their first day of first and fourth grade. Notice Harlow in *gasp* jeans and Mazzy in her ever present hoodie, looking like two freakin’ teenagers.
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You always know you’ve done something right as a parent when your kid ends up bragging about a family activity to their friends.
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On Saturday, in an ill-conceived plan to please everyone, I took the kids on a whirlwind adventure. It was totally impractical and not thought out in the slightest.
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04/25/19
Our Best Passover Ever
I know I make a lot of fun of Passover for being the antithesis of a kid-friendly holiday (what with all the deadly plagues and the lack of dinner rolls), but last Friday’s Seder was my favorite ever.
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04/11/19
Harlow Thinks She has a Baking Show
I have never seen someone so enthusiastic while baking corn muffins in my life.
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I think we have entered a new April Fool’s Day phase when the kids are older and much harder to fool. Maybe this means it’s all over. Or maybe it means I just have to be more clever.
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The first morning there, we woke up, got dressed in our bathing suits and beach cover-ups (well, Mike wore a t-shirt and shorts) and headed straight to the breakfast buffet.
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On Valentine’s Day, I got up early to blow up heart balloons as a surprise, but they kept popping, woke the kids and then Mazzy screamed, “Mom! What are you doing? You’re scaring us!”
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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.
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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.
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It’s my baby’s birthday today! Yep, my youngest is turning SIX. Can you believe it? Me neither.
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11/13/18
Harlow is a Neat Freak
You might think having a super neat kid is preferable to a kid who regularly creates major messes, but believe me— neat freaks come with their own set of issues.
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