Harlow Archives - Page 9 of 22

12/13/16

The Good, the Bad and the Bunny Ears of My Family’s Holiday Card Photo Shoot

In addition to the lovely photo I ended up using for our holiday cards, I thought it would be a great service to share ALL THE PHOTOS that led up to the winning shot.

11/29/16

Mazzy and Harlow Take The Lip Balm Challenge

If you’ve never heard of the Lip Balm Challenge, that’s because Mazzy made it up. It involves the complicated task of guessing lip balms flavors just by scent. Although the real challenge is getting your little sister to wear her blindfold.

11/16/16

Harlow’s Fantastically No Fuss 4th Birthday Party

I planned Harlow’s party right after my book launch, while I was on tour, so I needed to find a place that was completely hands-off where we could just show up.

11/15/16

Harlow Turns Four!

Happy birthday, my sweet baby girl! I hope throughout your whole life, you get ALL THE CAKE.

11/10/16

Mazzy and Harlow Bake a Football Cake for Mr. Mommy Shorts’ Birthday

Mazzy wanted to make the cake blue to represent the NY Giants. Harlow wanted to make the cake green to represent the football field. I think they made an awesome compromise!

11/10/16

If Mazzy and Harlow had Three Wishes Each

I’ve never seen Mazzy and Harlow as happy as the time they opened up a box of Shimmer and Shine dress-up clothes, quite possibly the only TV show they collectively agree on.

11/09/16

What I Told My Girls the Morning After the Election

Tomorrow, I promise I will try to move forward but today, allow me the freedom to process this loss in the only way I know how— writing about it.

11/01/16

Halloween in NYC Gets Better Every Year

This year, we have friends who live in a prime trick or treating location and we got to give out candy from the steps of a brownstone. It might seem like a little thing but I’ve been living in NYC for almost 20 years and this was my first time!

10/31/16

Mal and Twilight Sparkle are Ready to “Party Tonight”

For Halloween, Mazzy and Harlow are VERY VERY PURPLE. Tonight, we’ll be trick or treating around NYC. Here’s Twlight Sparkle singing about how it’s “gonna be, gonna be, gonna be… A PARTY TONIGHT!”

10/26/16

Mazzy and Harlow and the Ghost of Halloween Past

I’m taking a look back at the evolution of Mazzy and Harlow’s costumes. You’ll see that I began my mom career with a desire to do something original but now I’m totally content with store bought.

10/20/16

Harlow’s Hip Hop Class is the Perfect Palette Cleanser to Last Night’s Debate

After watching that human garbage can lie his face off at last night’s debate, I’ve got the perfect antidote.

10/18/16

Jell-O Mission: Sunset Wedges

Harlow had her very first experience with Jell-O the other day. I’m not sure whether making it, eating it or poking it was her favorite part of the experience.

09/16/16

Chelsea Clinton isn’t the Only Mom who Missed her Kid’s First Day of Preschool

Sometimes you miss a moment because something else took priority. Sometimes it’s because you have two kids and you can’t do everything. And sometimes it’s because Dad wants his moment too.

09/15/16

An Activity Desk to Lure Your Toddler Away from their Smart Device

I tested out VTech’s Touch and Learn Activity Desk to see if maybe Harlow would stop begging for Barbie videos on YouTube and practice her letters and number instead.

09/13/16

Mazzy and Harlow take the BeanBoozled Challenge

Let’s just say the disgusting flavors were so disgusting that my kids only made it a few rounds before they called it quits.