Sure, it’s a point of pride when my kids are naturally good at something. But I’m more proud when my kids accomplish something that was not easy for them to do.
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04/28/19
The Last Three Weeks in Mommy Shorts
Yesterday, I got back from Mom 2.0 Summit in Austin, where I ate tacos, stuffed my face with doughnuts and was nominated for two Iris Awards. Spoiler Alert: I lost both!
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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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It’s been three weeks since I wrote a recap post or sent out my weekly newsletter. I’ve got a good excuse though!
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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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I met my stepbrothers when I was fifteen. We never lived in the same house but we went on lots of family vacations together as teenagers, most of them skiing.
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03/15/19
The Week in Mommy Shorts
Tuesday night, Mazzy had her art displayed at a charity auction attended by professional artists, street artists, marvel comic artists, the legendary Neil Patrick Harris and freakin’ Paul Rudd.
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Back in December, Mazzy wanted nothing more than to have a sleepover party for her 9th birthday. Unfortunately, our apartment was still under renovation and the only way we could do it was in a hotel.
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This is the first time that a child of mine has actually wanted to get rid of a piece of their art work and I said no!
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03/01/19
The Week in Mommy Shorts
This week, I announced some big changes over on insta2yearold, shared Mazzy’s coolest cardboard creation ever, explored career options and literally spread happiness through the streets on NYC.
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02/25/19
40 Potential Jobs for Kids Who Love Coding
Mazzy has a new love in her life. It’s coding. Now, instead of using her screen time to watch shows on YouTube, she wants to use her time to make digital illustrations and program them to move.
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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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