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07/22/15

Family road trips can be a bonding experience or a living hell, depending largely on your level of patience and denial. Here’s a rundown of reader tips for surviving the journey with your sanity (mostly) intact.

07/21/15

Don’t Bring a Two-Year-Old to a Craft Tutorial

Mazzy and I tried to film a craft tutorial and Harlow derailed us before we even got past the intro— interrupting her sister, dropping the supplies and quacking. Yes, quacking.

07/16/15

Keeping Up with Reading Over the Summer

Mazzy is on the cusp of learning how to read, but hasn’t quite gotten there yet. I’m trying to find ways to make books an integral part of summer so she doesn’t forget everything she’s learned at school.

07/15/15

What Happens When You Video Chat with a Two-Year-Old

Ever try to video chat with a toddler while on a business trip? It’s like conducting a one-woman show to keep them focused on you and smiling for as long as possible.

07/13/15

25 Summertime Rules for Parents

1) Swimming in a pool totally counts as a bath. 2) Did you chase your kids down to re-apply sunscreen? Exercise complete! 3) There is no such thing as unbrushed hair. This is what we call “beach hair”.

07/10/15

This Batch of Picky Eaters is Even Pickier than the Last

Get ready to meet 31 new members of the Picky Eaters Club all with weirder eating habits than a pregnant woman in her first trimester. Who wants to get up in front of the group first?

07/07/15

Our Family Trip to the Statue of Liberty

As part of an American Express initiative supporting our National Parks, I got to show my kids where Grammy took her first steps on American soil, back when she was about the same age as Mazzy.

07/01/15

32 Brilliant Morning Hacks for Moms and Dads

From putting complete outfits in ziploc bags to frying up bacon to lure everyone out of bed, these are the most brilliant morning hacks I’ve ever heard for parents.

06/30/15

A Worrywart’s Guide to Celebrating July 4th with Kids

I remember taking my three-year-old to her first fireworks display and fearing I destroyed her eardrums for life. Holidays are HARD.

06/29/15

20 Summer Projects for Every Kind of Kid

When I told Mazzy to pick some Seedling projects, I expected tutu creation and tiara design. But she surprised me and picked everything from a soap making experiment to an adventurer kit.

06/26/15

35 New Members of the Picky Eaters Club

If you think Mariah Carey’s backstage rider demands are over-the-top, you are about to be indoctrinated into a whole new level of CRAY CRAY.

06/25/15

10 Morning Hacks to Make the Beginning of the Day Bearable

From using Harlow to wake up Mike to threatening to turn off the TV if Mazzy doesn’t get herself dressed, here are my ten best Morning Hacks. Plus a chance to win $500 from General Mills!

06/24/15

12 Families Brave Enough to Show Us Their Wednesday Evenings

After pouring over all the entries, I am ready to announce the 12 families across the United States selected for the Wednesday Evenings series!

06/19/15

The Picky Eaters Club is Back (with a Message from the Founders)

Not only am I sharing Mazzy and Harlow’s latest eating quirks, Olly Vitamins is awarding the parent of one Picky Eater a $750 Target gift card, so this Picky Eaters Club is NO JOKE.

06/16/15

43 Dads and Daughters Doing Stuff that Dads and Daughters Do

From figure skating to four wheeling, here are 41 things dads do with their daughters.