Mike – Mommy Shorts

I asked AI to write a Father’s Day gift guide introduction “in the style of Ilana Wiles.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2024/06/a-comprehensive-fathers-day-gift-guide-for-every-type-of-dad.html

We did something crazy the other night. We left the kids and went out to dinner. First date night with just the two of us at a restaurant in a year. Is this parenting with tweens?? Because I am l...

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/03/the-first-time-we-left-our-kids-alone-to-go-out-for-date-night.html

It had started snowing Sunday night and kept falling for the next 24 hours, blanketing the city in snow. There is nothing I love more than NYC covered in white.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/a-little-bit-of-magic-in-snowy-nyc.html

Since we are still in the middle of a global pandemic, my sister kept the celebration small. They came to our house for the weekend, and then expanded the party to her friends virtually.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/10/celebrating-neves-5th-birthday-at-home.html

Two major things happened on Father’s Day. Mike got to eat all his favorite foods. AND… I hugged my dad for the first time in four months.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/06/mike-ate-all-his-favorite-foods-on-fathers-day.html

Her name is Frankie. She is the cutest ever and we all don’t know what to do with ourselves except stare at her PRECIOUS FACE.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/05/say-hello-to-our-new-pup.html

One thing I have learned in this whole thing is that MY HUSBAND IS AMAZING IN A CRISIS.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/04/quarantine-mike-is-my-favorite-mike.html

We decided to switch it up this year and spend New Year’s Eve in Vermont, skiing, sipping hot chocolate and eating s’mores.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/01/spending-new-years-eve-on-the-slopes.html

Four years ago, even though I didn’t know it at the time, an important family tradition was born. It’s not just the giving and the magic. It’s the holiday we host in our home.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/01/our-remarkably-average-chrismakuh-is-actually-pretty-perfect.html

Harlow said it was her third favorite day ever, after the day she was born and her first birthday. Mazzy said the experience was tied with our trip to Disney World. MIKE DANCED! I will remember t...

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2019/11/we-rode-a-parade-float-in-new-orleans.html

In the end, Harlow didn’t just make our whole family Andy Grammer fans, she made us fans of concerts in general.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2019/10/taking-mazzy-and-harlow-to-their-first-real-concert.html

You always know you’ve done something right as a parent when your kid ends up bragging about a family activity to their friends.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2019/06/our-first-family-bike-ride-in-manhattan.html

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.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2019/02/living-it-up-at-an-all-inclusive-in-mexico.html

Mazzy rebelled against the family costume, Harlow conducted a search for Banana Laffy Taffy and Mike officially set the bar VERY HIGH for next year.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2018/11/three-villains-and-robin-hood-go-trick-or-treating.html

The creeper over my shoulder was Mike’s Best Man at our wedding and for the 11th year in a row, he has been the first person to text us the morning of our anniversary.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2018/08/happy-11th-anniversary-to-our-old-third-wheel-brian.html