by Amy | Jun 10, 2019 | My Family, Raising Girls, Siblings
It kills me that my little brother lives on the opposite coast. Each of us has two young daughters, so in a perfect world, they’d be growing up together, playing on teams, throwing fabulous tea parties and swapping sleepovers. Instead, we rely on Facetime and...
by Amy | Mar 7, 2018 | My Family, Raising Girls, Shopping
Hey did you know it’s International Women’s Day? (March 8) Happy International Women’s Day! I’m excited to be covering related Barbie news for mom.me. Here’s a taste: I loved my Barbie dolls desperately as a child, but they totally gave...
by Amy | Mar 6, 2017 | My Family, Raising Girls, Vanity
Throughout grade school, I was the second shortest kid in my class. The shortest kid was an actual little person, yet I remember her being way more confident in her stature than I was. I hated being short. It made me feel powerless and insignificant. I hated being at...
by Amy | Jan 29, 2016 | My Family, Parenthood, Raising Girls, Shopping
Major Barbie news out of Mattel this week–after decades of world domination, the Aryan goddess with the 16 inch waist will finally share her Dream House with buddies who are short, tall, curvy and ethnically diverse. This is awesome. Little girls should be...
by Amy | Apr 26, 2015 | My Family, Parenthood, Raising Girls, Siblings
I’ve been a mother of two for 17 days now and I don’t know what I was so worried about. It’s easy! The baby mostly eats and sleeps, which leaves me tons of time for imaginitive play with my 4-year-old, Viv. Why just last night, as the newborn...
by Amy | Mar 11, 2015 | Celebrities, My Family, Parenthood, Raising Girls
On a recent girls’ night out, I caught a showing of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I wanted to see for myself what all the R-rated fuss was about. But instead of getting hot and bothered like I was supposed to, I just got, well, bothered. To me, billionaire...
