If you’ve got a Gabby’s Dollhouse fan in the house, you’re going to want to hear this: There’s a companion series on the way! Don’t worry; the OG Gabby’s Dollhouse isn’t going anywhere (in fact, it’s getting the movie treatment next fall). But the DreamWorks’ megahit TV show is launching a brand new celebrity-focused YouTube series called Gabby & Friends featuring some familiar faces whom parents will be just as pumped to see onscreen as their cat-tastic kiddos are. Gabby & Friends is set in the colorful and creative world that fans have all come to know and love from...
My Kids Dress Themselves For Picture Day & The Results Are Always Hysterically Perfect
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Every fall at drop-off on picture day, I see so many kids dressed in their cutest outfits. Their hair is styled, shoes shined, and clothes dirt- and stain-free, a dramatic change from the feral styles many of these kiddos sport every other day of the year. My two daughters, on the other hand, stick out from their classmates. That’s because I let my kids pick out their own clothes on picture day. I give them the freedom to choose how they want to be captured… with some hilarious and adorable results. In preschool, while the...
‘I Keep Having Sexy Dreams About An Ex. I’m Married!’
We haven’t quite made it to cuffing season yet, and maybe that’s why so many of this week’s confessions center on the opposite of hooking up — as in, lots of moms have breakups on the brain. Naturally, some of those breakups (real or imagined) concern romantic relationships. What is it about this time of year that just sort of makes you want to throttle your partner? But it isn’t just people we want to break up with… it’s also our kids, in-laws, business, partners, jobs, and even sex. Are you feeling the ninth-month itch, too? Keep reading to find...
17 Years Later, 'Pushing Daisies' Deserves To Be Resurrected
Bob D’Amico/Getty Images Seventeen years ago, Pushing Daisies premiered its "Pie-lette" episode, captivating viewers like me with its funny and romantic, yet also melancholy and morbid, tone. Described by The Washington Post as "a forensic fairytale," Pushing Daisies broke a viewership record previously set by the popular series Lost. Despite the fan base and the approval of television critics, the series unexpectedly ended after only two seasons — partly due to the 2008 Writers’ Strike. I’m rewatching the series, subsequently reigniting my love for its genre-bending elements, charmingly eccentric characters, and, most of all, its protagonist, played by Lee Pace....