Raising Three Boys

Here’s a pic of an oil painting I did in 2001….it’s currently hanging on my mom’s wall……This makes me want to start taking painting classes again……….

This is the second time in less than a week that someone at a restaurant has told me “she is so cute” when they looked at Kwabena. HUH?? Okay, so I know that the people have only been able to see Kwabi’s top half as he stood up in the booth and turned around backwards to their booth, to play… View Post

I have officially stopped nursing last week! I’m sure many people think it’s strange that I’ve just now weaned my 2-year-old toddler, but I am ecstatic that I said what I was going to do–to nurse him until he was 2. When I first began nursing, it was the most magical bond that I could have ever developed with Kwabena…. View Post

This morning….. SCENARIO: Kwabi woke up in our bed this a.m. and for some unknown reason, during his playing and singing while I tried to shake off sleep, he smacked Kwasi twice on the chest. When I told him not to do that, he pressed his luck by trying to lightly hit (tap) me….. Disregarding my warning of a timeout,… View Post

Today I felt like an over-protective mom, and I didn’t like it. Kwabena and I drove home to Hagerstown for a day of fun with Mom, Trey, and Camryn. The plan was to go to the public pool (icK), then hit the train store and let Kwabi pick out a toy for his belated birthday, and then do cake and… View Post