Raising Three Boys

Here are a few pics from Kwabi in June, at 23 months…..almost 2 years old!! Where’d the time go? Kwabi’s latest past-time: playing underneath the rug. I don’t know how we discovered this…. I think I must have just lifted the rug and toss it on him. He giggled and demanded, “Again, Mommy!” So then it turned into a 25-minute… View Post

Okay, well, maybe I’m speaking too soon….but after all this thought about needing balance, I have started making changes since this weekend. I did all my grocery shopping on Sunday morning……………It actually didn’t take me very long, and I was able to get a decent nap out of Kwabena while doing the shopping before it was time to meet up… View Post

How do parents manage a family and work life with two kids…?? Three kids…?? Four kids…? Five kids…?? A friend of mine (you know who you are!) has five kids, one in each age group–high school age….middle school age….elementary-school age….a 2.5 year old…and an almost 1-year old! Each time I think of her and her husband and how they manage… View Post

I’m happy to report that weaning Kwabena has been getting easier and easier. We were down to only nursing in the evening at bedtime, and in the morning when he wakes up. But now we’re (generally) down to nursing only in the a.m. when he wakes. For his evening routine, we’ve changed it up a bit so that he and… View Post

Here’s a video of Kwabena and me working on Kwasi’s Father’s Day gift. 🙂 (Sorry, not sure why the video isn’t working. I’ll have to try later)….