Raising Three Boys

Tonight at bedtime Kwabena told me: KWABENA: “I want to be a movie star when I grow up” ME: “Do you even know what a movie star is?” K: “No”… [I then tell him, and ask why he wants to be one]. K: “Because they make lots of money” ME: “Why do you want lots of money?” K: “So I… View Post

Tonight…………….. SCENE: Kwabena lying in bed, wide awake, for nearly an hour, then got out to come tell me he couldn’t fall asleep……….. ME: “Kwabena, go to sleep”………… KWABENA: “Mommy, my brain isn’t functioning. It’s like my brain is having a party in there.” LOL…….I think his restlessness was because I read Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream. I think… View Post

I am on a roll here!! Finally back into my “bloggin’ groove”…..trying to keep up. So, we went to the beach recently, just for the day, and had a good time. Took 5 hours to get there (when it should have only taken 3, but anyhow….). But 4 good hours there was plenty of time. And we got some amazing… View Post

That’s all I can say about it: fucking traffic. Thunderstorms this morning totally wrecked traffic. I had planned to leave a little later, anyhow, because I was waiting to see how Ohene’s fever (or lack of) was this morning when he woke. And because everyone else must have been waiting out the storm, it was a traffic nightmare today. It… View Post

My little Henny-poo is sick! I should have known he was getting sick because this weekend in Hagerstown he was very clingy and fussy while I was trying to clean the townhouse in preparation for our new tenants. I thought it could have just been him missing me, or a new environment, but also thought maybe he was coming down… View Post