June 2012
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Dance Party Before School
Before we went to school/work, we danced our booties off to:
The Romantics
The Cure
Tommy Tutone
Wham!
NKOTB
Katrine and the Waves
Cyndi Lauper
Chaka Khan
Rick Springfield
*Sometimes SHUFFLE really rocks me (and K)!!!
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DC Day One Quote of the day
Walking back from dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, K and I saw the home where Lincoln died. I used it as a teaching moment to talk about how all brown people were originally born in Africa, but that mean people brought them here and treated them mean and…well you know where this conversation is going…
Homeless Man: Hey lil man! Your ole lady teachin’ you about slavery?
K: My...
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You know it's rude to speak in a language that...
If you have been following my ratings for a while, you know that I speak Amharic to K. Even though he only speaks English now, I want him to still have an ear for his native language. I use Amharic as chastisement and terms of endearment. I also utilize it when he isn’t listening to me in English. He knows I mean business when I make the switch from English to Amharic. Walking through...
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WatchSometimes you gotta get cray cray!!!
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WatchAin’t my bed!!!
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Outside observer on a plane
So, this week, K and I are on our way to DC for an orphanage reunion, and I promise to talk about that later. This, oh Lordy, this post will be about the horrible bratty bothers who sat across the aisle from us on the flight over. Actually, I am typing this while trying NOT to give them the evil eye or discipline them. My mantra so far has been, “not my kid! Not my kid!” When we...
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Do you know anything, Mommy?
In an attempt to get K to answer his own question and critically think, K has decided that I, clearly, don’t know anything. When he asks me a question like, “Where does a whale live?” My response is usually something like, “Why don’t you tell me?”
This tact backfired on me the other day when K asked me, “Do you know what spiders eat?” My response was consistent with what I usually say, “What...
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Driving Revelations
I feel like I get my best ideas while in the car. I don’t know what it is, but revelation and clarity seems to come while I am driving. I love how I can ponder something for hours, but it seems to become clear for me once I get in the car. Well, lately K has been having the same kind of thing (well kinda). Recently, he has been sharing his deep, random, awesome thoughts with me—while in the...
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WatchRock, rock, Planet Rock—don’t stop!
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WatchLoved the zip-line! Talked about it ALL day long!
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WatchDo it baby!
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15 Powerful Things Happy People Do Differently
What is the difference between happy people and unhappy people? Of course, it may be very obvious, happy people are happy while unhappy people are unhappy, right? Well, that is correct, but we want to know what are the things that these people do differently and that is why, I have put together a list of things that HAPPY people do differently than UNHAPPY people.
1. LOVE vs. FEAR. Well, I can...
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WatchLearning backstroke. Clearly Nana has him on the “let’s get you to the Summer Olympics by 2020” program!!! Love that he loves it so much!
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Do you know what Moto Moto means?
*In car on the way to school this morning.
K: Mama, do you know what Moto Moto means?
Me: Um, no! What does it mean? (*chuckling)
K: It means ‘hot hot’.
Me: When did you start parlayin’ African (in my best “Gloria” voice)?
K: He’s so big!
Me: And handsome!
K: And big and handsome! Hey Mommy, he’s not tall like me.
Me: No baby, he...
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Home Owner Friends
Dear home owner friend who doesn’t have kids,
I really appreciate you inviting us over to “hang”, but I must decline yet again. I promise, it isn’t anything really personal, it’s really about logistics. Let me explain, your house sooooo not kid friendly. Let me elaborate a little bit more.
First, I truly do appreciate you making the effort to keep in touch and...
