Michelle McCrary, from Is That Your Child Radio, interviewed me a few weeks ago and it was posted on July 6. I loved it! I had so much fun talking with Michelle about raising mixed kids, interracial relationships, natural hair and being a brown nerd. You can listen to the interview here. Time was limited,…
Read moreYo Gabba Gabba Party
My son recently became enamored with Yo Gabba Gabba, so we decided it would make a great theme for his birthday party. For the cake, I made a rainbow cake (recipe here). This blogger recipe uses diet Sprite to mix with the cake mix, but I just followed the box directions. I also used butter instead…
Read moreLimp wrists? Crack ’em
Well, the day after Spank Out Day, during which I read so many encouraging posts about positive, respectful parenting, I got to listen to a nice sermon clip (insert irony) from a North Carolina pastor encouraging his flock (and other Christians I assume) to physically assault their children if they suspect they are gay. And…
Read morePotty training, part infinity
For the last year, potty training our oldest has been a huge struggle for us. About 6 months before he turned two in 2010, he was very open to it and liked sitting on the potty chair. But this interest did not last long; he got bored and moved on. We eased up a bit,…
Read moreLearning styles
I went to a free parenting/teaching workshop last night that talked about how everyone, but particularly kids, learn. Very interesting. The info is from educator Cynthia Tobias. These are the three learning styles: 1. Visual (lots of color, images, etc.) 2. Auditory (need to talk) 3. Kinesthetic (need to move) Most schools are geared toward…
Read moreOn spanking
Whether or not to spank your kids is a hot topic. I’d say most Americans think spanking is okay. Many others consider it abuse. Some are on the fence. I recently read a blog post from Demand Euphoria about this disconnect some have between kind of thinking spanking is ok…but kind of not….but kind of…
Read moreCountdown to Christmas
December is almost upon us and I have done nothing in terms of Christmas cards, getting a tree, etc. I had this note on my calendar at the beginning of November to start planning for Christmas stuff…this did absolutely nothing. My short-term goal is to order Christmas cards and send them out by the second…
Read moreWhat nap?
During the last two days, #1 has not napped and boy has it started to show today. Totally flipping out, and it was barely past noon. About an hour before his usual nap time, I put him down. Amid a lot of protesting, but I had to be firm. He was really tired. During the…
Read moreThanksgiving Plans
Thanksgiving is in two days and I decided to cook a turkey breast in the Crockpot. However, I have about a 2.5-3-quart Crockpot and needed to get a bigger one for this (which I was fine doing since I can use it for other roasts and bigger portions of stews). So I bought a 5-quart…
Read moreSleep
Like most kids his age, if my #1 is hungry or tired, meltdowns are inevitable. But while I believe that a child may not truly be as hungry as we think (so eating a piece of toast and some milk may really be enough to fill them up at the moment) sleep is a different…
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