Have I mentioned how much I love the show Little Bill? These writers are genius, and today they made my life a little easier.Just this morning I was thinking about how it was probably time for Jafta to embrace the concept of "alone time". Jafta is a seriously social kid. He is an extrovert with a capital E. Jafta loves being around people, and it's adorable and loveable and inspiring and COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY EXHAUSTING. This is the kid who begged to have all four of us pack up and move into . . .
mommy, I want to fix my skin so it will be white
Ohhh . . . my heart is hurting tonight. This evening Jafta opened up about how he feels being the only brown person in our family, and it was devastating. He's really never commented about it before, and we try to keep the dialogue open. But tonight he said the following,Mommy, I don't like my brown skin. I want it to be white.I want to take my skin off.I don't want this hair. I want hair like daddy.I want to fix my skin so it will be white.I want my skin to look like yours and daddy's and . . .
Surrendering to Looking Stupid
I started running about a month ago. It's something I did when I was younger, and I have always wanted to start again. I want to be an "active mom", so I've gotten into the habit of running a few miles every day. It makes me feel great, and I know it's good for me. The trouble is, my body hasn't exactly morphed into what I think a runner should look like. In fact, I pretty much look exactly the same, even though I'm in much better shape. (my heart and lungs are so buff right now). But I know . . .
Arrested Sesame
Oh, sweet Sesame Street. There is some serious parent pandering going on right now, and it is totally working in my house! We were devestated when Arrested Development was cancelled, but now we can see Will Arnett reprise his role of a narcissistic illusionist on Sesame Street. They are even using the same background music . . . The Final Countdown. I love it! Usually my kids watch Sesame Street while I get ready for the day, but today I sat down and watched it with them, and laughed and . . .
Where is she going?
Seriously? Where does she think she's going?This is what happens at every nap if I forget to pull the crib into the middle of the room. . . .
Taking a Nap and Playing Hooky
Sometimes it's fun to just give yourself permission. This afternoon I did something rare: I took a nap. I stayed up too late tonight, and then we spent the morning at the beach, so I allowed myself to lay in bed all afternoon. It was heavenly. I don't know why I don't do it more. Then this evening, we were planning to go to church, but daddy surprised Jafta with a new surfboard. So they decided to skip church to test out the new board - and went back to the beach. I am usually very type-A, but . . .
The Perils of Transracial Adoption
Your child may grow up thinking this kind of dancing is cool . . . . . .
Au Revoir, Attle
We are back from Seattle, and I've been wanting to write a post where I give a re-cap of our trip, and my thoughts about it. Only Jodie beat me to it, and I'm so lazy that I'm just going to quote her. This pretty much sums it up: This week, we had visitors. Mike's whole family (9 1/2 of them!) ventured up to the rainy city to spend a week with us. They know Seattle as a gray, rain soaked place with tall trees, and flannel clad environmentalists. They came prepared, their suitcases packed with . . .
CSA Envy
The OC Howerton kids get an introduction to picking your own food from the Northwest Howerton kids. I am green with envy over their cool CSA, that has a plot of veggies and flowers just for kids. . . .
Restoring Democracy
Why is it that America is so keen on restoring democracy only when it benefits us? How can we pick and choose when we decide to become the moral police? Why do we have unending American troops in gas-rich countries where we are trying to "champion democracy" and yet we ignore the atrocities happening in Zimbabwe? Why is genocide, tyranny, terrorism, and evil accepted in African nations, and squelched immediately in countries that have something we want?We have been to Zimbabwe and the people are . . .
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