Mommy moments

Can hardly wait

She stretches her arm up to reach a spot on the wall. “Mommy, why can I reach this?” asked my 3-year old Kalia. “That’s because you’re growing bigger baby,” I said. “That means I can go to school?” “You’ll go to school when you turn four.” “Is that still a long time?” “Hmm… a little [...]

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Mommy moments # 2: On love and sisterhood

My youngest Kalia and I woke up early this morning, so we decided to get some breakfast and let big sister Jamaine get more sleep. After we went down, our helper made her way up to our room to clean. “You have to be very quiet. Jamaine is still sleeping,” Kalia warns her. The little [...]

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Mommy moments #1: Ice cream

One night, my girls and I treated ourselves to a tub of ice cream. It was one of those three in one flavored tubs with strawberry, chocolate and cheese. In an attempt to have a little lesson on colors, I would point to the tub of ice cream and enumerate the color of each flavor. [...]

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