those feet were made for running

mama — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:45:39 +0000

if there are two words that i just get plain ol’ tired of repeating to dutch it’s “stop running!” he can’t seem to just walk in around when we’re home, his feet are in constant quick motion.

in the morning…”stop running!”

in the evening…”stop running!”

i was in the bathroom earlier and all i could hear was his little feet (and i’m just saying little ’cause he’s a kid. he actually has pretty big feet to be totally real about it).

mama (yelling): dutch, why do i hear you running?

dutch (yelling back): it’s so i can get places faster!!

curiosity might’ve killed the cat…

mama — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:40:07 +0000

but it sure keeps things interesting around here.

my 4-year-old son dutch recently looked up at my wedding picture and asked…

“mama, why’d you choose him?”

gotta love kids…

kindred the family soul’s “six is it” web series

mama — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:36:11 +0000

philadelphia duo kindred the family soul recently debuted their new web series titled “six is it”! aja and fatin open their lives to viewers to give everyone a peek at what it’s like having six amazing children while juggling their singing careers in this fun and keeping it all the way real series.

Six Is It Episode I (FC) from Sixisit Episodes on Vimeo.

with a flower in her hair…

mama — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:23:30 +0000

wedding day rose in the dark

juke joint: lauryn hill {water}

mama — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:17:47 +0000

it’s been a while

mama — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:39:30 +0000

and in case you were wondering…

yeah, we’re fine.

juke joint: lauryn hill {ex-factor}

mama — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:31:58 +0000

rainy day play-doh burgers

mama — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:22:43 +0000

it’s labor day and just a tad bit icky out so i figured, why not make burgers!!

ever seen a cowboy make a burger?

well now you have. (and notice it says, “chef dutchie” and not “future burger flipper” dutchie.)

oh, what fun it was!! and no, we didn’t painfully take the time to shape little play-doh balls into hamburger-like shapes. i really don’t have that kind of patience. so instead, we used this:

it’s the play-doh burger builder (for kids ages 3 and up) and we had so much fun playing with it. actually, i think i had more fun than was expected of a parent.

mama: no, dutch!! you’re smooshing the tomatoes!! now we have to make them again. hand me the red.

yes, this was serious business for me.

but of course dutch had a good time too molding all of the little burger pieces together and he used the twist-a-chip tool to crank out the fries. mmmmmm…mmmmmmm…yummy!

i told you i really got into this making a burger thing.

just the thing for a wet day!

and hey, did you know that play-doh contains wheat and is non-toxic?