Blasian Baby Notes

The Rock Role Model - Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-08T20:24:00.002-06:00

What are the odds that I'd walk past this poster today?! As I looked at my son standing before? under? Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, I thought what a great role model. I know many of you might think I say that because I'm somewhat madly in love with The Rock but that's only partly the reason.I think The Rock is a good role model for little boys like my son because of the way he's lived his life.

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Toddler Story Teller - Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-04T07:20:00.001-06:00

At the library my son reads a story to his stuff animal friend.Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed or for email updates!

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School Breakfast - Wordless Wednesday

2011-12-28T10:00:00.001-06:00

Today school breakfast included an English muffin.And a nice box milk.Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed or for email updates!

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Make Your Own Traditions - Dear Daniel Saturday

2011-12-24T12:07:00.002-06:00

It's Saturday! Time for a Dear Daniel letterDear DanielDuring this holiday time it seems like everyone assumes you celebrate the custom of Christmas and all the comes with it, that Santa dude, the presents and the belief system. At school they tell you Christmas stories and teach you Christmas songs. On television they expect you to watch the Christmas movies and make a tradition out of it.But

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Our First Preschool Christmas Play & Party

2011-12-22T19:27:00.003-06:00

When did my son get old enough to be in his first Christmas play?! This was the thought in my head as I rushed from work after my staff meeting. I was hoping to be in time to see him sing and dance. But as I glanced at my watch I knew I would miss his class performance. Damn. But at least I could be there for him for the rest of the daycare's holiday party.As I guessed I arrived after his class

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Never Stop Learning - Dear Daniel Saturday

2011-12-17T14:58:00.005-06:00

It's Saturday! Time for a Dear Daniel letterDear DanielI'm always amazed at how fast you can learn something. One day you don't know your ABC's and then the next day you do. One day you don't know how to say you name, then the next day you know how to say, spell AND write your name. You are always constantly learning and it's a wonderful thing.This morning as you sat writing your letters,

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Leaves - Wordless Wednesday

2011-12-14T09:10:00.001-06:00

Daniel plays with the fall leaves before the winter snow comes.I love these simple moments of wonder and joy.Like this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed or for email updates!

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Toddler Winter Arts & Crafts #vlog

2011-12-09T18:53:00.005-06:00

Today at my son's daycare/preschool they had a winter festive with different arts and crafts for the kids. The parents were invited to tag along but after all the days and half days I took at work to do things for Daniel, my boss was done. No chance of her allowing me to leave early yet again. So no arts and crafts for me. Thankfully Daniel was able to bring home all the crafts he did during the

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Celebrating Thanksgiving as a Step Family?

2011-11-24T21:04:00.008-06:00

My original Thanksgiving plans was to stay at home and enjoy some mom and son time. But Gabriel (the Romain ex-boyfriend) invited us to spend Thanksgiving with him and his family.Really he invited me over to cook Thanksgiving dinner with him, but I don't know what he was thinking since neither one of us ever cooked a whole Turkey before. I suspect it was more about bringing our families together

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A Thankful Moment as a Working Mom

2011-11-23T19:28:00.005-06:00

When preschool asked me to attend my son's class thanksgiving lunch, I started panicking. The lunch was in the middle of the day during a very short week. I already was in the middle of a major product push to meet a tight deadline. How to explain to my boss I needed to leave the office for a few hours to go to my son's school for lunch?I knew it'd be a problem but I braved my supervisor and

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VIP Treatment for Happy Feet 2 & Breaking Dawn Movie

2011-11-20T20:56:00.003-06:00

It's been a while since I took Daniel to the movies. Since Happy Feet 2 released this weekend I decided it was time we went. I texted my sister, who works at a movie theater in our area, and told her we're coming. Of course she was happy to let Daniel in to the movies. Since I was a tag along she had to let me in also. LOLAfter meeting up with her, she walked Daniel over to get his tickets and

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Learning Afro- Amer Train History at NY Transit Museum

2011-11-12T22:17:00.005-06:00

Since Daniel LOVES trains, today we headed to Brooklyn to visit the NY Transit Museum. As a Kids Club Thirteen Ambassador, I was the event mayor of their ElectriCity: Powering New York’s Rails exhibit happening today.While it was cool to be the event mayor it was more cool to learn the history of the transit system with my son.Our first stop was to the KidsClub 13 special membership room. There

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Who my baby daddy could have been

2011-11-12T21:34:00.002-06:00

On the way to our morning activity, I passed by a man and women standing in front a building. In truth I didn't really look at them. When I heard my name called, I looked back at the women to see if I knew her. As I stood there frowning, cause I sure didn't know her, the guy walked into view. As I looked at him it all came back in a rush. Ah Gabriel, my Romanian ex boyfriend!Now it's been

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How to Discipline My Child: The Annoying Preschool Seminar

2011-11-09T22:26:00.006-06:00

Tonight I went to my son's "preschool" for a state mandated seminar on "Child Abuse/Maltreatment". Now I'll be honest that going into it I was already annoyed. Like really, after all day at work I now have to sit through a lecture?! But since it's an important topic I prepared myself to just grin and get through it. After all how bad can it be right?Well I soon found out after arriving. After

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Supermarket Snacks - Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-02T05:33:00.002-05:00

Picking up a few "essential" items at the supermarketLike this article? Subscribe to the RSS feed or for email updates!

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Proud to Have a Son - Dear Daniel Saturday

2011-10-29T19:35:00.005-05:00

It's Saturday! Time for a Dear Daniel letterDear DanielToday when grandma came to visit and share family gossip about your aunt's (my sister's) pregnancy, she reminded me of the time I was pregnant with you. We reminisced how I knew right away I was pregnant and how it was exciting news for the family. You don't know this but the family has been waiting for me to have a child for the longest

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The Blind Privilege of White Moms

2011-09-26T10:59:00.001-05:00

I received a very interesting reply to my tweet about what happened to me this weekend. Julie, a white mom, pointed out why some white women/moms wont get why questioning a mother of color connection to their biracial child is upsetting and rude.I was shocked to see something like that said (admitted) when other white moms would swear otherwise. As I traded tweets with Julie I wanted to learn

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My Black Motherhood: Separate & Never Equal

2011-09-25T11:38:00.018-05:00

Last night I sat talking to 2 black women about being a mom to a blasian child and an asian & black community advocate, when a white women walked over to our area, starting gushing over my son and then turn to the group of white women sitting next to us and asked which of the women (white) my son belonged to.*blink, blink* (where's a hidden camera when you need one?!)I should mention that my son

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There's vomit on the keyboard

2011-09-06T20:18:00.002-05:00

I had big plans for the labor day weekend. I first planned to take a little camping trip upstate to relax and unwind but first the hurricane nixed those plans and then my family used my free weekend to request my help with moving. They promised it would only be one day and then I could have the rest of the weekend to myself. So I suffered the loss of my Saturday (prepacking) and Sunday (actual

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The "He Looks Just Like Me" Moments

2011-08-16T20:40:00.003-05:00

Today I made the mad dash after work to reach the pediatrician's office to check and see if Daniel had an ear infection. Turns out he doesn't. Huh so much for listening to the babysitter. Since he was fine and the sun had come out after a rainy morning start, I decided we'd spend some time by one of the local playgrounds. On our way to the playground I notice a fuzzy hair little boy on his

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Taking a Day Off for Us

2011-08-13T15:40:00.007-05:00

Lately it seemed like every weekend is about covering a media blog event or staying inside working to meet a blog project deadline. The weekends have rarely been just about enjoying a relaxing fun filled moment. Welp, this weekend I decided to not attend any media blog events and to ignore the work related paperwork I brought home. Instead I packed our lunches, grabbed my son's bucket and

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Reevaluating Circumcision - Dear Daniel Saturday

2011-08-13T09:00:00.005-05:00

It's Saturday! Time for a Dear Daniel letter Dear Daniel After thinking about it last night I think I might change my mind on the circumcision issue. While I still don't like the idea of someone cutting off any parts of you and having you in pain, I'm far more scared of you getting another penis related issue. I confess I don't have a clue how it feels to have a penis, much less one that isn't

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My "I’m Not the Nanny" Interview on Lifetime Moms MisQuote

2011-08-10T12:40:00.013-05:00

A few months ago Kimberly Seals Allers (author of The Mocha Manual) mentioned she wanted to interview me for post on the Lifetime Moms site. Since meeting Kimberly a while back we've talked about black motherhood and what are the issues raising a child who's mono-racial versus biracial. So I was excited to be "interviewed" by her to be posted on such a high profile site. For the most part the

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Singing Bedtime Songs: ABC's & Twinkle Little Star

2011-08-07T21:34:00.003-05:00

I'm trying to put my son to bed but he's refusing to go down without singing a whole bunch of songs. After a while I decided to document our bedtime mini concert. Watch the video to hear us singing What are the bedtime songs we're singing? ABC's & Twinkle Little Star is the repeated request for the night. We'll be singing again tomorrow night so make sure to come back and join us. *whispering

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Keeping it "Brown" in the Family

2011-08-06T20:30:00.006-05:00

A few weeks ago a twitter friend Kemi Ingram mentioned she'll be in NYC and it would be nice to meet in person. Well really she said it would be nice to meet my adorable son but I'm going to pretend she meant me also :) We decided to meet in Harlem since she was visiting the area for Harlem week. Since I was on a deadline for a mom blogger project and couldn't go far for long, it was a perfect

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