Here are the final answers to the questions!!!!!
happy mom said... I would like a list of your favorite books about adoption and/or raising black children. More of a request I suppose.
Dear Happy Mom: I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time because several people have actually emailed me over the past few months asking me to do exactly this. I don’t have time to do this now… but I PROMISE that soon (sometime in the next couple of weeks) I will do a really good Top Ten List of Books for Black Kids. I also will give some suggestions for good books about adoption/raising black children. O.k.? Sorry to put you off, but I will make it worth the wait, I promise! In the meantime... I highly recommend the blog "A Wrung Sponge" -- click here -- the blogger is an adoptive mother of two black sons. She is a wonderful writer and avid reader and also a librarian. She often posts re: books that would be great for black kids. I really like her blog and read it often. Check it out!!!
Sarah, this is such a sociological question (kinda like Laura’s!!) It doesn’t surprise me at all that you asked this! Food/dinner is crazy-making and the most stressful part of my life right now. K & O are good eaters, but it is crazy and stressful nonetheless. I serve food and refuse to be a short-order cook. I give them a couple simple options for breakfast and lunch. But for dinner, they get whatever I’m making (or whatever I’m ordering for take-out as the case may be!!!!!!!) If they won’t eat what I’m serving they always have two options as alternatives (and only these two): yogurt and/or hummus on wheat bread. Usually they eat whatever we have – or at least enough of it to be o.k. But when they won’t (every once in a while), they can choose either yogurt of the hummus. We try to eat all four of us together at least 5 nights a week at this point. It is incredibly challenging to keep the “2 active guys at the table!”!!!!! INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. Just ask anyone who has ever eaten a meal with us!!! LOL!!!!!! I’m not sure if it is age-appropriate either, but we force it. For better or for worse, we force it.
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Anonymous said... OK i've been thinking about this and it is almost midnight so I have to post before you stop the clock on this!!! LOL!!!! Question: Can you tell us your favorite family friendly meals you do regularly?? I can't even imagine trying to cook for TWO three year olds (and having to do it after a long day at work!!!)! We have one and we're going nuts. What are your staple quick family meals/?????? Thanks! love your blog - Macionis family (south eastern Iowa)
Hi! Some of our favorite relatively easy REGULAR family dinners are simple easy pastas (such as pesto, sundried tomato & chicken, shrimp scampi, white bean& spinach) and a salad; quesadillas, rice and black beans; blackened fish (pan sauteed), mashed potatoes and green beans; grilled shish-ka-bobs, couscous, salad; soup, salad, cheese and bread; grilled sausage and/or hot dogs & baked beans; homemade pizza (crust made with pizza dough bought from local pizza shop -- most people don't realize this, but you can usually go in and ask to buy a 'dough ball' and they'll give you one for a dollar or two); vegetarian chili. Then of course there are all the times we 'cheat' --- rotisserie chicken from the grocery store deli; Chinese food; Indian food; Greek food; Japanese food/sushi; Mexican food; (as you can tell we're big into ethnic food at our house). Then, of course, we have: going out to eat. We probably go out to eat about once a week or so. Honestly, I feel like I'm going nuts right with you... you're not alone!!! As I've said many times on this blog, this is really my big, huge stressor right now. If you (or anyone else reading this) has any other ideas for quick easy family dinners please please please share them here in the comments section!!! Please!!!
trish said... I know it is way past midnight on Tuesday there but I'm going by my clock on the other side of the continent! My girls have been asking a lot of questions lately about the many homeless people we see when we are out and about. What kind of conversations, actions, do you have or plan to have with K & O regarding this subject? I feel fortunate to hear your input - both the professional and the mom.
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thank you and I look forward to your list, and I have loved your open book answers, thanks for all that.
and another thank you, our black is all around book just arrived from amazon. I really look forward to your list.
Heather!!! I will definitely email you regarding my question (and my girls' questions). And I will read the book when it comes out. This IS cosmically crazy. I am soo loving your Q/A sessions. Thank you. (BTW, I cannot wait to be married into your family!) Love, Trish
I am really enjoying this series. Thanks for the link love and I can't wait to see your list of top ten books.
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