Get It, Toyota: MyBrownBaby Hearts The "Swagger Wagon"
Just so you know, ain’t nothing funnier than watching white folks be “down.” Like, seriously? He didn’t have to be bald with the glasses, but...
What Does YOUR Ideal MyBrownBaby Look Like? Tell Me In This SUPER Quick Survey
That’s right a change is gonna come! MyBrownBaby is stepping into its second year, and I’m ready to pump up the volume on my blog’s...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Down With The Fresh Beat Band and Other Kid Shows That Aren't Fresh
The Fresh Beat Band stars Twist, Kiki, Shout, and Marina, a.k.a. Boogie’s homies By BASSEY IKPIAfter last week's mommy melt down, I've decided to relax...
Score Two In The Black Girl Battle Against Lazy Beauty Standards!
Near impossible.I’m pretty sure I hadn’t even wiped the sonogram goop off my belly before I rushed to Benjamin Moore, Babies ‘R Us, and ABC...
Happy Birthday To Meeeeeee!!!
Here’s the thing: I spent an enormous amount of time in my life wanting to fix me… My hair… My skin color… My curves… My...
Candy Apples, 12-Inch Subs and Quarter Waters: 3rd Graders Lunches = One Step Closer To Type 2 Diabetes
By NICK CHILES I was pleased to see that the class trip was a big hit. My daughter Lila's third-grade class had hit the Salvador Dali...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Tantrums & Tears For Fears: Waiting For the Boogie Man
Bassey with Boogie in the belly. [Photo by Kimberly Gaines] By BASSEY IKPI I didn't want to have children. I told people that it was because...
{Digging In the MBB Crates} The Perrrrfect Mom Theme Song: Ledisi's "Alright"
I love an uplifting song with meaningful lyrics bonus points if the person delivering it can blow. Ledisi gets a star, an A+, and a...
{Bringing Up Boogie} Pumpkin Patches, Pumas & Play Dates: When Parenting Solo Takes On New Meaning
Photo courtesy of Jr Conlin This weekend, Boogie had his first play date with a new single father friend of mine. Now, I'm generally against...
Truth Don't Lie: Reconsider Celebrating Columbus Day
Why not call it Happy “I Got Lost and Killed A Bunch of People For No Good Reason and Opened Up the Atlantic Slave Trade”...
Watermelon, The “N” Word and the Hearts of (Wo)Men
It was fun, I guess. We did all kinds of art projects together and cool stuff like learning how to sew and make sun tea...
{Wordful Wednesday} Mari's Awesome, Supersplendiferous, Fantasticalicious Camp Pictures!
So my baby Mari survived her first sleepaway camp. More specifically, I survived Mari’s first sleepaway camp. She was gone for three… excruciatingly… looooong… days, hiking, repelling...
{Bringing Up Boogie} I Gave Birth To My Son, But He Gave Me Life
Bassey and Boogie It’s Love. By BASSEY IKPI A few years ago when he was two, Boogie was so very sick. He would be lethargic...
On the MBB Table: Totally Delicious & Easy, Dreamy Dinners from Dream Dinners
Looks delish, doesn't it? It's Lemon Chicken Piccata a plate of lemony artichoke, caper and chicken goodness. And it took me all of five minutes...
Wayne Brady, Mike Tyson, and Bobby Brown: The Funniest Men Alive (Today)
I promise you, this made my LIFE when I saw it yesterday. You do remember the video for Bobby “The Kang of R&B” Brown’s “Every...
