MyBrownBaby Is On the Way To the Betty Crocker Kitchens With General Mills
Okay, but seriously how stoked am I to be one of the 50 bloggers invited to the General Mills Eat & Greet in Minneapolis? Yup:...
MyBrownBaby on the Today show: Tips for Beating the Back-to-School Blues
One of my favorite writing gigs is my job as a columnist, contributing editor and Mom Squad member at Parenting magazine. The last office job...
Green Poop, Motrin, and Healthcare Reform: Do the Right Thing, Already
The girl had a stomachache and was vomiting and for some reason, her poop was neon green, and so it only made sense to take...
Shameless MyBrownBaby Self-Promotion: "Never Make the Same Mistake Twice."
Yup, I wrote it. I figured I’d just put it on out there because I keep getting Facebook messages, emails, and phone calls from my...
Swimming With the Fishes at the Georgia Aquarium
I challenged Mari and Lila to read 10 books during their summer vacation, with the promise I’d take them each on a mommy-and-me date wherever...
Dang, Am I REALLY This Old? Seriously?
See, this is just all kinds of wrong. I go to the mailbox and this is there a detailed listing of how much cash I...
My Time To Shine: What I Love Most About Me
My girl Akilah over at EXECUMAMA challenged me to write a letter to myself, listing all the reasons why I love me. My letter is...
VOTE FOR MYBROWNBABY!
Oh yeah MyBrownBaby is a finalist in the Black Weblog Awards! I’m up in two categories: Best Parenting and Family Blog, and Best Blog Design....
MyBrownBaby MOM OF THE WEEK: Danyele Easterhaus
I met today’s MyBrownBaby Mom of the Week through the comment junkie website, The Secret is in the Sauce; we were comment neighbors that day,...
Wordless Wednesday Maxwell's "Bad Habits" Video
This video, Maxwell’s “Bad Habits,” from his new album BLACKsummer’snight, makes me feel some kinda ways. I’ll refrain from telling you exactly what kinda way...
Tuesday SmackDown (Update): We CLEANED the Girls' Rooms, and An Hour Later, They're STILL Clean!
I’m exhausted. And I still haven’t showered today. And I have absolutely NO idea what I’m cooking for dinner. Hell, there’s nothing in the refrigerator...
Tuesday SmackDown: We're Cleaning the 7-Year-Olds' Rooms (Heaven Help Us).
TO SEE THE FINAL TUESDAY SMACKDOWN CLEAN-UP, CLICK HERE. So my friend Gretchen and I were commiserating the other day about how much alike our...
Help My Sister Win a $5,000 Grant To Bring Diverse Environmental Ed to Public Schools
She may not wear a cape, but around these parts, we’ve long suspected that my sister-in-law/BFF Angelou Ezeilo just might be a superhero. Now we...
Her Name Is Orange Blossom, Dammit.
By now, most of my faithful MyBrownBaby readers know that I make a living from my writing; for almost two decades, most every article/column/essay/book I’ve...
Teenage Wasteland: When Your Kid Gets the Pink Slip, We ALL Pay
By NICK CHILESLast week my son got laid off. His supervisor at the pool where he has been a lifeguard for the last year-and-a-half informed...
