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Dad! What are you and mom doing eating, talking, and looking at each other?

Dad! What are you and mom doing eating, talking, and looking at each other?

Ofu: “Dad! What are you and mom doing eating, talking, and looking at each other?” (Yelling from out of direct sight. He didn’t come close, and we were unaware that he was observing us) Me: “Because that’s what we do when we eat.” I’m hoping that even in unguarded moments we will continue to inspire our children. Even when they can’t express it as such, let them do so by being inquisitive. I pray he saves what he’s seen in…

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Ofu and Agbenu crack our ribs over Christmas songs: Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” and Jackson 5’s “I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus”

Ofu and Agbenu crack our ribs over Christmas songs: Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” and Jackson 5’s “I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus”

First Santa Baby comes on air and Ofu goes: “Mom, is Santa a baby or Santa Claus?” Mom: “Santa Claus. Why do you ask?” Ofu: “Because they are saying Santa Baby in the song.” Mom: “It’s just a fancy way of saying Santa is nice and sweet.” Ofu: “Oh!” Then stanza “Santa Honey…” begins Ofu: “Noooo, not Santa Honey!!!!” Before his protest ended, stanza “Santa Cutie…” shoots in… Ofu: “Nooo, not Santa Cutie!!! Santa is not cute, he is Santa…

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This grass is crazy… Alexa will it rain tomorrow?

This grass is crazy… Alexa will it rain tomorrow?

Two days of back-to-back raining! Yesterday my family planned to go swimming. Just as they got ready to leave, their plan got foiled as it started raining. We planned to go swimming today. Again, just before we made to leave, torrential rains poured and lasted. Feeling very frustrated, Ofu broke into a profuse wailing and said: “this grass is crazy!” Me: “Why did you say so?” (holding back my amusement 🤣) Ofu: “Because it forces the rain to come.” I…

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