juke joint: kindred’s “house of love” {+ behind the scenes}

dutchisms xii: the good kid

juke joint: lauryn hill {ex-factor}

little moxies
my aunt asked me the other day, have you seen the new moxie doll?” mama: the who? the what? [as if i own the word "moxie" or something.] then today i’m sitting here watching nick and the commercial comes on with the new moxie girlz dolls featured: lexa, sasha, avery and sophina and yeah, they’re kinda cute. now granted they aren’t quite as fly as the bratz dolls. i should know, i own one. and i only bought one because i was really blown that we didn’t have such a sassy doll like that when i was a

rainy day play-doh burgers
it’s labor day and just a tad bit icky out so i figured, why not make burgers!! ever seen a cowboy make a burger? well now you have. (and notice it says, “chef dutchie” and not “future burger flipper” dutchie.) oh, what fun it was!! and no, we didn’t painfully take the time to shape little play-doh balls into hamburger-like shapes. i really don’t have that kind of patience. so instead, we used this:

four
dutch’s 4th birthday is this weekend and he has been talking about it for months. months. what he wants to do for his birthday, the party he wants to have, all the toys he needs and then there’s this new thing…pointing to every daggone number 4 he can find. in the mc’donald’s drive-thru: “mommy, see that four right there?” driving down the road: “mommy, there’s a four!!” house searching: “

my new baby…charlie
and yes, he’s got a funky fresh hawkie!