Daddy's Little Guy

Malcolm and the Foot Steps to Freedom Walk on World Refugee Day

Malcolm wanted to walk for Freedom too!

Riding on Slavica's shoulders. She is originally from Bosnia. She fell in love with Malcolm and did not want to give him back, but duty called!

Malcolm had a wonderful time on the World Refugee Walk put on by Lutheran Community Services. This first picture shows us modeling our World Refugee Day T-shirts.

I can not believe that it has been year since I started this blog, and life has been full of those full circle moments. Malcolm has been doing so many new things. He just knows and understands so many things it is pretty unbelievable to me. Of course, to me, everything is still miraculous as if no other child has ever done the things that Malcolm has but of course I think that is just part of mamahood.

Malcolm is in love with cars right now, and anything else with wheels. We did not program him that way, but that is just how he is right now. He loves to watch the cars from his car seat, and Anna has a toy car that he plays in when he is at her house that he never wants to leave. Everytime we go to the grocery store we have to put him in one of the car grocery carts because if he so much as sees one he only wants to ride in it. Anna says that she has observed that some of these gender things just seem to be innate as well like the little girl toddler she knows that just gravitates to pink.

Malcolm has many passions right now but his main ones are being outside and anything with wheels. He is very active. He runs around telling everyone " Hi" and flashing that melt-your-heart smile. I am told almost everywhere I go that he is the most adorable baby, and I have to say that I totally agree but he is growing into a little boy so fast!

Boo Plays Peekaboo

Enjoying a Summertime Bath in the Garden

Here are two pictures of Malcolm enjoying a summertime bath in the garden. He picked the yellow flowers that you see floating in the water while he was sitting there. He has his mama's love of flowery baths I think.

Watering the Garden with Our New Hose

Day of the African Child

This weekend, I went with Malcolm, my colleague and twenty something refugee children to the Day of the African child. Malcolm had a great time and fit right in with the rest of the crowd. At the end of the day some of the children sang old slave songs that they learned at home before coming to America, and Malcolm stood up and danced. The other children laughed-and he laughed and I thought about circles and generations. I thought about my people as slaves returning to Africa and teaching songs there to people who did not speak English or understand its meaning who taught it to their children, who lived through war, who came to America and taught it to my African and American son who laughed and sang and danced and loved everyone and who cried and slept when they left and we went home.

Unbearably cute picture of Malcolm at Aunty Anna's

More pictures with Daddy

The top two pictures are ones that were taking in front of a local coffeeshop in Portland on one of our friends cell phone. They are the best pictures of Geoffrey and Malcolm that I have seen in a long time. The last one is of Malcolm at the park. I did not really mean to upload it with the others, but it is cute so it may as well stay.

Memorial Day Weekend at Grandma's

We had tons of fun at grandma's. We got to go on a boat, eats lots and lots, play with cousins, eat lots and lots, play with a baby doll stroller, take baths, play with a stroller, eat lots and lots etc. The pattern is intentional.

Anyway, we had a great time and it was good for all of us to get to relax with family at last.