Just got done dropping Malik off. Today we did his favorite thing—bake. He loves to bake, perhaps because then he has treats to take home. I believe he uses the cupcakes as some sort of currency with his cousins, brothers, and sisters. He is pretty small, and he gets picked on at home sometimes, so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘big brother’
4 Feb
Giving back
Currently there are about 6.8 billion people in the world. Just over 300 million of those people live in the United States. Have you ever sat back and wondered what you ever did to deserve to be one of those? Almost one billion people live in Africa, which is terribly poor. What did we ever [...]
6 Dec
Malik, Katie and I go to the domes
Malik, Katie and I decided to hit up the Mitchell Park Domes yesterday. Trying to find ways to entertain an 8-year old when it is 30 degrees and you refuse to let him rot his brain all afternoon in front of the television… so we went to the domes against Malik’s wishes (he wanted to [...]
27 Sep
Big Brother Big Sister
Yesterday was my first official day as a Big Brother through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Milwaukee. The process to be matched with a little brother took some time, but last week my little brother and I met and scheduled our first official activity for Saturday. He said that he wanted to do math, so [...]
