More Pictures Of The Happy Family!

I was able to get a nice family shot of my sister and her husband and our new lil' Murphy Man.







Every time I am at the hospital proud papa is never there. We have been going in shifts. Finally I have a couple shots of father and son.






Almost everyone will be arriving at my sisters home tomorrow. They are being released from the hospital in the morning. We are getting the house ready for all the company. More pictures to follow soon!

Life Lesson # 244 - Cooking and Temperature

I have started working on cooking with the kids. Well they have been helping me cook for a while now. Making simple recipes like scrambled eggs. They love to help me bake doing all the measuring, breaking eggs, and mixing.



I want them to understand how to use the stove and oven and how to use the microwave. I want them to understand about temperature reading. The different levels of heat on the knobs of the stove. That's what are lesson is consisting of right now, plus following a recipe.

This is one of those lessons everyone should learn. If you can't cook you can't eat. Especially when you cannot afford to go out to eat every meal.

Here He Is Everyone !

I would like to introduce you to my nephew Murphy Alexander Boberg.


He was born on December 9, 2009. He weighs 6 lbs. 3 oz. and is 19 inches long. He actually looks like he could be Tinky girls little brother. He has my grandmother and moms facial expressions. He is so tiny and so cute.



My sister is doing well. Trying to rest. Daddy is beaming like a proud father should be. My sister had to have a C-section unfortunately. Apparently whenever she had a contraction Murphy mans heart rate would drop and he was in distress. They found out the cord was wrapped around his neck, but he is healthy and doing great. Thank goodness for that.


It took us forever to get here. I thought I could have flown here from all my anxiety. I just wanted to get here and make sure everything was all right. I feel better now that I have seen him and know that he and my sister are fine.

I'm so excited, I'm an Auntie!

Murphy with his greatgrandma "Gigi".

IT'S TIME!!!!!

The baby is coming!!!! My sister is at the hospital now. She is getting settled in. More details to follow.

December 100 Books a Month Challenge

My eager readers are excited about this months new challenge. I have tried to select more books by black authors or interracial authors.* We have a nice selection. I also wanted to find more books with interesting illustrations. I took these pics of them at the library getting their first load of books for the month.





1. The old woman who named things - Cynthia Rylant
2. Kitchen Dance - Maurie J. Manning
3. 1,2,3 to the zoo - Eric Carle
4. Maisy's amazing big book of words - Lucy Cousins
5. maisy's fire engine - Lucy Cousins
6. Sergio makes a splash - Edel Rodriguez
7. Rexerella - Keith Faulkner
8. The little red hen - Jane Jerrard
9. The tortoise and the hare - Jane Jerrard
10. Princess Grace - Mary Hoffman*
11.Courage to fly - Troon Harrison*
12. Slippers loves to run - Andrew Clements
13.Black, white, just right - Marguerite Davol*
14. The best thing about a puppy - Judy Hindley
15. Angelina on Stage - Katherine Holabird
16.Angelina's baby sister - Katherine Holabird
17. Angelina Ballerina's invitation to the ballet - Katherine Holabird
18.Lilly's purple plastic purse - Kevin Henkes
19. Eloise guide to life - Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
20. Henny Penny - Jane Jerrard
21. The Lemon sisters - Andrea Cheng
22.Fred stays with me - Nancy Coffelt
23. The foot book - Dr. Seuss
24.Cinderella - Jennifer Liverts Weinberg
25. The rose fairy princess - Katherine Holabird
26.Star Wars the Darth Vader story - Catherine Saunders
27.Boundless Grace - Mary Hoffman*
28. Ox-Cart Man - Donald Hall
29. A family for Old Mill farm - Shutta Crum
30.Emma's turtle - Eve Bunting
31.For you are a Kenyan Child*
32. Spongebob slapshot - David Lewman
33. Uptown - Bryan Collier*
34.Frosty the Snowman - Annie North Bedford
35. Treasure Island Book 2 off to sea - Robert Louise Stevenson
36.Harriet's recital - Nancy Carlson


It's not to late to join the 100 boos a month challenge. Head over to Home-grown kids and sign up with Leslie.

Photo challenge anyone?

I have seen these buttons all around in many blogs but never really paid attention until today. i heart faces is a photo blog of faces from around the world. What a great way to see some beautiful work from photographers and the novice like me. The challenge this week is Sweet Dreams:

This was taken of The boy over the summer when he had fallen asleep. I think he was watching a movie. If you would like to see some amazing photos check it out here and sign up and share some of your photos.

Still No Baby...

I'm tired of waiting patiently. Where is my nephew? Hurry up Murphy Man, Auntie can't take much more of this!