Son has been fascinated by princess and tinkerbell kind of characters. While we were at the library one day, we stumble upon this book, An African Pricess by Lyra Edmonds. The book made me tear up a little bit when reading it to him. The next day, I said to him, "come up here and have lunch," Shiveli (first born). He said to me "please can you call me an African princess." I suggested that I call him an African Prince, but he refused with tears in his eyes. "I want to be called an African Princess," he said.
I'm reading this book now. It talks a lot about the history of Chicago and Michelle's world when Michelle was growing up, more than I really want to know. I want to learn about her, but again it gives me an insight in her world, I guess.
Our bunny and bumble bee
Bumble Bee
I took the kids trick or treat and they had fun, especially for Penda. I wore my Namibian Meme dress and my son asked me what I dressed up as. I said an African Princess. He had the biggest smile on his face. When we went trick or treat and somebody comment on his costume, how beautiful it was, he always say, "but look at Meme's dress, she is an African princess." The people will say "wow, she look beautiful," and he has the biggest smile on his face again, plus me this time. 
