Life with boys … it is a snow day here in St. Louis … so of course we are watching The Price Is Right … the big Prize on offer is a tandem bicycle … the boy of course exclaims about how much we need one of those … to which I reply, “that is… Continue reading

Recovery source: Morgan’s handwritten Senior Night Information form, preserved in Gmail with the January 31, 2022 Senior Night Forms thread. The source has been recovered and reviewed. Full transcription is preserved in the recovery notes and can be added during final editorial cleanup. Continue reading

Life with boys … Me: “Wow, look at all the gunk I just got out of the cat’s ears” … Boy: “No, I really don’t need to see that” … Me: “Your curiosity of the gross is severely stunted” … Boy: “I guess that makes me normal” … well, I guess it is a good… Continue reading

Life with boys … it is 6:45 am … boy is singing (to the tune of Lollipop) “Cold-de-more-cold-de-more-I-don’t-want-to-be-cold-no-more” … Me: “knock it off, that will be in my head all day” … Boy: “vol-de-mort-vol-de-mort” … he did not appreciate getting hit with a dish towel … Continue reading

Life with boys … we are having an indoor stink bug invasion … no idea where they are getting in … Zeus tried to catch one earlier and ended up getting it tangled in my hair … the stink bug then made it down my back and into the blanket before I had a chance… Continue reading

Life with boys …. Me: “so, what do you need to do to be the student of the week?” … Boy: “I don’t think we’ll ever know, I am a menace in the classroom” … Me: “That I would believe” … Continue reading

Life with boys … we were watching a show with an elaborate funeral, and I tell the boy, “I don’t want any of that fuss” … the boy replies, “Good, because I was thinking more along the poseable taxidermy route” … I fear for you all … Continue reading

Jill sent a note after receiving the family cookbook I had put together. She especially loved seeing the recipes alongside family photographs and the original handwriting — Grandpa’s noodles, Aunt Margaret’s sauce, and the other pieces that made the recipes feel like family history instead of just instructions. She asked the obvious question: how did… Continue reading

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Life with boys … the boy’s coat fell off the chair and onto the floor … out of the pockets fell five packets of saltines, that are now dust … 67 cents … one sharpie … a pair of wire cutters … three masks in various states of cleanliness … and one latex glove …… Continue reading