Life With Boys

Before I get one more call, please remember that which is written in a time of grief, is just that and sometimes it just needs a place to go. I am under the care of a very good Doc and an even better therapist and I’m working through all of this.And we’re all going to… Continue reading

Despite my many attempts to tell him that I saw this coming before Mom even passed away, he’s seeing me as the spoiled daughter who won’t let him get on with this life. And he’s upset that I’m not jumping for joy about this. It’s not because it’s too soon (but the thought has crossed… Continue reading

When Tyler has been out playing hard he comes in and tells me he’s feeling “slutty.” (sweaty) Continue reading

Morgan and Tyler started the morning with a full chorus of dinosaur roars (remember our mornings are usually starting at about 5 am, whether we want them to or not).Matt: “What do the big dinosaurs say?”Tyler: “Roar, but big dinosaurs are scary.”Matt: “What about the small dinosaurs?”Tyler: “They are nice.”Matt: “What about flying dinosaurs?”Tyler: “Those… Continue reading

And apparently that mouse in our house made a neat little bed in the air filter of our car. Continue reading

It’s happened; I’ve finally had a dream about Mom. I was on travel study, or something and had somehow gotten severely sunburned (to the point where my skin was peeling off in sheets. It was really gross and out of nowhere both my Mom and Dad came in to what I guess was my hotel… Continue reading

Morgan finally told us what his name is. He usually tells you it Tiewere or Mama, but today he exclaimed that his name is MOORGIE. Continue reading

“Morgan did it.”It’s becoming a catch phrase in our house — coined by a big brother who is all too quickly learning how to shift the blame off of himself.Now Matt seems to have adopted “Morgan did it” as his mantra as well. Continue reading

We went to get icees tonight and Matt got “Brain Freeze” (the I’m going to die because I drank this cold drink too fast and now my brain is going to escape from my head feeling). Matt: “Oh, brain freeze.”Tyler: “What’s brain freeze?”So Matt tried to explain, obviously unsuccessfully and Tyler’s next move was to… Continue reading

With grapes.Frozen grapes. I want to fill myself with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. So I’m eating grapes.I think I’ve consumed 10 pounds of grapes in 4 days. Something is terribly wrong here. Continue reading