Life With Boys

The mis-adventures of two crazy boys and their bleary eyed parents.


  • Dreamed the boys volunteered me to help bake cookie/cracker things that were 6’ by 3’ and I was having an oven related panic attack- because I basically couldn’t cook a door Continue reading

  • Life with boys Continue reading

  • We are 9th in line at urgent care – I am sure we will catch something before we leave Been here since 4:45 – skin infection but not ringworm- and the start of an ear infection just for fun Continue reading

  • T- I just bit my finger Me – Why? T – because it was in the way Me – Ok T – it is ok now Me – but of course Continue reading

  • Me: Morgan what is on your elbow? Morgan: Paint Me: How did you get paint on your elbow? Morgan: art Me: (thinking I am doing pretty well interpreting these one word answers) What were you doing in art? Morgan: Painting (with an eye roll) Me: (Clearly my interpretation was off) Continue reading

  • Things I did not guess I would ever say “cat stop licking the gingerbread house” Continue reading

  • Ethics Question – The professor accidentally hands you the answer key instead of a blank test – do you tell the professor? Ethics Question Two – You decide not to say anything – but it is clearly the answer key – what should the professor do? Continue reading

  • Matt “why would the little lamb be talking to the Shepherd boy?” Tyler “maybe the Shepherd is drunk” Me “what kind of hallucinations are in the air in Bethlehem?” … I am pretty sure no one has analyzed that Christmas song quite that way … EDIT: I think the night wind is talking to the… Continue reading

  • Life with the Beck’s …

    A Thanksgiving story … apparently, when I was about 3 I was really excited for the Great Turkey … at about 6 a.m. I told my Mom I was ready to get the turkey in the oven (she was in bed). She told me it needed dressing before that could happen. About half an hour… Continue reading

  • So this morning I’m doing my normal 6:10 wake up the kids routine – as I poke Tyler I mention one on the history terms we studied the night before – Me: Louis the Fourteenth Tyler: Dead Me: Get up Me replaying the episode to Matt a few minutes later – Matt: Famous and Dead?… Continue reading

About Me

I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week.  Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.

Newsletter