Life With Boys

I have no idea where the time is going … I just had one of those moments where I realized I’m wearing shoes, but I’m not certain how they got on my feet … does that give you any insight into my frame of mind. Right now I’m on a break for my Internet Culture… Continue reading

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So here we are a week into June, the boys are out for the summer and waterfights have been raging. So, plans for summer? A couple weeks of art camp, lots of day care field trips, an excursion to Canada and coping with St. Louis in the summer. (Gotta love humidity!) For me, another class… Continue reading

Apparently while I was in San Francisco the Billy Joel song with the line “a lunatic you’re looking for” came on and Morgan asked Matt what a lunatic was — to which he replied — a crazy person — “oh, like Mommy.” I think that sums it all up, even my 6-year-old thinks I’m nuts.… Continue reading

I love my Mom because she has time to help me do my homework. She lets me go outside. She cooks food for me. She loves me as I am. She buys me toys. She helps me clean up my toys. She lets me play on the computer. She gets presents for me. She hugs… Continue reading

Homework time — Tyler on my right, Morgan on my left. Tyler doing math, Morgan filling out a worksheet. Tyler and Morgan yanking on my arms asking questions faster than I can think — Brain starts to explode. “Morgan, Dad (who is standing right behind us) can spell too” “But I don’t need to spell… Continue reading

Morgan wants to know where his roller skates are, I am on the phone and trying to get the computer to behave, “What roller skates?” “You know Mom the flat things that go on your feet with four wheels.” Still don’t know WHERE the skates are though. Tyler upon coming out the bathtub wanted to… Continue reading

Notice that our Easter ended up with two boys covered in enough mud to warrant a bath and laundry before we could even get back into the car. Continue reading

Last night Matt and I discovered our alarm clock had been changed. This morning Morgan asked if we had more time. Why? He reset the clock in order to get more “but instead, I think we got less.” And by the way — in case you were wondering, the Cat has gotten more aggressive in… Continue reading