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Life with boys …
Life with boys … Me: goes in to find the boy in his room, “Hey, I want to make a Dragonfly out of rocks in the yard” … Boy gives me a “and how does this involve me look” … Me: “Come get rocks with me” … Boy gets out of bed because he knows… Continue reading
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Life with boys …
Life with boys … the boy is running out the door to school I hand him a Gatorade and homemade banana bread … he gives me the look … Me: “humor me and take it … throw it out the window if you don’t finish it” … the boy takes the bread to the back… Continue reading
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Life with boys … the boy is headed to prom #2 Friday … he’s dating a girl that goes to Incarnate Word … so, yes, that meant more weird shoes … he came down yesterday to tell/ask us that after the post-prom festivities they traditionally stay over somewhere … to which I ask, “Do you… Continue reading
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Life with boys … the cats are male, so it counts …
Life with boys … the cats are male, so it counts … this afternoon the cat starts to meow like crazy … and this is the cat that usually does not talk as much … so I get up from the computer to find out what is up … the cat has caught a mouse… Continue reading
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Life with boys … it 6 am …
Life with boys … it 6 am … Matt just woke me up to tell me he saved me from being cold … and promptly fell back to sleep … it is still dark and the birds are chirping away … it has been a to-do list kind of spring break-ish … of course none… Continue reading
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Life with boys … Me (while driving the car) “why are you looking at me like we are about to get lost?” … Boy: “I have resigned myself to the fact that getting lost is inevitable. I am going to roll with it” … Me – recalculating … Continue reading
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Fish Feet …
Life with boys … I point out to the boy that the cat is showing his way of loving me by “marking” me as he rubs his face on my feet … Boy: “Or your toes smell like fish” … please excuse me while I go fumigate my feet … Continue reading
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Life with boys … 5th snow day edition …
Life with boys … 5th snow day edition … seems there is a conspiracy to make every Thursday a snow day this month … boy is loudly announcing that “we have no food in this house” … to which I respond by listing ingredients “we have a can of hominy, pancake mix, eggs, leftover mashed… Continue reading
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Life with boys …
Life with boys … the boy has zoom school today because of the craptastic weather … I wander through the kitchen and ask how it is going … Boy: “I’m going to log back on in six minutes, now will you please go away?” … Me: “No, I am going to stand behind you during… Continue reading
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Life with boys … this one has been simmering for a bit …
Life with boys … this one has been simmering for a bit … this weekend the boy watched from the sidelines as his teammates battled for a chance to compete at the state level in wrestling … it was not the ending any of us envisioned after 12 years on the mat … but as… 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.
Life With Boys 