Life With Boys

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


  • Life with boys …

    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

  • 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 … the boy has mono …

    Life with boys … the boy has mono … so discovered during our second trip to the ER this month … guess we can have all the elective surgeries now that our deductible has been met … anyway … we were talking about the transmission of mono … to which he says, “so why didn’t… Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    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

  • Washing Machine

    So, have you ever had to vacuum your washing machine? Today I managed to wash a full roll of toilet paper with a load of blankets Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    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 ….

    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” … boy replies, “Good, because I was thinking more along the poseable taxidermy route” … I fear for you all … Continue reading

  • Don’t Die At My House …

    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

  • Life with boys … is never simple …

    Life with boys … is never simple … the boy complained of a pain in his stomach/chest before school yesterday … he also let me know there was a potential second-hand COVID exposure over the break … but he did not have a fever, sore throat, cough, loss of taste or smell … so figuring… 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.

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