Life With Boys

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


  • This is what Life with boys sometimes looks like … Continue reading

  • Like a Magician …

    Life with boys … the boy’s coat fell off the chair and onto the floor … out of the pockets fell five packets of saltines, that are now dust … 67 cents … one sharpie … a pair of wire cutters … three masks in various states of cleanliness … and one latex glove …… Continue reading

  • Sometimes life with boys looks like this … Continue reading

  • Life with boys … it is 3 am … again …

    Life with boys … it is 3 am … again … the 3D printer is humming along … they finally figured out the wonky bit … this time when I got up to pee I noticed a light on down the hall … go down the hall … no boy … go downstairs … every… Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … The discussion about clothes and the room continues with the boy … I am not amused … I am feeling a bit murdery … A terse discussion about respect ensues … I give him the look … Boy: “in the words of Kennedy Kasten, don’t look at me in that tone… Continue reading

  • Life with boys … it is 3 am …

    Life with boys … it is 3 am … the 3D printer is running non-stop again, so the boy must be home … went to tell him it is making a noise … he said to ignore it … so here I am listening and waiting, for what I am not sure … it is… Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … Me: “Do you normally come in and wash the spatula mid-bbq?”… Boy: “Usually, especially if it has been touching raw meat” Me: “ You know I grew up in a house where food was left out overnight” … Boy: “Which is why you are a walking Petri dish” … Me: “Petri… Continue reading

  • Replenish the Stock …

    Life with boys … Me: “If you take a Gatorade out of the fridge, you need to put a new one in” … Boy: “The law of the conservation of Gatorade” … Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … has not been easy this week … it is tough to watch the boy hurt and bleed … and it even more tough to let him … Continue reading

  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … Me: “hey, hand me the remote so I can change the channel” … Boy: “Dum da dum da da dum da da dum” … Me: “what are you humming?” … Boy: “Well when you press unmute that is the song that will be on” … Boy: “Why are you laughing?” …… 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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