Life With Boys

Recovered original email thread. Body preserved verbatim. Thanks for the note – the braces were a bit of a surprise – I thought he was going in for a checkup. Spelling is improving, now if he can keep it up. D- Why Be A Princess When You Can Be The Queen? ________________________________ From: “Dorn, Susan”… Continue reading

This year Tyler has gotten glasses and today we started braces (I thought we were going in for a check-up) – so, by the time this hits all the rest of the kids his age he’ll be through it right?) FYI – He’ll start with 4 brackets and they will add them on as we… Continue reading

Well, when I thought they were going to sleep they decided to build a leprechaun trap – somehow the trap was supposed to trigger the fish (or maybe the other way around). And the silly bands were to trip him up. My favorite part? “Well Mom, if they had left the pot of gold like… Continue reading

Our neighbor, Alex, has recently introduced the boys to Nutella and it is now Tyler’s favorite food. The other morning he beat me downstairs and there he is, with his butt on the heater register, white bread sitting directly on the floor (no napkin, nothing) and the biggest slimy chocolate looking glob of Nutella I’ve… Continue reading

The other night Morgan decided to explain his theory of the “Chain of Good and Bad” – you see he and Morgan are at the top of the chain, neighbor x was in the middle because “he does not make good decisions” and boy on the bus q “he’s WAY at the bottom, he doesn’t… Continue reading

Recovered original email from Peter Zeimet. Plain-text body preserved verbatim from the mailbox. When I say the Zeimets were clannish, that was an UNDERSTATEMENT. It was way beyond any normal family togetherness. There was an inner circle with multiple cirles outside. The homesteaders hit the Black Hills and conjoined themselves with a giant wagon wheel… Continue reading

“Mom it’s like I have these blueprints in my mind and they are very realistic.” “yes,but it is not aerodynamic enough” Tyler’s comment on his haircut. He is sooo his father’s son Continue reading

Just sitting here wondering what productive action I should be taking right now, and not coming up with squat. There is so much I want to do and so little inspiration at the moment. At least when I had homework there was a deadline and now I’m drifting around, piddling away my time. I’ve got… Continue reading

Recovered original email from Peter Zeimet. Body preserved verbatim. Between facebook, ancestory and other sites Dan got you confused with another Beck family. I can understand as it gets confusing when no one has met him except Inice and Earl. I would call him a 2nd cousin and he said 1st when I spoke with… Continue reading

Recovered original email from Peter Zeimet. Original subject: “did you remember to read the disc of photos from Dan Ohlson?”Date: February 23, 2011 He is a cousin we never met. He sent you a disc of Inice Zeimet-Giles Zeimet family photos about two years ago. He sent you a disc and Sue Zeimet the originals.… Continue reading