Life With Boys

OK — snow/ice day finally lets up enough to let the boys play out in the sleet. Realize as I’m getting snow clothes on that the boys that they have grown since last winter and getting the too small snow pants on is a bit of struggle. (Note to self — get new snow clothes… Continue reading

Use Glue Gun to assemble house — then decorate. Continue reading

Thanksgiving has come and gone — which is OK by me. Luckily Great Grandpa Albert Oser is out of the ICU (we are led to believe he had a reaction to medication more than a week ago — and it was not looking good for a while there, but he surprises us again). The boys… Continue reading

Tyler is thankful for his Mom and Dad, his bother, for Molly B playing with me and for squirrels, toys and for being taken to the swimming pool. Continue reading

To learn cute little songs like this (goes to tune of My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean) The Turkey Shot Out Of The Oven … The turkey shot out of the ovenand rocketed into the air,it knocked every plate off the tableand partly demolished a chair. It ricocheted into a cornerand burst with a deafening… Continue reading

Yesterday my sister Mindy, the daycare director extraordinaire, got a song stuck in my head — and I’m going to kill her.It turns out you can sing most nursery rhymes to the tune of “99 Bottles of Beer On The Wall” — just try to get Humpty Dumpty out of your head. Continue reading

At school Friday it seems that the boys sitting next to Tyler were making away with his snack and got caught. Their punishment — the teacher gave both of their snacks to Tyler. Tyler then on the sly shared the snacks back with the boys so they weren’t left out. I’m a lucky Mom. Continue reading

To pass time in the car we were playing the “what rhymes with game.” What rhymes with car? What rhymes with wish? Then Tyler chimes in … what rhymes with chinchilla? Continue reading

A very happy Halloween from Tyler (the puppy) and Morgan (the gorilla). Of course we were finished Trick-Or-Treating by 6 p.m. so on a whim we drove up to Carlinville (about 1.5 hours) to surprise Matt’s parents — and they were happily surprised. Continue reading

OK — we took the boys to the pumpkin patch — of course forgetting it had been raining for a week and pumpkin patches tend to be a bit muddy. But on we trek. And it seems we weren’t the only ones with the bright idea to head over to the pumpkin patch — they… Continue reading