Life With Boys

Fulda has kidney stones. They cannot be removed and will not pass on their own.For now he’s on antibiotics and we’ll just play it by ear from there. Continue reading

We have cats. Two cats that hate each other. Fulda (the yellow/brown cat) pounces on Callie (the calico) every chance he gets. In retaliation, she squirts pee at him (and usually misses). So we keep them in separate rooms. One is in our bedroom at all times and the other has free reign of the… Continue reading

As usual, instead of sleeping in the car, my boys decided to have a yelling contest. Tyler would say “red” and Morgan would reply “yellow” — Tyler would say “blue” and Morgan replied “yellow” — they got a real kick out of it.So, being the genius mother I am, I decide to distract them by… Continue reading

a) For those with no children – this is totally hysterical! b) For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.c) For those who have children this age, this is not funny. d) For those who have children nearing this age, this is a warning. e) For those who have not yet… Continue reading

OK — Matt and I are having a debate — does the Easter Bunny hide the eggs you colored or bring different eggs? And if he brings different eggs — what happens to the ones you colored? Continue reading

Matt likes to sleep close to me. So close that I start to feel like I’m being overtaken by kudzu vine. His retort, “well that makes you an old decaying pine tree.” kudzu n : fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods… Continue reading

With April comes Morgan’s second birthday and I can’t believe it’s taken so long to get here. He’s been in the terrible twos since he learned to walk as far as I’m concerned.He’s talking up a storm and is starting to assert his independence more — especially where clothes are concerned. I think we must… Continue reading

It’s all about “yeah-yoo” (yellow) in our house — everything is “yeah-yoo” as far as Morgan is concerned — bananas — the sun — the carpet — the cat — blueberries. And we can’t get enough yellow it seems. Now he’s gotten to the point where he only wants to wear yellow clothes, or clothes… Continue reading

Strawberry Yogurt + Water Pink Milk Continue reading

Not sure we have an Olympian on our hands here.Tyler’s in this third skating lesson and while the other kids march around the beanie babies, Tyler pushes the whole line away with his support bucket (yes, a 5-gallon bucket turned upside-down).Of the 30ish kids on the ice for lesions, mine is the one with the… Continue reading