Life With Boys

Morgan is a toddler, an ACTIVE toddler. When Morgan is around no one and nothing is safe. Today the kitchen chairs were the target of the pent up energy, and not one was to be left standing. Before I could even turn around he had pushed all of the chairs off the ledge into the… Continue reading

He dribbles, he kicks, he makes his way down the field, he’s almost at the goal – full stop. “Oh beautiful flower.” Continue reading

We’re back from our brief “vay-k” in Utah and Vegas. About two hours after we arrived home to cranky kidos ready for bed, Matt asked if we could go back on vacation. Continue reading

We’re still without a car. In the process of shuffling borrowed vehicles, we have the boys out much too late. They are crabby and whining and I’m driving a strange car in the rain, not OK. With my nerves frazzled I convince Tyler we should listen to some music. Me: “OK how about this?” as… Continue reading

Morgan is addicted to cheese, not the good cheese, the American singles in the plastic wrapper cheese. He’ll stand at the fridge crying “Chee, chee” until you get him a slice which he will then take the double fisted method of eating as fast as he can. On a recent trip to the grocery store… Continue reading

Found a pair of stick horses at a garage sale today. Matt thinks this is pretty cool and digs out our pseudo cowboy hat and asks Tyler if he wants to play Cowboys and Indians. (Which turns out is a game of hide and seek with the addition of a horse.) A while after the… Continue reading

The car is in the shop .. I’m home alone with two children, all day. I’m not about to let this lack of car stop me. Tyler needs his allergy meds ‘cause his nose is making me crazy. So I find an alternate solution, I have a bike and a tow behind trailer. Never mind… Continue reading

Yeah – Grandma and Grandpa had the kidos overnight so it was DATE NIGHT! We being movie deprived, went to see Red Eye – which was surprisingly good considering I had never even heard of it – that’s not saying much – if it’s not on Noggin or Disney, I probably don’t know about it.… Continue reading

Tyler: He’s over thereMatt: Who is over there?Tyler: MomMatt: Mom’s a girl, she’s a she.Tyler: Mom’s a sheep? Thanks Tyler. Continue reading

Tyler has discovered that the equipment has isn’t supposed to touch below the TV is a CD player, it has music, Music you can dance to. Now dancing is a whole new game. In our most recent session, we were bouncing along to Jimmy Buffett’s “Cheeseburger In Paradise.” Tyler’s singing along “I like mine with… Continue reading