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The Case of the Missing Christmas Toys
April 15, 2015 Just spent the last hour digging into all of our downstairs vents. My bounty is one storm trooper, Luke, C3PO, R2D2, Anakin, the Emperor, a wonder pet, Hulks motorcycle, Phillipe, 2 Lego guys, one old cell phone, 5 match box cars, and the kitchen phone…I won’t say which kid it was but…
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The Sweet Smell of Boys
While girls are sugar and spice and everything nice boys are so much stinkier than snips, snails and puppy dog tails. Frankly, I have no idea what a snip is, and I’m pretty sure a snail or two have taken a ride in my washing machine. Now, if this nursery rhyme is trying to say…
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Multiple Tabs Open
The other day I watched my teenage son walk into the kitchen and take a deep breath. He looked down at the counter and started stretching his fingers. He clasped them together and twisted them inside and out, finally he started rotating his thumbs like he was an Olympic Thumb Wrestler warming up. When he…
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March 17, 2020 Coronavirus Chronicles Day #4
Bike ride at 7:30, my legs are jello Surprise Surprise Noah decided he was going to take a rest day… Last night Adam and I set up his E-learning station at home. Yes folks, that means all 6 of us are working at home… Decided today I was going to prepare better and took each…
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Car Talk with Boys-Migration
Sometimes the best comedic gold at my house is a simple conversation in the car. I’ll call it Car Talk, and I’m not talking about the Public Radio show with click and clack, even though they are funny too. I introduce you to Car Talk with Boys…. As I was taking Owen and Dawson home…
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Bleacher Brigade
With 4 boys active in sports there is one thing I get plenty of and that’s driving time. This morning Noah my sophomore, was cleared to wrestle again after breaking his left index finger. Which meant tonight he had a wrestling meet 1 hour from home. This afforded me something I don’t get much of,…
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House Money
Am I the only one that is starting to get the cold sweats when they walk into the grocery store? Now in my defense I’m feeding 4 boys and a husband but it’s starting to get comical. I swear I walk in the door and all I hear is cha-ching! I’m really hoping one day…
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And with every story there is a beginning…well sort of
I figure if you’re going to write a blog you might as well start at the beginning…well at least one of the many different new beginnings that create a life lived. When I started on this adventure as a Stay at Home Mom aka Corporate Dropout 10 years ago I had no idea what I was…
Unfourgettable Boys 