by Jennifer | Nov 7, 2009 | fun, recipes
I don’t know what came over me. Chalk it up to dreary weather and a failed attempt to teach long division (he gets it: I don’t). And I’m trying to clean out the pantry because (a) it needs it and (b) we’re trying to be thrifty because all those...
by busyboysam | Nov 1, 2009 | fun
by Jennifer | Aug 31, 2009 | fun, philosophy of boys, the girl
I’m always being asked if it’s any different having a girl. I still don’t know. Babies are…well…babies. Except for diaper changes, they seem sort of unisex. But in older children, some striking differences emerge. The other day I...
by busyboysam | Aug 1, 2009 | fun, the girl
You never know what a baby is thinking exactly. Maybe nothing. But some moves really make you wonder. And given how much routine stuff there is (sleep, eat, cry, repeat), whenever a definite gesture emerges it’s a proud parenting moment. Anyway, time to fire up...
by Jennifer | Jul 27, 2009 | fun, philosophy of boys
Ours is not a violent household, but sometimes I wonder… This afternoon the boys went outside with their umbrellas during a rain shower. They marched, Christopher-Robin style, for exactly 30 seconds. Then they began chasing one another across the lawn, swinging...
by busyboysam | Jul 27, 2009 | fun, philosophy of boys
You have to practice somehow. Boys make everything fun.
