by busyboysam | Aug 5, 2009 | philosophy of boys
Fishing is right up there with baseball cards, Legos, chess, and treehouses—basic pre-requisites for manhood. The first time you fish, you learn that you won’t catch something just because you try. In fact, you probably won’t catch anything at all the...
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.
by busyboysam | Jul 16, 2009 | fun
It’s been a challenge to build this treehouse, since we have no real skills to rely on. Every decision seems like a laborious path through a maze of possibilities and potential mishaps. Nonetheless, progress is being made. Nothing is straight—it’s the...
by Jennifer | Jul 5, 2009 | the girl
by Jennifer | Jun 23, 2009 | philosophy of boys
It’s not the matching shirts. It’s not even the quiet boys. It’s the books.
by busyboysam | Jun 14, 2009 | fun
The Message “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:20 The Response The...
by busyboysam | Jun 14, 2009 | music
Somewhere in the din of the first few minutes of the jam session, you can possibly make out the song we were singing.
by busyboysam | Jun 11, 2009 | music
If there’s one thing you don’t have to tell your neighbors, it’s that you’re having a worship band rehearsal at your house. If they don’t see the drum set coming in the front door, they’ll hear it down the block when walking the...
