by admin | Aug 15, 2011 | a dad's life, pain
Spencer, here’s the thing. Sometimes stuff like this happens. Just wanted you to know my perspective on it, in case it turns out it’s useful. And please don’t tell Mom I’m putting this online because it kinda grosses some people out, and...
by Jennifer | Aug 8, 2011 | a mom's life, fun, recipes
1. Blog? What blog? 2. Emergency Rooms—If you have to take a 4-year-old for stitches after he drops a knife on his foot, I recommend Patient First. In and out with as little crying as possible. And no screaming. I did not scream even once. Spencer is doing fine. He...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | the girl
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | hospital, pain, philosophy of boys
You’re supposed to get tackled by your brother the linebacker. That’s what you expect when you take the handoff and run around Daddy’s block, making a dash for the end zone. But you’re not supposed to be whipped around by your jersey and smash...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | education
Boston in the fall is great, but even better if you go with 27 of your closest friends. Five days of togetherness where an adventure is around every corner—what’s not to like? If you are a Busy Boy, you go straight for the guns. Side trip to Plymouth completed...
by admin | Dec 14, 2010 | education
Self publishing has worked its way down to the lower elementary level with this first edition of the Hobbiton Homeschool Newspaper called The History Chronicle, featuring the writing and artwork of one of the Busy Boys.
by Jennifer | Dec 14, 2010 | a mom's life
All week the boys had been asking to put up the Christmas tree, and Saturday was the day. A day full of promise—idyllic family memories to be made, stories of ornaments from years gone by, our favorite carols playing. Back in 2006, we decided to switch to a smaller...
by Jennifer | Dec 5, 2010 | a mom's life, books, education
I used to read poetry curled up in a comfy chair, sipping tea, just Walt Whitman and me. Now I read it in the dining room on my laptop, while Ken fixes dinner and the boys watch football and sound barbaric yawps and Geneva clomps around in my shoes and drops her bread...
by admin | Nov 11, 2010 | education
by admin | Aug 21, 2010 | fun
Whenever you go on vacation, you have to eat. But if you just eat the same thing you eat when you are at home, then how does your body know it’s on vacation? Doesn’t seem fair. Many people have some special food they eat on vacation. For a long time my...
