Oh Geez! I just gave both my boys permission to do something I would never have let their sister do when she was in high school! Not that she EVER would have used a 1/2 day off from school to attend a football parade in downtown Denver. This is a flashback photo of all three kids at a [Read more…]
The Making of a Denver Bronco Fan
my favorite Denver Bronco fan The making of a Denver Bronco fan starts early in Colorado. One of my children is a huge Denver Bronco fan! He was born in Colorado and indoctrinated into the blue and orange. His favorite color is blue and until I wrote this post I never considered it might be because of the Denver Broncos. Now [Read more…]
How I bond with my boys afterschool
When my daughter left for college I was left with a house full of boys. At the time both our dogs were boys! And I found myself asking “the usuuu” questions: “How was school?” “Homework?” “Did you like your lunch?” You know the questions that inevitably have one word responses- bad mom questions! With their older [Read more…]
How to Organize Math Problems
Can you believe it is the new school year! Geez! I am reposting this suggestion on how to better organize math problems (think columns, those annoying addition mistakes because your columns were not lined up- sorry I am having a flashback)! This suggestion was provided to me by a high school math teacher for my [Read more…]
Fun & Easy Bathroom Ideas for Kids
If you have kids boys you hate bathrooms! It doesn’t matter if they are two or forty two! Some mornings I need disposable gloves and a hazmat suit. And, the moment you reach to raise the toilet seat…. I can’t stop the visual! I will never understand how a towel never meets a towel bar, like [Read more…]
Have you heard of Chubbies?
CHUBBIES | WEEKEND FINDS Have you heard of the latest fashion for high school and college age boys? Chubbies! Neither had I until this past Christmas when my high school age son asked his grandparents for a pair of Chubbies for Christmas. This request immediately prompted a call, text and email from my mother. She [Read more…]
5 Ways to Connect with your Teen Boys
Hi everyone~ As many of you know I have one daughter and two sons. My boys were always the chatty ones, willing to share all details and “bathroom humor” with little coercion. But, as my oldest son settled into the teenage years, he was less talkative. And, this drove me crazy. What I found out is [Read more…]
Humor: “Mom you recorded the Price is Right over my baby movies?”
One of my to do list items this spring was to sort through the 99 mini VHS cassettes ** of home videos BEFORE sending them to Costco to convert to DVD! I don’t want to pay for a DVD with 70 minutes of our {first} child sleeping! So, a few weekends ago we hauled out the [Read more…]
School Summer Reading
THROWBACK THURSDAY POST: This is how my son’s June 1st deadline to BEGIN READING the book, “Diary of Anne Frank” started. “Mom, I think you bought the wrong book.” Me: “Why do you say that?” Son: “Because every page every page has a date on it and it’s the wrong date.” Lord, help me! After explaining [Read more…]
Tennis Tournament Ritual
Here’s a Throwback Thursday post as we head into the junior tennis season! I GASPED WHEN I OPENED MY SON’S BEDROOM DOOR AND SAW THIS ON THE FLOOR! JUST HAD TO SNAP A PHOTO OF MY SON’S “PRE-MATCH” ROUTINE. THIS IS HIS TENNIS OUTFIT THE NIGHT BEFORE A BIG TOURNAMENT!
Thrifty Teen Bedroom Accessories
It’s done! After multiple negotiations makeovers and tweaks my son’s room is done! Here is the finished room. For the details on this before and after click HERE. On a side note, the hardest part of this project is reconciling my wish for a Pottery Barn room with the reality that my son wants a “cool” [Read more…]
My son.. dresses like a terror (ist).
Um… this was a photo of my son that was snapped while on fall break in Beaver Creek. Now when I think of Beaver Creek I think Banana Republic or JCrew attire. My first thought when I viewed the text photo on my phone: “He looks like a terrorist” My {first} husband replied, “Where did [Read more…]
Funny Solution to when the SI swim suit issue arrives
We subscribe to both Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated Kids because I will subscribe to {most} magazines if it encourages my kids to read. Anything sports related gets my boys’ attention. Apparently, sports isn’t the only thing that gets their attention. Imagine my surprise while sorting through the mail and I was face to face [Read more…]
