Introducing 31 Days of Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys

Get Ready for 31 Days of… Adventure. Simplicity. Boyhood. Outdoors. I’m taking the plunge.  I’ll be writing for the next 31 days of October on one topic.  Nester hosts 100’s of bloggers doing the same challenge of writing on one topic, every day, for one month. Simple Outdoor Adventures for Boys – It’s a topic …

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Rookie Runners

We have four more runners in our house.  After and during Brad’s mini-marathon training, they’ve been running their hearts out: 3 runs around the block on Sunday, laps around the outside of the house, sprints from one end of the house to another.  {If you can’t tell, they look up to their daddy intensely!} We …

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65 Favorite Read-Aloud Books for Boys: Reader’s Choice

I asked for you to share your favorite read aloud books for boys and you delivered!  Do you know how excited I am to dig into these pages with my four little dudes? I knew I asked the right source!  Thank you, Friends!  I decided to compile a list with all 65 of our favorites! …

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5 Things I’ve Learned as a Boy Mom

I’ll never forget laying on the examining table as an ultrasound revealed that I was carrying four BOYS.  It seemed foreign, surreal, and overwhelming to process. I never imagined what a houseful of boys looked like. Hadn’t the rarity and shock of being pregnant with four at the same time been enough to wrap my …

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Labradoodle Sitting or Unsitting

No she’s not ours. Although the boys would LOVE her to be… We are just borrowing her from a week.  You might call it “dog sitting” , but there’s been less “sitting” and more ball throwing, chasing, walking, petting, tug of warring and dressing up that I’m sure Macy is accustomed to. She’s taken it …

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1 Fish. 2 Fish…

The boys caught not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4…but 8 fish in 9 casts the other night. As you can see from their expressions, they were quite proud of themselves. These boys love being outdoors, especially with their daddy.  {And I have to admit, I love an hour in a quiet house after …

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Tee Ball or Not to Tee Ball?

{Photo Credit} Brad and I recently had to weigh the decision of enrolling our boys in summer tee ball.  And although seeing all four of them in uniforms was almost reason enough to sign the dotted line, it was a tough decision. We are striving to be more intentional in all areas in life, tee …

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Climbing the Walls and Windows

If this video isn’t proof that boys need physical activity, I don’t know what is…   While I was doing laundry, packing, and planning for a trip for six to the south last week, they were climbing the walls  the windows.  My word, these boys need to climb, wrestle, flip, run, tackle, summersault, explore, MOVE! …

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