one-year-olds Archives - Stories of Our Boys

Of course, Mom ends up packing everybody’s suitcase.

2014-12-20 aprilmomoffour 4 kids, big family life, Christmas, funny stories, vacation

We are packing for a nine day trip. Don’t worry. No one can rob us. While we are gone, we have a house sitter, so I feel bold enough to share this. Who do you think does the packing in a house of five males and one woman? Call me sexist, I don’t care. The answer is Me. I will naturally be handling this. Don’t short change Alan, though. If you haven’t figured this out yet, he does MOST of […]

Help! There’s a One Year Old in the Classroom!

2014-11-07 aprilmomoffour funny stories, home school, homeschool, John David, parenting, toddlers

The morning hour was going extremely, unusually, unbelievably well today. No one was talking over anyone. No one was saying, “Mom! Mom! Mom!” No one hit anyone. There were no crayons in the floor. No one pooped in their pants. No one was sitting on top of the table. The room was almost silent. It was like the twilight zone. I told the boys, “Isn’t it nice in here? Wow. School would be so easy if it could always be […]