Category: little boys

10 New Things We Learned in Virtual School Week 2

4 kids, home school, homeschool, little boys, stay-at-home mom
10 Things We Learned in Virtual School Week 2

Where do I even begin to describe what managing virtual school is like at the House of Many Young Men? Since all people and family situations are unique, all of our virtual school experiences are also somewhat different. This is how it goes down at our house. If I did not constantly check on, like borderline harass, my fourth and second graders, one would only get a fraction of his work done, one would not even watch his classes, and […]

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4 Almost Free Ways to Spend Time Together as a Family + Giveaway

4 kids, big family life, family, fitness, giveaways, little boys, parenting, toddlers, vacation

As much as we’d love to be a Disney family, high tailing it off to Orlando a few times a year, that’s not really practical for most of us, is it? No, and even if you do, there will be plenty of time between to fill up with memories at home. Here are 3 things I’ve found lately to have a BLAST with my children without spending much money at all and without leaving our house. 4 Almost Free Ways […]

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Thoughts on My Last Baby’s First Day of Preschool

family, little boys, love, parenting, preschool
Thought from my last baby's first day of preschool

Maybe it’s because I haven’t had a solid night’s sleep in a week. Maybe it’s because he’s my fourth son, my last baby. I don’t know, but today I dropped JD off at his first day at preschool, and I cried all the way home. He’s three and a half, and he’s ready. We knew he was ready. He knew he was ready. His brothers are even excited for him. And he handled it like a champ. He proudly put […]

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Fishin’ with DaddyO Photoblog

family, little boys, photography, pictures

[amazon text=Amazon] Fishin’ With DaddyO These weekends were just as beautiful as the photos appear. Alan took our youngest two boys and went camping with DaddyO in Alabama. They fished, they cleaned the fish, they ate the fish, they learned about the importance of gun safety while shooting cans, and they got to sleep in a tent. It looks so good, it almost makes me wish I had gone too. But then I remind myself that I don’t touch worms, […]

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The Great Toy Overhaul

blog, blogging, family, little boys, organizing, parenting, photography, toddlers

My successful Mom’s Night was made possible due to the Great Toy Overhaul. What’s that, you ask? Prepare to be shocked: This has been bothering me for about 8 years. Five different rooms with toys in them, all reachable by children, all mixed in. Cars in the blocks box, dinosaurs in with the Little People, and basically not a single fun set because what makes sets fun is having the whole set together. But how???? I’ve re-sorted toys a billion […]

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Homeschool Year 2, Day 18

Classical Conversations, home school, homeschool, little boys

Errand Day I am going to attempt to take 4 children on a MEGA grocery shopping trip. If I do not return, you all now know why….. The day is actually off to a good start. A plumber installed a new faucet. It doesn’t leak into the cabinet, it doesn’t leak into the sink, it doesn’t spray water off to the side, it has no hole shooting out water from the handle. It’s all very EXCITING.  We went on our […]

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A Sense of Belonging

Bible verses, blog, blogging, God, home school, homeschool, little boys, stay-at-home mom

I’ve noticed that I often share my struggles with people rather than my joys. I think it’s more encouraging to hear that other people have a hard time, than to listen to bragging. However, today I don’t want to think about my problems, so I’m just going to share good news, and pretend like the bad things don’t exist. Other people are always doing that, and it gets on my nerves, but I’m going to be THAT Mom today. 😉 […]

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VBS and Art Camp. Ready or not, we are doing this.

attitude, brothers, family, funny stories, little boys, parenting, summer

This is the big week, the BIG BIG week. The boys are going to Vacation Bible School, at our very own church. So yes, that means I am going to help. It’s an embarrassingly minimal amount of helping, really. I basically signed up to help lead around 2nd and 3rd graders and listen to them say Bible verses. I haven’t decorated or contributed in any other way. So why is this a big deal? Because we have the only two […]

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The Way Women are Portrayed at Arcades: This BUGS me!!!

family, little boys, parenting, toys, video games

Am I the only one annoyed by this? We try to be good parents. We monitor every single thing that comes into our house. The boys only get to play video games on the weekend, and even then, it’s Mario, Sonic, or Lego characters. But what happens when you take your children to a restaurant/video game arcade? And not just one particular one, but pretty much all of them? Scantily clad women waving flags on the motorcycle game. Ughhhhhhh. Why? […]

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Funny Stories Plus My Plans for the New Year

beach, family, goals, Jennings, little boys, parenting, video games

This is my picture of the year for 2015. This totally sums up what I’m wanting this year to be like. Last year was all change, change, change, and more change. It was WORK. It was learning to teach again. It was so much learning I thought my brain would bust. Nothing against work and learning, but I’m still exhausted. Let’s make work and learning a little more fun for all this year, especially me. This year we will not: […]

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