Category Archives: Boy, Boys, or Blynken and Nod

The Boy Is On a Roll

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: April 29, 2013

He needs new clothes (again), and we are having trouble finding anything for him at the local thrift store.  So he and his closest in age sister went window shopping online together yesterday, and today he came in to wheedle.  He began with: Boy: Most awesome mother… Me: Flattery will get you everywhere. Boy: I [...]

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pyschopath or accomplished woodsman

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: April 13, 2013

Ethical argument at the CR: Benny, the new dog (a few weeks ago somebody kindly ‘dumped’ this full grown un-neutered male black lab mix near our house),  dug out a nest of baby bunnies in our back yard and shared his find with the little boys and the FYG  (2 of 5 were already dead [...]

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Life with Boys

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: March 12, 2013

One of my sons-in-law sent us this and asked if we’d let our son do this with him some time. My 14 year old son saw this and thought it was awesome. And then he informed me that sometimes he does this- but without the paint. He and the Little Boys dress in camo and [...]

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Boys and Girls

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 23, 2013

At least, my boy and girl… The boy emails me links to weapons and hunting equipment he would like. The FYG sends me things like this (which is both useful and hilarious), usually about relationships: Make sure you watch to the end, after the song, where he gives his rule about why FB relationship statuses [...]

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K- pop, Skinny Boys, and Dressing My Long and Lanky Lad

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 22, 2013

I learned this week that my assumption that my FB audience and blog audience were essentially the same is an erroneous assumption. There is some overlap, but not as much as I thought. Kind of like this post. There’s some overlap with what we’ve recently discussed on FB, but also some new stuff. First, the [...]

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Bow Hunting for Beginners

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 18, 2013

Bow-hunting is not an inexpensive sport, unless you are blessed, as we have been, with a benefactor. It’s still expensive, of course, it’s just that we did not pay the fiscal cost. Our benefactor is my husband’s former boss, an avid hunter who has taken our son under his wing. He had several reasons for [...]

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Of Sibling Hierarchy, Woodstoves, and Wily Moms

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 6, 2013

The youngest two kids are each supposed to bring in a load or two of chopped wood for the wood burning stove each day throughout the winter. Yesterday, the day of the flu bug with the Cherub, so I was totally out of the loop, Youngest Big Sister reminded everybody’s Little Brother to bring in [...]

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Boys in the Woods

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 5, 2013

Recommended reading: Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned THE BEARS OF BLUE RIVER (Illustrated) How to Camp Out: Practical Advice for the Outdoor Adventurer Based on the Experience of a Civil War Soldier Share! Blog this! Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]

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The Circle of Life

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 4, 2013

The four boys are going outside to sled, and all four boys have had a growth spurt.  The FYB spent some time this morning going through Blynken and Nod’s last winter’s clothes.  We keep them so often that we buy clothes for them and the thrift shop and keep them here, as that way the [...]

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They Grow Bigger, But Not Necessarily Wiser

By Headmistress, zookeeper | Published: February 2, 2013

Some of you have read my posts of Rules My Mother Never Told Me I’d Need to Make, compiled on an as needed basis.  For example, several years ago our then much smaller son came inside crying, his back and sides considerably scraped up.  He and the sister closest to him in age had been [...]

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