Sunflowers are such calm, quiet, peaceful things, unlike boys. But my two boys, Hank and Gabe, are raising sunflowers in our backyard as part of The Daring Quest, and we want you to see the results so far, beginning at the, well, beginning. Saturday, May 9, the day before Mother’s Day. Here are Jennifer and [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Growing Sunflowers: A Photo Essay
Posted in Boys and Girls, Easy, Moms and Dads, Nature, Outdoors, Science, Six and Up, tagged Boys and Girls, Chidren gardening, Growing sunflowers, Moms and Dads on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boys Will Be Boys: Towel Snapping, Back Slapping
Posted in Boys Will Be Boys, Eight and Up, Inappropropriate, Outdoors, tagged Back slapping, Boys Goofiing Off, Towel snapping on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boys Will Be Boys, our other popular recurring feature here, is our modest attempt to teach the boys of America the inappropriate wisdom of their fathers. Men across the land have responded to my call and are sharing with me all the inappropriate, and often disgusting, activities they did as children. So far we have [...]
