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Halcyon Hammocks or Hurricane Hammocks?

July 25, 2020July 10, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #boymom, #boymomadventures, #countryboys, #forestchildren, #offgridliving, #parentingboys

They were, however, working together. Which every mother loves to see. However, visions of concussions and broken limbs danced in my head as they roared with happy laughter.

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Missing Trombones, Broken Glasses, Various Injuries, and Zombies … Oh, My?

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #boymom, #boymomadventures, #brokenglasses, #mountainmomma, #parentingboys, #pranks, #zombies

… reality TV shows of fishermen in the Himalayas looking for man-eating catfish, to every mother’s nemesis … zombie movies! Yes, I had foolishly thought as a young woman that I would never subject myself to a zombie movie. I was wrong.

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Dangerous Wildlife!

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #animals, #boymomadventures, #dangerouswildlife, #mountainliving, #newt, #wildlife

None of these amazing creatures seemed impressed enough by my presence to bother devouring, maiming, or threatening my life. That changed this week! Our whole family had a close encounter with a dangerous creature. In fact, we invited it into our own home!

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Rescue Mice!

June 17, 2020June 18, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #boymom, #carmice, #mountainkids, #mountainmomma, #rescuemice, #strangepets

Yes, I also let him construct this amazing terrarium out of some old rum bottles, a spaghetti canister, and no small amount of duct tape. What was he intending to house in this multi-level creature habitat?

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Rainy Day Frolics

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #boymom, #campdog, #kidsintherain, #rain, #rainydayfun

If the addition of one brother adds excitement, the addition of another should cause any activity to become both incredibly entertaining and somewhat hazardous! Which, as mothers of boys know, is the perfect recipe for fun.

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Increase in Peskiness

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #boymom, #kids, #mothering, #outdoors, #parenting, #peskysons, #snowballfights

Also from 12-4-2018 So … what have my three sons been up to lately? Obviously, from the above picture, they

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Barefoot Hikers and Other Oddities

September 29, 2018June 16, 2020 Kristen 2 Comments #boymom, #boys, #forcedfun, #hiking

Sometimes, when all we see are the beautiful photos, I think we forget that everyone else’s life is lived out between glorious moments of beauty and all those random tantrums and sulks. This was such a lovely hike, full of real life arguing and grumping, recovery, mud, joy, and splendid splashes.

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Vacation or Adventure: Part Two

September 6, 2018 Kristen 0 Comments

Princess Leia is rushing out to check on her boys as they construct “Stupidopolis.” Yes, they carefully measured the distance to the water hoping that they would have plenty of time to construct an imposing structure, but not so much time that the tide would not destroy it before we had to leave the shore and head back to camp.

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