All Boyds, all the time.
Miniature humans! How do they do it?
Over the past year and a half of homeschooling, there is really only one thing that has consistently tempted me to throw in the towel and send the girls to public school. Can you guess what it is? Continue reading “How We Keep the Fairies, the Pig Family, and Fuzz Balls from Driving Us Mad”
Get ready, parents! The days of endless, pitiful pleas of, “Are we there yet?” will soon be naught but a fond memory from road trips of yore. With the days of holiday travel just ahead of us, behold the Amazing Yarn-o-Meter! Continue reading “Are we there yet? No, but we’re getting there!”
Yet again this year, we are sending out a now-traditional blank Mad Lib for the fun-loving among you to create your very own version of a Boyd holiday letter. But if you’d like the official version, here you go — with a bonus slideshow of favorite moments from the year 2012.
Continue reading “Our 2012 Mad Lib and photo highlights”
I’m a journaler. Ever since my teenage years, I’ve kept a journal. It was a place to record my thoughts, my prayers, and my angst-filled adolescent longings — but it was intermittent. I would write in it only sporadically, when the need for self-expression got particularly intense. Finally, though, I devised a sustainable way to keep a daily journal, and I’ve done it now for twelve years. Every. Single. Day. Continue reading “Journaling in the round”
_Palak paneer_ is one of my favorite Indian dishes, and I have a great slow-cooker recipe for it. But first, I feel the urge to share a story that perhaps no one will find very funny but which will certainly go down in Boyd family history. Continue reading “Hysterical over palak paneer“
We know you have been waiting with bated breath, wondering when, oh when will Lucy lose her first tooth? Well, it happened last week! Continue reading “Very Attached to a Lost Tooth”
The parents were getting a little tired of filling the role of judge every time Lucy and Rosie had a disagreement — so we turned it over to them. Continue reading ““Talk to your sister!”: How to manage sibling conflict”
Rosie on May 31, 2009 — a (now) old photo that we just came across again, and can’t resist sharing. (But don’t be fooled: she’s not as tough as she looks.) Continue reading ““You want a piece o’ me?!””
Jon Boyd says he doesn’t have enough cream pies in his life. So this year, we’re out to set that straight. Continue reading “A year’s worth of cream pies”
Five-and-a-half years ago, Lucy got the first of her baby teeth. Soon, they’ll be starting their journey on to fairy-land. When will it happen? Help us guess and you could win a fabulous prize. Continue reading “Contest: Losing Lucy’s Loose Tooth”