The Penis Chronicles presents “Establishing Eating Dominance in a Pride” A pride of lions is a social unit, a family unit. It consists of males, females, and cubs. They exist and function on a hierarchy and this hierarchy establishes their eating patterns. Eating in my house, at least for me, is like survival of the… Continue reading Establishing Eating Dominance in a Pride
The Penis Chronicles presents “Penis Fraternity Bat Symbol” **Reader/Viewer Discretion Warning is Associated with this Post!** Is there a secret brotherhood? Sometimes I seriously think that there must be. Living in a house full of males I see hints and clues of this secret association everywhere: toilet seats up when the female has been out… Continue reading Penis Fraternity Bat Symbol
The Penis Chronicles presents “My Secret Life as a…” I came into parenting expecting my role would be to be a mother, plain and simple. However, being a mother is not plain or simple and it isn’t a fixed role. I think one of the most amusing roles that I have had to assume is… Continue reading My Secret Life as a…
The Penis Chronicles presents “Three words sum it up: boys are gross!” February is secret life month, so I am going to reference this post with a fleeting thought. This fleeting thought involves my life as a princess surrounded by sunshine and rainbows, stories about love and romance, playing with dolls and stuffed animals,… Continue reading Three words sum it up: boys are gross!
The Penis Chronicles presents “Magic Mike Learns to Sing” I should begin by referencing two things. First is a previous post about my younger son and his Magic Mike tendencies. You can check out that post by clicking here. The second thing I should reference is that February’s theme is Do you have a secret… Continue reading Magic Mike Learns to Sing
The Penis Chronicles presents “Warning: It isn’t for Entertainment” A tiny voice carries down the stairs and it is yelling with a mischievous urgency, “smell this, smell this!” How many parenting warnings are going off in your head? In my experience that mischievous urgent voice coupled with that devilish laugh is cause for a complete… Continue reading Warning: It isn’t for Entertainment
The google definition of zonked as a verb is “1. Hit or strike 2. Fall or cause to fall suddenly and heavily asleep or lose consciousness” (February 7, 2017). I love my older boy’s ability to zonk out, it has never been a trait I could master. However, he has fallen asleep chewing pizza, slept… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter Z for Zonked
My older boy is notorious for “mak[ing] fun of or attempt[ing] to provoke in a playful way” (google definition of tease: March 5, 2017). One of his favourite ways to tease is by trying to catch me off guard, particularly in regards to age. “Mom how old are you, 76?” a young voice inquires with a… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter Y for Youthful
The first x-word that comes to mind when I think of the boys is x-ray for X-Ray Vision. If you have been following my previous A to Z posts it will probably seem a logical progression: super heroes, super powers, weapons, occupation, and strange games. The second X that comes to mind is XO for… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter X for X words
Parents Canada August/September 2016 edition published a short piece that I had written about my own experience with a curious son asking about body parts. My parenting adventures with questions about the penis and the vagina didn’t end with that article though. The body questions continue as do the blunders. In the not so distance… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter V for Vagina
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 