I am a mom of four sons. Yes, four. Yes, sons. As such, I am well acquainted with the “loud and rowdy life” Jean Blackmer celebrates in her book Boy-sterous Living: Celebrating Your Loud and Rowdy Life with Sons. Loud and rowdy—I so live there.
In Boy-sterous Living Jean shares her own experiences as the mom of sons, experiences that are often hilarious and sometimes poignant. From the challenges of communicating with young offspring of the opposite gender to their puzzling pursuit of adventure (with safety as an afterthought, if that), moms of sons of all ages will find encouragement in Jean’s honest appraisal of life on the blue side.
Parenting sons is no easy task and sometimes, like when your son shaves his eyebrows (one of those funny experiences Jean shares in the book), you just have to laugh. Our children, boys or girls or both, are gifts from our Creator, the Giver of all good things and as such should be celebrated, however loud and however rowdy. And that is the thrust of Boy-sterous Living.
We have a signed copy of Boy-sterous Living to give away to TWO 5 Minutes for Books readers (U.S. shipping addresses only). Leave a comment on this post to be considered. The winners will be announced on September 30.
But, wait! There’s even more fun! Want to win movie tickets and a snack for you and a friend to escape? Enter your grossest or funniest moment as a mom of a boy (No boys? That’s okay – we still want to hear your story!) by emailing your entry to [email protected] or by posting it on the Moms Raising Boys Facebook page.
Jean Blackmer wrote a special guest post for 5 Minutes for Mom about teaching manners. Check out her thoughts on Mr. and Mrs. . . or Not? (complete with a some totally boy-humor) in her guest post over at 5 Minutes for Mom today.
Wife and mother, Bible teacher and blogger, Lisa loves Jesus, coffee, dark chocolate and, of course, books. Read more of her reflections at Lisa writes….
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I am the mom of a 2-year-old-boy and a 3-month-old girl, and I am amused and scared by my son pretty much every day :)My friends with kids the same age all have girls and they look at my son like he’s an alien, but a cool one. There’s never a dull moment with a boy around. Hats off to you for raising 4!
I’d love to read this 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
Mom of 4 boys here too (ages 7, 6, 3, & 1)! I would love to read this book.
mom to three boys, then a baby girl… i’d love to read this!
This looks like a great book! I would love to read it!
I have two boys. When they were born, everyone on my side of the family said “But we don’t know what to do with boys!!” Somehow my side is girls, girls, girls. And I assumed I’d have girls too. Now of course I wouldn’t trade my precious boys for the world, but sometimes they are mysterious creatures to me. I would love to read this book!
I would SO LOVE to read this! Wanted to get on this session at MOPS convention but it was full 🙁 Thanks for the contest!
I’d love a chance, sounds fun!
how great i have two boys [email protected]
I have four boys as well (and usually at least one more boy that belongs to someone else). You just don’t hear the noise after a while.
I have a 17-month-old son who is definitely “all boy”! I would love to win a copy of the book so that I can see how to enjoy his crazy boy side in the years to come. Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter has a 2 month old son. THis would be great for her.
I loved this book! As the mom of two grown boys I could sooooo relate to the stories told in it.
Great review!
Marta
Marta’s Meanderings
Let’s try to unravel the code and figure this out! LOL
would love to read
I am the mom of one 3 year old boy in-between two little girls. He is the highlight of many, many days with his boisterous spirit and love for adventure and all things sports and outdoors! I would LOVE a copy of the book. Looking forward to reading it.
My grandson is reminding me how different little boys are to girls. He is go go go and loves everything cars.
My wife would love to read this.
I have two boys and I would love to get my hands on this book!
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I have twin 4 1/2 yr old boys so this book sounds right up my alley.
Thanks,
Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
sign me up….
I have a friend from church who has 5 BOYS (12, 8, 6, 3, and 4 mo.)! Her last one was born in May, and the gender was a surprise until he was born…needless to say, no one was too surprised when it turned out to be a fifth boy. Needless to say, with so many boys around, there’s an awful lot of tackle football and wrestling that goes on. 🙂 I’d love to have a copy of this book to give to her – I know she’d enjoy having some laughs, since she spends most of her days trying to keep track of her 5 active guys. 🙂
I have two boys and my sister has a son so we would get lots of use out of this.
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I’ve got 2 loud, loud, loud boys. I would love a copy of this book!
Oh, this sounds like a good mommy book
Please include me.
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Wow! I could not raise 4 sons I am sure! I have one daughter and she is a handful 😉
Just a note that we’ve posted about this at Winning Readings: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/09/boy-sterous-living.html
I have a 13 year old boy and this would be great!
I’m the mom of 3 boys (6,4, and 11 months) and 1 girl. This week the 6 year old wanted to take a ball bat to the 4 year old. The 4 year old used a crayon on my teak dresser and a rug. And the 11 month old was found splashing his hand in a toilet. Have mercy! It didn’t seem so bad until I wrote it all down! No wonder I always need a nap!!
Sounds like a great book…would love to win it (o:
Sounds great! There are so many daughter books out there and it seems like not as many good son ones!
Having 2 girls and 2 boys, this sounds like a must-have book for any parent with boys!!! Wow, the boys get into so much trouble; it’s sometimes difficult to find the humor. Would love to read this book!!! Thank You for the Giveaway;)
This sounds like a book I could use — my son often baffles me — in a good way 🙂
I have a friend who has twin boys. They would love this
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I would love to read this, thanks for the chance!
I would love to win this for my daughter. She has a son and needs to learn how to get rowdy!
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I would love to read this! My son is still a baby, but I still have had some gross moments! Thanks!
I am the mother of three sons (and a daughter). I love my boys. If I win this though, I will give it to my daughter-in-law. She & my son have two sons.
Thanks for this great giveaway!
I have four sons, so we’re in the same boat! I’d love to read Jean’s book.
I’d LOVE this!
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I have two sons, they are pretty boisterous! I would like to read this (if I have a quiet minute…)
I would love a chance to win. Thank you.
As a mother of two boys I think I need this 🙂
hopefully this will help feel a bit more light-hearted about having boys!
I have 2 young boys and I would love to read this book.