Bringing Up Boys with Tom

When Tom asked Janice to marry him she smiled and said Yes if I dont have to cook or have children. She is still lukewarm about cooking but says Bringing up our boys was one of the greatest joys of my life.The story begins with the couples return from a journey around the world as told in Honeymoon Hobos. Tom took up his architecture career in Austin later teaching in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas. Janice resumed her teaching career at St. Andrews Episcopal School until the couple decided to raise a family.Bringing up boys can be scary at times but Tom taught them how to wrestle a bully to the ground and by example how to treat a woman. Janice says I loved being queen of the household.Tom and Janice created a home that shelters daydreaming to quote from The Poetics of Space. There Tom taught the boys to draw and make things with their hands. Janice opened up the world to them by reading books aloud and planning family trips including a climb to the summit of Mt. Rainier. Together they strove to encourage creativity an adventurous spirit knowledge of our cultural heritage and empathy for other cultures.