Moms of boys

Some things I've learned about being a mother to boys.  These are things you probably don't know about if you have little girls.  Now, I will say that my little girl does some of these too because she is the baby of the family and tends to act more like her brothers at times.  I'm telling you, these boys are something else!

Moms of boys...

• know how to deal with sports equipment that are particular to boy parts.  Knowing how to protect a boy's "fruit basket" is common knowledge.
• know that boys stink between the ages of 11-15 and there's not much that will fix that.  You can clean, you can have all the best smelling candles, you can wash their clothes, and their rooms will still smell like a locker room.  
• have mini-vans or SUVs that can adequately carry sports bags, coolers of sports drinks and water, snacks, extra sports equipment, and extra kids (usually boys).
• have vehicles that smell like locker rooms.
• have to buy groceries all the time.  They eat everything.  You cook dinner, they eat it, but 20 minutes later they are back in the kitchen, looking in the fridge or cabinets for something to eat.
• know that when brothers fight, something is likely to get broken - a picture frame, a wall, a bone.  It's best to let them go outside and fight it out, especially when they are bigger than you are!  Give them boxing gloves first or someone will end up in the ER or doctor's office.
• know to roll the windows down in the vehicle when their son says, "It's gonna stink in a minute" or "I let one" or "My belly hurts" or "You're gonna need to open a window".  This is especially painful when it's below 30 degrees outside and the van is full of other kids that join the stinky fun!
• know all the best Chuck Norris jokes.
• have lots of dirty laundry and usually know all the best tricks for getting stains out of clothes.
• will watch YouTube videos of the NFL's hardest hits or World's most awesome (insert sport activity here) over and over again.  Or, you will repeatedly watch home videos of your kids playing sports just to see that one great touchdown or awesome line drive past short stop.
• know that when you hear "Hey, I've got a good idea" it's probably not a good idea.  Someone's gonna end up in the ER or doctor's office.

My boys melt my heart and make me laugh.  It is never a dull moment around here.  And throw in the little mama and conversations get really interesting!  I'll have to post what I've learned from my daughter at a later date but tonight my boys just had me rolling on the floor laughing...well, at least during the ride home from church.

Be blessed!

Jen