to moms with both boys and girls

[SWTXBelle]

I had two girls - now 18 and 16 - first. Then I had the boys - now 6 and 4.
WOW. I always say I saw a light at the end of the tunnel, and it turned out to be an oncoming train. The boys just never, never stop. They love mud in a way the girls wouldn't have ever thought of. I say things I've never had to say before like "Don't pee off the porch!" and "This is a pants required zone!". I will also say they are amazingly sweet - especially my 4 year old. Loving and cuddly - which is a good thing (!) - but when they are quiet I panic - when the girls were little and quiet, they were playing Barbies. The boys are probably tearing down the house.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I had two girls - now 18 and 16 - first. Then I had the boys - now 6 and 4.
WOW. I always say I saw a light at the end of the tunnel, and it turned out to be an oncoming train. The boys just never, never stop. They love mud in a way the girls wouldn't have ever thought of. I say things I've never had to say before like "Don't pee off the porch!" and "This is a pants required zone!". I will also say they are amazingly sweet - especially my 4 year old. Loving and cuddly - which is a good thing (!) - but when they are quiet I panic - when the girls were little and quiet, they were playing Barbies. The boys are probably tearing down the house.

My step sons are like this. They are 16 & 10 now but I've known then since they were 13 and 7. The "dont pee off the porch" slogan is a popular one. But then Kelsy (she's 11 now but was 9 at the time) decided she was going to take a picture of charlie peeing off the porch. we had to have the talk with both of them abotu how we do not take pictures of ourselves or others peeing and pooping (and they laugh through the whole lecture). We've also had many lectures to charlie about "skid marks" in his underwear. We throw away atleast one pair a week. Again, he finds this humrous.

Kelsy has always been girlie and quiet. Pj (the 16 year old) has always been quiet but still to this day likes to take things apart (and then is unable to put them back together), and Charlie.........well God help charlie. he leaves our house for school in a clean t-shirt and comes home with half if not most of his lunch and half the playground dirt on it. he's constantly in and out of the house. Has to be doing something or playing with someone from 7:30am to 9pm. He too is obsessed with farting and making home movies of himself. When charlie's little friend from across the street comes over it looks like a tornado has been through my yard and inside my house! He's also obsessed with having a girlfriend eventhough he's in the fourth grade. He recently told his teacher during a self assessment interview that his lack of having a girlfriend was a problem he felt she needed to address.