Fun With Our Sons: Big Brother

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Big Brother

Braylen is at camp this week. That means Kaleb's enjoyed a week of being the big brother around here. He sits shotgun in the van, calls himself the man of the house, and leads Aaron around all day long. He's also discovered what's NOT so good about being the big brother. The other night he said to me, "Why are you so nice to Aaron and give him what he wants, but you're not nice to me?" Welcome to the life of the firstborn. Braylen will resume his role tomorrow when we pick him up from camp! Last summer he brought chicken pox and impetigo home with him. Hopefully this year he'll just bring home his dirty laundry.

I'm excited to get my boy back. I've missed him. I think his brothers miss him too.

We sure have been busy while Braylen's been gone. I'm looking forward to the weekend so I can get a little break from all of these fun activities I've scheduled for us! Whatever happened to lazy summer days, I'll never know.

Aaron's given me a few funnies this week. The first two center around cereal. My boys LOVE cereal. They like to eat a bowl of healthy cereal for breakfast and finish it off with a "dessert" cereal; usually Apple Jacks or Froot Loops. This week I shook things up a bit and bought Fruity Pebbles. Every morning Aaron says, "I want some of those fruity petals!" :)

Aaron's favorite healthy cereal is Life. He said, "We should get a Life plant. Then we wouldn't have to buy it at the store." I thought he said a "live plant." I had no idea what he was talking about. It didn't help that I hadn't had my coffee yet. I finally figured out what he was saying and felt like I'd accomplished something great. Yes Aaron, I'd like a Life plant--and a money tree too. :)

Finally, Aaron watched his big brothers put some models together last week. Braylen built a fighter jet and he helped Kaleb build a red car. Aaron just watched. When he found a model that hadn't yet been built, Aaron wanted it. I told him to ask Daddy, since they are Daddy's models. Aaron carried it around the house and said, "Can I have this object? I want this object!" His word for model is object. :)

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What I've Learned While Raising Boys

You know you're a Cub Scout mom when you end up teaching the salesperon which neckerchief slide goes with which age level.

The boys want to be just like dad, but they want to snuggle with mom.

Snuggling and cuddling can quickly turn into a tickling match with daddy, but mommy avoids the tickling to keep snuggling longer.

A carpeted floor always turns into a wrestling mat.

I don't care how old (or how young) you are; if you are male, you will wrestle on the carpeted floor.

I've never heard the words 'belch' and 'fart' more in my life. Nor the sound effects those words represent.

They'll carry toads and eat dog food. Hand them a toilet brush and they think it's gross.

Why mop the boys' bathroom floor when I can wait for them to do it for me? Three showers later, a towel makes a nice mop.

Courtesy flush=an adult walks by the boys' bathroom and flushes the toilet. Courtesy flushes are standard around here.

Hearing me count to 5 changes my child's behavior, if only for a moment.

I get more practice counting to 5 than I did when I was learning how to count.

Pull-ups should never go in the dryer.

Vacuuming the pull-up pieces out of the dryer at midnight is not unheard of.

Rocks, cars, coins, chapstick, crayons, army men, kleenex, and stickers are all washable, but shouldn't be.

If I want a child to be sick, give him clean sheets.

Band-aids really do make it all better.

My camera batteries will die at the worst time. Like they did at my wedding and the birth of my first son.

When I get mad at my son for spilling his drink, I'll spill mine that same day.

Just when I'm ready to sit down with my lunch, my kids need cleaned up from finishing theirs.

The game "I Spy" works great in a restaurant; not in a moving car.

Dandelion bouquets should be checked for ants before gracing my kitchen counter.

I should always accept a dandelion from my son with delight, for someday they will just be weeds in my yard.

I really do have eyes in the back of my head.

The messier the better--living room, kitchen, toy room--for it means my kids are here with me.

I never turn away a hug from my son--soon enough he won't offer them to me.

Things are always better in the morning.

I can never find the scotch tape in my kitchen drawer, but my son has at least 3 rolls in his desk.

My 5 year old can remember attending a funeral when he was 3, but he can't remember to flush the toilet or shut the front door.

I shouldn't be surprised that my 5 year old thinks I was friends with Mary, mother of Jesus, when he thinks 7 year olds are big kids.

Hiding a purchase from an inquisitive child looks like shoplifting.

The number of bathrooms in a home should equal the number of children. All 3 bathrooms have been used at the same time more than I ever would have imagined.

I'm a selfish, self-centered person. God's cure for that? My 3 blessings.

They really are little for just a little while. . .