When a woman finds out she is pregnant it is the great feeling. The day she discoveres that she will have a son..she thinks life is great. Then the second son is born...WOW a playmate for the first son. When the third sons makes his debut the woman is overjoyed. We have saved all the clothing, shoes, etc. in order to make the transition from a family of 4 to 5 much easier. How was that woman to know that in a few short years, her life would consist of...
"Don't throw that in the house!"
"Leave your brothers' ears alone."
"Ouch, can someone pick up the millions of cars and blocks on the floor."
Or my favorite question to ask..."Honey, do you think you should teach them that?"
Recently, I came home from the grocery store. (Evidently I was earlier than anyone expected.) I found my husband and 3 boys THROWING dodgebee discs in my living room near the curio. Needless to say my husband thought that everything was okay because "the dodgebee won't hurt". Now it is later and the kids today were throwing REAL frisbees in my house. They got stuck on top of the refrigerator, cabinets and behind picture frames. Luckily, nothing was broken. When I questioned the boys, their response was "BB's don't hurt". How can I compete with the COOL dad? I have become the boring mom who doesn't allow her kids to throw things in the house. What am I to do?
2 comments:
First of all...when it is 'boys night' I don't seem to have a problem with my boys throwing non indoor flying discs in the house.
Second of all...when we played Dodgebee in the house the first time, we have all breakables down and the curio cabinet was clearly OB and not in play. The boys throw from the kitchen to Dad who is in the living room. The curio is protected from throws coming from the kitchen.
Thirdly...these are things Dads do with their sons.
The Dad.
I don't follow. What was the problem?
And even if there was concern, as A-J clearly stated, "... the curio cabinet is clearly OB and not in play."
If only all of life's problems could be solved so easily.
(Having said that, Mr T is really starting to throw - you know, things in general. He is also pouncing on the cats when the opportunity presents itself. So far, the cats have been very patient with him ... knock-on-wood).
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