A Glimpse Into the Life of Growing Boys
Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Kids |
Here are a few things that have been heard/seen around my house in the past two days.
Dorian (upon seeing some dishes that I knocked off the pila onto the ground): “Oh, no!”
Me: “Yeah, they fell.”
Dorian. “Mama. Se cayo porque tiraste.” (They fell because you pushed them.)
Irving: Snoring very, very loudly
Dante: “whaaaaakkkk, wakkkkk”, imitating his father´s snores from his position in the crib.
Dorian: “Pollo, quiero pollo. (chicken, I want chicken) Mamana , quiero mamana. (Banana, I want banana) Cracker, quiero cracker.” Contrary to popular believe, we actually do feed our kids.
Dorian knocked something over at his abuelos´ house as well, the other day. His abuela said “Dorian, what are you doing?”
Dorian: “Yo no, yo no. Zanelle (his cousin).”
In addition to all these fascinating little conversations, Dorian has exploded into boydom. Suddenly he MUST climb on absolutely everything and tears and blood are both flowing freely around here. For example,
Yesterday, he jumped on me and headbutted me . . . with his nose, resulting in his first nosebleed.
The day before, he was rolling around on the couch with his bottle, fell off and and split his lip on said bottle.
That same day, he fell off his trike twice, attempting a daring descent down the path that leads to our front door. He did finally make it and was very proud of himself, despite a scraped knee and elbows.
Yesterday, my little daredevil wriggled backwards down a steepish incline (for him) on his tummy . . . over large rocks, bits of concrete block and dirt. He had so much fun, he did it again several times and the end result was something of a chimney sweep look. I was too sick and tired (yeah, sick again, this time with a cold) to take a photo. But trust me, it was a mess!
Is this normal? Are all little boys like this? I´ve really never dealt with small boys and I have to say this is exhausting! (not to mention messy!) 
But I´m enjoying every minute of it . . . well, maybe not the bleeding lips and noses, but the rest of it, for sure.
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Laughing here…little boys are different. In the years I was ‘boyless’ I never had the need of an ambulance…this year one of my boys need two rides in one to get fixed up.
We haven’t had much of the chimney sweep look- but I am sure that must be coming. (perhaps its because they came at 3 and 4 years old and missed that stage?)
smiling
Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted
That snoring imitation is hilarious!
And I can’t believe Dorian blamed his mess on his cousin… you’ve got a clever little boy on your hands!
Sadly (and sometimes happily), that is the way of little boys! They are constantly in need of a wash and a band-aid! The thing is, I know we’ll miss this someday!