you go to the bathroom and it is all steamed up. Window closed. Bath mat screwed up in a ball on the floor. Shower curtain all scrunched up in the corner so it can develop a good healthy mould covering. Swarfega tub still open on the side.....he used Swarfega in the shower????????
you look down the mud infested garden ( it is acually dry today though) and see newspaper strewn all across the 'lawn' and a dog poo in the middle of the path, and your 13 yr old hammering away in the shed at the obottom. I mean did he actually see it and step over it, or is he really that lucky?!!
Your eldest son gets out of the shower after a god half an hour (don't tell the energy police!!!), and still has a black neck from a day grinding and welding!!! And I mean BLACK.
To be fair he actually has showered, because he has scouts this evening, and I guess the necker will cover the unwashed section!!!
your teenage son comes home from the park last night with a dead pigeon he had shot with his catapault. One hit. Falls from branch to ground. THUD
you come home from taking your 9 yr old son to his swimming lesson to the sight of your teenage son squashing his face against the dining room window, in some form of greeting!
there is more mud in the kitchen than in the boot room.
the hand towel in the bathroom has a blackened section just about where everyone dries their hands! How can they leave a dirty mark if they have been washed?!!!!
you go into the kitchen after the boys have had breakfast and the butter and jam are both on the worktop with no lids on, the bread board and surrounding area is covered with bread crumbs, there is a ring of milk on the side and a light sprinkling of sugar enough for two cups of tea!!
the weetabix box that you checked was in the cupboard for breakfast the following morning is in fact, empty.
there is a carton of fruit juice in the fridge, but when you pour it out, it would barely fill an egg cup!!!
you can't remember what colour the soap was when you bought it....can you actually buy black soap?!!!
there are umpteen pairs of boots and shoes lying around by the back door all about the size of a small canoe!!!
tidying their room means putting all the items of clothing that are covering the floor, doing a really bad impression of a carpet, into the washing basket.
you ALWAYS have a washing pile the size of Mount Everest.
May you all have a safe and Happy Christmas
3 weeks ago
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Oh yes yes yes!
I always say that parents of girls can't possibly classify themselves as REAL qualified genuine article parents unless they have experienced the full BOY EFFECT on a household. Preferably with the eldest child being a boy, so he has not been trained in any feminine ways by elder sisters.
There is also boys' talent for turning any innocent household implement into a deadly weapon.
And the ability to take 3 hours to put one sock on, but to complete 3 levels of a computer game in one hour.
And there's also the mystery of what happens to the toothpaste when in the hands of a boy: bathroom weapon...hair gel...deodorant (judging by the state of their t-shirts)...bum wiping implement perhaps...(ok let me erase that thought).
I am so dreading the prospect of my boys getting hairy. I mean as if things aren't bad enough already.
but you gotta luv em...haven't you?
Oh yes. Love them I do. Completely. Absolutely. 100%
When do they move out?!!
Or should that be....they will move out one day, won't they?!!
I've told mine they've got till they're 18, tops. Then they're out. I think that's a fair notice for eviction.
Ha! Ha! I agree with every word of that observation. You are so right!
well,well,well all those memories of Rob and George came flooding back, it was bad enought with two boys and i had NO!! garden at all foot ball boots full of mud in the kitchen, motor bikes parked in the lobby were'nt they Rob but i would not have change a thing BUT!instead i have a 48yr old dragging in bird seed, they never grow up its just you that you love them
Granny from Cornwall
I have a lot of that too (not the dog poo or dead pigeons) and I have a girl and a boy. Believe me, girls can also be filthy mud-monsters...
Hi, found you through the blog ring! We have three boys and will be welcoming boy #4 this summer. I appreciated this post and the comments. :) To say there is never a dull moment in a home full of boys might be the world's biggest understatement!
-Emily
Hi Em, nice to 'meet' you! Yes, boys are a very special species!!!!
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