Any moms of "just boys" relate??
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Any moms of "just boys" relate??
I just finished with my 8-years-old-on-Monday son's birthday slumber party. In my blog about it I copied and pasted the "why men are happier" post that Cat posted on here and added my own thoughts below it. I think moms of boys, but moms of just boys and no girls might relate. Here it is.....
Now for my musings on the subject...I feel qualified as somewhat of an expert as I am the only female in a house of 3 "men." I know that the boys' bathroom ALWAYS smells like urine even though I have actually cleaned the toilet and the floor with a toothbrush and bleach. I have seen the joy on the faces of my sons when they discovered that they could pee in a coke bottle while canoeing and when Adam taught Noah how to make fart noises with his armpit. I am an observer to the nightly wrestling match and I am the one who reminds the boys that when they brush their teeth, they actually should also use toothpaste. It takes all of the men in my house approximately 32 seconds to "do" their hair.
We're back to only 3 XY chromosome humans in the house. Last night was Noah's birthday slumber party. At one point there 8 boys ranging from 7-10 yrs in my house, with 6 of them staying all night. The evening consisted of lots of noise and video games with gloating and bragging rights to the winner, running around the house, gymnastics on the furniture, pillow fights, and tag. Incidentally, our Gamecube has been messing up recently and the boys were having a hard time getting it to work properly. Robert got it going, but needed to play it by himself for "just a minute" to make sure it was operating properly. Yeah, right. The kids were begging to play...."Mr. Robert can I pleeeeease have a turn?" "Ummm, just a minute. I'm not really playing. I'm just trying to fix the game."
During supper they all had the great idea to take off their shirts while they ate so they would look more "muscly"---these are either skinny, bony little 2nd graders with 1.5% body fat like Noah or those couple who still have that last little bit of baby fat hanging on. No muscles to be found anywhere! They also thought that they looked sexy until Robert informed them that it meant girls would like them and then they were all disgusted. They celebrated the end of supper with a belching competition and congratulatory back slaps and high fives all around. Those who could burp words on command quickly established themselves as alpha among the pack. We finally got them to sleep around 12:30-1:00 AM and then we heard peeing contests in the bathroom at 5:30 AM this morning. The party culminated in a football game at the park. Noah had the audacity to ask me if they could do a "blitz" and if they were playing "QB sneaks." I told him he was speaking a foreign language and would have to ask his dad.
It's over and it's naptime. I think I'll put on some pink fuzzy slippers, paint my fingernails, and watch a chick flick. I've got a bad case of testosterone overdose.
LOL, can't relate but it sure is funny to hear! 
We do have a daughter, but I can certainly relate!!! LOL. We had Alec's slumber party last Saturday and whew, was I ever ready for girl time when the last one went home!
That's too funny i can relate so well of course i've never been brave or "crazy" enough to allow that many other boys over for the night lol = ) my sister in law has though for the last 2 years thankfully both of my kids get to go over too while she does this lol = )
*sigh*
Sounds like my day to day existence...
I can so relate! lol
lol.. my boy is too young for all this, but I see what I have to look forward too!
I've got 3 brothers and "boy" can I relate!! I used to be such a tomboy...then, I discovered college, boys, and a sorority...they "saved" me. LOL! I love to paint my nails now and have a long hot bubble bath... but now, I've got a dirty dog, a messy husband, and a drooling 5 mo old boy...wouldn't trade them for anything!!!!!
Thanks for sharing this story. Made me giggle!
Oh. My. Gosh.
Welcome to my world.
And my world, too.
I have 3 small boys - 5, 3, and 1 - oh, and of course, my other boy, errr husband, Mike ;)
We have two bathrooms - one for "them" and one just for me. And you definitely know which is which just by the smell. No amount of cleaning will get rid of it...LOL And why can't they just make it into the toilet???? Ever????
Wrestling matches all the time! The whole house is their ring! So many things broken, but usually by my dh - a big kid I tell you! But I am glad he can get down and play with his boys, that is important I realize. But can't they just be a *little* more careful???
And since they are all young, they have this thing with walking around inspecting or tinkering with their thingys...LOL Ugh, put it away!
Yes, being a mom of allllllll boys can drive a mommy crazy sometimes. Chick flick? I wish! I just want to sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nope, can't relate to that one at all!!! Being the mom of 5 girls, I can relate to polly pockets, snubbies and barbies all over the house, not to mention thousands of little beads, nail polish and the music of Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff blaring!! I'll take it all over the wonderful pee smell of a boy's bathroom. LOL
Thanks for the laugh!
I was JUST thinking about this today! Our toilet is next to the tub and the shower curtain usually ends up on the end of the tub closest to the toilet. One time I went in and peeee-EWWWWW! I saw that the shower curtain was wet, and for that matter, so was the toilet. I hollered for my son, and he said it's hard to aim cuz he can't get it out over the edge of his pants far enough. (He's only 8) I said "Well, pull your pants DOWN!" He replied, "But Daddy doesn't have to, and HE gets in in the toilet!" SOOoooo, this one is for DADDY to handle!
AS for roughousing, dh doesn't do that. When he was a kid, his cousin was taken in to the hospital cuz he hit his head on the corner of the stereo (you know the old console stereos that were as long as a dresser?) and they were told that if he had hit that any harder he would have died. The corner of the stereo went into his head a ways, just not far enough to kill him. SOOoooo, we don't do that at OUR house.
BUT, there's ALWAYS boys running in the house. I'll say," Don't run in the HOUSE!" DS will say, "But Cocoa (the dog) WANTS me to!"
I can *sort* of relate - 2 boys and 2 girls here....
Boys are definitely wilder, and your description - "The evening consisted of lots of noise and video games with gloating and bragging rights to the winner, running around the house, gymnastics on the furniture, pillow fights, and tag." is entirely accurate. Unfortunately you're correct about the dreaded *Boy's Bathroom* too!
Great story, Pam. :-)
With 5 males in the house, 15, 11, 8, 4 and the 41 yo I so can relate.
I refer to my house as a barbie free zone. And in my house there is definately my bathroom and their bathroom. I have had naked children jump on my bed first thing in the morning butt naked doing the man bit dance. I had to explain to one of them that they were not eggs in that little pouch and they were not to be removed or messed w/.
After the 3rd male I looked on the ultrasound when I had never before for the sex because if it was a little girl I would have totally had to rethink my parenting. While pregant I went into our only bathroom then to find it had been peed on. So I got out the Clorox wipes and then decided to wait since I didnt want to sit until it dried, went back a few minutes later to find it peed on again. Between the mommy hormones and my general frustration I totally freaked out. I yelled for probably 15 minutes and ended that if i ended up with a UTI I was going to kill them all. LOL I used to talk nice and in a pleasant voice. Now I sound like a drill sargent.
I went out w/ a few moms at church w/ their teen age daughters, (I think they felt sorry for me), I was totally out of my league. They were talking about all the new fashions, which movie star they thought was cute et al. I had no idea what the heck they were talking about. I can only imagine when they start to get married, there wives will think I am a nut case. I walk by the baby section and look at all those cute little dresses and realize it's gonna have to be the grandkids CAUSE I'M DONE TRYING! LOL.
Very funny! I can totally relate. My boys are noth "alpha" males too- which makes life REALLY interesting! So.... when's the next slumber party!
Being a mom of 3 boys, 1 girl - I can too relate. My only daughter - now away at college - so I'm stuck with all the boys. What is it with peeing and the bathroom - can't they just aim!!! Whenever my bathroom gets too stinky, I just replace the toilet seat - that helps for a little while!!
Oh boy, I have an almost 6 yo and a 2 yo (as well as dh). I was wondering why the bathroom smelled all the time even though I always clean it. Any other ideas how to get rid of the smell? And all the running/jumping/wrestling leaves an inch of dust on my furniture. But they sure are cute! Glad to see I'm not alone. At one point, I called my only other friend that had a son at the time because none of my other friends with daughters could relate. THANK YOU!!
My 3 sons are 2 years apartwho are now 23,21, and 19. And up until just under 4 years ago, it was me against the males. Testosterone flowed heavily around here. The bathroom doesn't smell so bad anymore now that it has turned into dd's bathroom. Shirtless little boys, laughing over farting, the smell, anything to do with passing gas was hilarious. All they seemed to be able to do was play video games and play in the dirt.
But now we have Barbies and Polly Pockets everywhere. Things are purple and pink. You can hardly walk without stepping on a pony tail holder or ribbon. And kisses flow from that little darling. But I think the estrogen level from one 3 yo little girl is probably higher than that of the testosterone of 3 boys. But I love it anyway.
Tracy, I use my envirosteamer around their toilet. I blast it into every nook and cranny. And then I Lysol it. It helps a lot, though it doesn't alleviate the problem altogether.
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