Lady Alone ( but never lonely )

Having two boys is great. It really is. The running, the biting (from the baby), the wrestling, the jumping, the bouncing, the cackling, the rowdiness! It's great.

Almost all the time. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my sons and I feel like my family is complete, even without a daughter.  I cherish the blessings that God gave me.

The downside of being the "Lady Alone" is when I crave nice, girly activities and I have no one to do them with.

As most Moms witness, a Dad's idea of "wind down" time, usually includes some sort of laughing and one or more limbs flailing in the air as if somehow dis-attacthed to their body... but that also brings a "Friend's" reference to mind. The point is, boys play differently than girls. Not always, but usually.

I had two older brothers and a younger sister to give me a preview of this contrast when I was growing up. My sister and I would play dolls, dress up (not to mention a role-playing game in which we both should have won Oscars.) My brothers did a lot of running. No, not cross-country. They would chase each other, around the house. Only when they were mad at each other, so I guess, technically  they weren't exactly bonding. It still managed to  created life long memories for us all ( The funny kind.)

Recently,  Jonathan was playing with some neighborhood kids, a girl and two boys. The boys wanted  to wrestle, yell and play fight. The girl, craving a different kind of play, walked over to me and said," Boys play weird."  I smiled and said, "Boys just get weirder."

It's true, isn't it? They seem to start off sweet, squishy babies and then one day, they are 15, eating chefboyardee ravioli  as if it's going out of style  and having burping contests.

Although, to be fair, we girls love to eat, too. Also, we can out-weird even the weirdest of boy's weird at times. I'm sure any time we cry our eyes out at greeting card commercials while eating our pint of Ben & Jerry's our guys wonder, ever so quietly, "........What just happened?"

Still, everyone likes to do things that they enjoy, whether it's  rough housing or organizing your pantry.

Being the lone Lady in a home of guys does have it's highlights, though. I mean, what boy doesn't love their Mom? Also, it's fun when we leave the house to go on a family outing and I see all of my guys decided to wear camouflage shorts ( Ok, technically I still dress the baby but I never plan to match, it's all out of complete coincidence, I tell ya.)

Another fun part of being the only girl on board is walking into a bedroom full of my sleeping fellas. The wave of "boy" is a mixture of the baby's "juice and peanut butter" smell, to my near 6 year old's "dirt and cookies" smell, to my husband's Old Spice.  It's pure heaven, my boy nirvana. It may be crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I know my boys will have fun playing together and I will do my best to get right in there and get dirty with them. I want to make good memories with them, so they see me as a woman who is both delicate and determined, fun and frilly, caring and courageous, and yes, even whiny and wild. I want them to know that even though I am a girl and a Mom, I can play around and get rowdy. I just need some pampering afterward. Kidding (kinda.)

I remember something else my brothers and their friends did growing up,  I shook my head at  the sight but I couldn't stop myself from observing.

 I don't know why I was up at such a late hour... but I was. I stumbled into the habitat of the males. There I saw it. I must ask you friends, have you  ever seen  a pack of boys race to see who could eat the most amount of Dannon strawberry yogurt in one minute?


Yeah, I have. And with any luck, I will see it again :)

Remember Me?

Sorry, I have been so busy trying to remember the password to get back into my blog, that I never updated with a new post. LOL.

The past few months have been great, just living and loving with my husband and two boys.
Jonathan turns 6 next month and Matthew turned 1 in February. They are growing way too fast for me. I try to keep up, though. :)

We have two fun vacations planned this year! One to California in May and then to Kentucky in June!
Here is to fun vacations!!

I will be back with a new blog post, soon. I mean you know, one that is more meaty. In the meantime,  Just a quick update on me, and yes, I'm still here.  :)