Princesses

What is the opposite of a boy? A princess, of course!

Ever since Christmas when my nieces were here with their little princess dollies, Jack has decided there are two sexes: boys and princesses.

Jack saw me in a dress the other day and said with wide eyes, "Mommy! You're a princess!"

He saw a little girl with long hair at the park yesterday and pointed her out to me saying, "See that princess there, mom?"

What convinced me that he truly is substituting the word "princess" for "girl" though, was today after insisting on keeping me company while peeing. He said, "Mommy, you got no penis! Must be princess!"

So I'm pretty sure he wasn't trying to tell me I am pretty like a princess or that my hair was beautiful or that I exuded a certain regal "princess-ness." He was just pointing out that because I am not a boy like everyone else around here, I must be a princess.

Dude Style

I am surrounded by males in my house, so naturally, there are things I prefer not to be done that make sense to me, a female, but don't seem to be so black and white for the rest of my family. I have learned that when I am the only one who thinks a rule or a style of doing something makes sense or is the best way, the alternative gets called "dude style."

Some examples of dude style:

Drinking milk out of the carton

Going outside in the cold or rain with no jacket

Riding bikes with no helmet

Not washing hands before meals

Sleeping with as little clothes on as possible

When I ask Mitchell if he would like to get his jacket on before we go pick up Ben at school, he replies, "Nah... I'll just go 'dude style'."

When I ask Ben where his pajamas are and why he woke up almost naked in the morning: "I was hot so I slept 'dude style'."

"I couldn't reach a cup, so I drank some milk 'dude style'!"

I'm sure I am missing out on many things by not having any other little females in my family, but my dudes sure do seem like the perfect fit for me as a mother. I do have to admit, "dude style" does seem the way to go sometimes...

Why Boys Are More Better Than Girls

I was reading through Dobson's Bringing Up Boys and found a letter that a little girl had written to him about why girls are better than boys.  Apparently, he printed this and many little boys heard about it and he was flooded with letters from boys of all ages, fighting back against the "incorrectness" of this little girls' list.  I am not going to list all of them, just my favorite ones followed by a couple quotes also sent in by little boys.  (Any typos were left in on purpose, by the way.)

Why Boys Are More Better Than Girls

1. Boys can sit in front of a scary movie and not close their eyes once

2. Boys don't have to sit down every time they go.

3. boys don't get embarrassed easily.

4. Boys can go to the bathroom in the woods.

5. Boys can climb trees better.

6. Boys are better tractor drivers than girls.

7. Boys rite better than girls.

8. Boys can build better forts than girls.

9. Boys are way more cooler.

10. Boys have less fits.

11. Boys aren't afraid of reptiles.

12. Boys don't do all those wiggaly movements when they walk.

13. Boys don't scratch.

14. Boys don't brade another's hair.

15. Boys aren't smart alickes.

16. Boys don't cry and feel sorry when they kill a fly.

17. Boys don't use as much deoderant.

18. Boys learn to make funny noises with their armpits faster.

19. Boys can tie better knots - specially girls pony tails.

20. Boys get to blow up more stuff.

21. Without boys there would be no babies.

22. Boys eat with a lot of heart.

23. Boys hum best.

24. Boys are proud of their odor.

25. Boys don't cry over a broken nail.

26. Boys aren't clichish.

27. Boys bait their own hook when they fish.

28. Boys don't wake up with bad hair.

29. Boys aren't stinker. [what?]

30. Boys don't take two million years to get ready.

31. Boys don't put a tub of makeup on all the time.

"Boys care more about sports, having fun, and not caring about the way they look (unless they are going somewhere nice.)  I was made to write this letter.  Most boys do not like to write."

"I was reading through your letter and I saw the list of...reasons why girls are better than boys.  Know what I did with it?  I stomped on it!  P.S. you have permission to print this."

  

I'm glad little boys of all ages can see and appreciate the differences between themselves and the "fairer" sex.  These are some important differences!  You guys crack me up!  I'm not sure I agree with you that you aren't "stinker" or "don't wake up with bad hair" though...