It took a little while to get my head around having two boys. The estrogen is clearly outnumbered in our household. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that my dreams of dance recitals, prom dresses, becoming a girl scout leader, and girly outings together flew out the window when we guessed we were having a second boy. Who's going to play with my hair now? When I was pregnant I used to find myself wandering over to the baby girl clothing racks (soooo many cute girl things to buy!) or casting an eye at the girl toys....dress up, make believe kitchen supplies, fake food, dolls, princesses etc. Things that even looked fun for me at my old age...ha ha!
Little cowboy fast asleep
I shouldn't whinge though...I know how lucky we are to have two incredibly healthy and handsome young boys. All little girl thoughts that I used to have, have been replaced by boy stuff, and over the past 3 months I've realized just how cool it is to have two boys. The most practical is the clothing/toy situation. Yes, we do save tons of money not having to buy a new wardrobe in pink and purple (and ugggh! I would hate to have an all pink/red/purple wardrobe anyways!) and we can recycle most toys.
We'll encourage them to have their own interests (and yeah, I still think it would be cool if they wanted to take dance lessons....shhh! don't tell James) but just think if they both choose to do the same sport. Saturday mornings would be spent all at the same venue and the likelyhood of wasting gas as we drive all over town taking both a little boy and little girl to their different extracurricular activities might diminish. Get what I mean? Also....I think James will make a pretty good soccer coach for the boys one day.
I can already tell that we'll be making many trips to the dr with broken bones, scrapes and falls - I think that's just in the territory of having boys.
I don't even look at the pink stuff in the stores any more. I'm focused on boy stuff all the time. If it's a truck, train, motorbike, tractor, or airplane Luca is sure to love it. If I want to really make him bust out in a giggle fit, I just have to pretend something is icky, or that it stinks, or that it's humongous, or I'm scared. Boys seem to like that stuff. Boys are programmed to like completly different things than the little girls. It's all about big loud things, smelly things, balls, and transport vehicals. As we drive around town Luca can point out front end loaders, dump trucks, fork lifts, cherry pickers, diggers, excavators, bulldozers, rubbish trucks, milk tankers....oh, and he's obsessed with trailors - all kinds, horse trailors, flatbed trailors, little garden trailors. He knows stuff that I have no clue about. That's boys for you.
When I saw a poster for the "Kids Big Rig" event a few weekends ago, I knew it would be right up our alley. It was a fundraiser for Kids Cancer and all these truck drivers, and motorcycles parked up and let kids go for rides and play around. I think most of these truck drivers spent the entire weekend polishing up their trucks, and getting to show off for the kids. Luca even got to honk the horn of a big truck. It took him by suprise how loud it was - I think he nearly pooed in his pants after that. Alas, it was a good day. A day of Boy things.
Having two handsome men to look after me when I'm older is a comforting thought as well. I firmly believe that boys are much harder on parents during their younger years, but I've heard that teenage girls can be even worse - so maybe we'll put in our hard yards now.
2 comments:
I could've pictured you having a lot of fun with little girls, too! (but completely agree that teenage years may not be worth the trouble.)
After having 4 brothers, I can honestly say that you never know what type of interests & skills they might end up with. In middle school, a few brothers figured out the "home skills" classes were where all the girls were & signed up with a friend just for the attention. As a result, 2 of them still sew better than I do! 1 of my brothers is responsible for getting me into cake decorating, and probably still does a better job of that, as well. One took swing dancing lessons in high school & college, so he can swirl & spin better than I can, too. (Yes, they're all straight - 2 married with kids)
At the same time they were learning to sew & bake, I was holding my own in the kitchen, but refusing dance classes & insisting on playing sports with the boys & building tree forts instead. (What other girl got her own, stocked tool box from Santa before age 10? LoL)
My brothers expressed their masculine sides through hockey, soccer & lacrosse, but managed to keep a great balance without ever feeling they had anything to prove.
You have a great attitude just being thankful that they're healthy. With such supportive, active, loving parents, anything is possible. Whatever skills & interests they choose to acquire along the way, I'm sure they'll both grow up well-adjusted with happy childhood memories, which is more than a lot of kids can ask for these days! Someday, they'll look back & realize just how lucky they were...
It is funny to think about it now, but I always imagined myself having boys. I had 2 brothers and no little girls in the neighborhood to play with. I ended up with 2 sweet girls, and had to learn all of the girly stuff with the two of you.
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