Boys will be boys?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Boys will be boys?

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

What if the five year old asked for a blood sample for the microscope?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Absolutely, he could have it. They can have blood to look at under the microscope, just not wound each other to get it. I might even poke my finger for them if I'm feeling brave.

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

I tried that once... the finger poking for a blood sample for a kids' microscope. Unless you have one of those little finger pricker thingies made especially for the purpose, you can't do it. At least I couldn't. The self-protection instinct was too strong for manual override.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Bok, I think you're right. I took it as a challenge & just tried it. A pin is definitely not the right tool. I got a teeny bit of blood, but not a whole drop or even close. I couldn't bring myself to try to make the wound bigger. And now I feel weird and queasy. I really should know better by now.

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

You went and tried it? rolleyes

You slay me.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yeah, I know. I have issues. But I don't have a pocket knife and that's probably a good thing.

Roper · Senior Bucketkeeper

Yay for boys! I have three also.

A few years ago for Christmas, we got a slot car track. After a couple of months, when we had worn out the tires, the boys decided to disassemble one of the cars and see just how fast they could make the motor go. So they soldered a standard 110 electrical cord to the little motor, then soldered a razor blade to the shaft. Then they wanted to make a little bracket for holding "insects and small rodents" they said. A new and improved guillotine. A "slice-a-torium" they said. When I found what they were so anxiously engaged in, I made them remove the blade. But I did watch as they plugged in the cord. I saw the motor spin at about 200,000 rpm and melt the plastic fittings and the delicate wiring. Then the smoke alarm went off.

dilbert · Senior Member

Yay for boys! I have three also.
And your wife has four, apparently.

(Note that I don't say that disaprovingly--as I read your post I was wondering if I could do the same thing with a Zip Zap car...)

palmon · Senior Member

"And your wife has four, apparently."

Just cuz someone says they have three does not mean they don't have 4. If you have 4, you also have 3, 2 and 1.

Roper · Senior Bucketkeeper

dilbert wrote:
And your wife has four, apparently.

Yeah, I admit that I'm essentially still 13 in my own mind. Honestly, that's one of the reasons I love teaching elementary: I get to do a lot of the things I loved doing as a kid--things that society expects proper adults to have grown out of.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

*tries really hard to resist trying out the finger prick*

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Ya get used to finger pricks pretty quickly when you have to do it on a regular basis to test yer blood sugar.

LEVE · Veteran Member

You guys need to read:

The Dangerous Book for Boys

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

I told my wife I want that book. Maybe for my anniversary or christmas! Target here had it and it looked like it was loads of fun.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

My little boy just figured out how to get the camera down and remove its flash memory card.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Today's boy file: My youngest who is a mere 20 months old, spontaneously put his shorts on his head like a hat today. That might be a new record in our house. I think the others were 2 before doing that. I'm not even going to bother asking why boys do that. At least it wasn't underwear. Yet.

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

Cat Herder wrote:

Ya get used to finger pricks pretty quickly when you have to do it on a regular basis to test yer blood sugar.

Sure, Cat, but do you use a sewing pin, or do you use a lancet? With the right tool, it's not a big deal.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Bah, lancets are for wimps...
And sewing pins... mere child's play...
I use a 7 pound sledge!

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

My five year old gave his younger brother, who has very little hair even at 20 months old, his first haircut. He used nail clippers. My youngest must not have minded judging by the size of the trimmed patch.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

My 4yo girl just gave her 2yo brother the "bangs cut". No more bangs. At least his temper is not quite so intimidating now that he looks like a total nerd!! MWAHAHAAAA!

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Ok, maybe this one will be a bit more boy specific: My youngest likes to watch Star Wars movies with a laser gun or light saber in hand so he can play along.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

So does mine. And, he wears a cape most of his waking time because he is a Jedi / Sith / Anakin, and he plays light saber fights with his 2 1/2 year old sister, and he has like 6 light sabers, and when he isn't using them, he is using sticks / christmas decoration candy cane things / brooms / lacrosse sticks / etc. as his light saber... and he plays LOTR swordfights and Star Wars duels with the playmobile toys...

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

My oldest went through a phase when he was about 4 where he literally would not respond to his own name. He'd say, "I'm Bond, James Bond." (We almost rented him a tux for Halloween.

)

bokbadok · Senior Bucketkeeper

Now THAT is funny.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

My 2yo prays for Superman.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Oh, my son totally wears his pants on his head and turns everything into a gun, sword, or projectile too.

Ros · Senior Member

I was, for a short time, a Stepford Mom; no violent toys or shows, no cops and robbers..

Then, one day, my toddler bit his toast into a pistol and shot me.

I don't even know where he ever saw a pistol. It's genetic.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Mine build guns out of Legos and daggers out of K'nex.

Oooh, and when we have people over my kids insist on putting on a show for them consisting of light saber fighting and space ship battles.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

There can be only one valid conclusion that can be drawn then:

Either

The rising generation of boys are going to be blood thirsty apocolyptic warriors...

or

This is just the replacement for playing Gunslinging Bovine Herders and First Nations Warriors (a more pc term for Cowboys and Indians

) and Virtuous Anglo/American Soldiers versus Evil Germanic Nazis that we played as kids...

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Oh, that reminds me. On Sunday, I was trying to entertain my son by folding the program into one of those fortune teller thingys. He saw the finished product then said, "No. I want a knife." So I had to fold him a paper knife.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Cat Herder wrote:

There can be only one valid conclusion that can be drawn then:

Either

The rising generation of boys are going to be blood thirsty apocolyptic warriors...

or

This is just the replacement for playing Gunslinging Bovine Herders and First Nations Warriors (a more pc term for Cowboys and Indians ) and Virtuous Anglo/American Soldiers versus Evil Germanic Nazis that we played as kids...

That's hillarious.

My wife couldn't understand after two girls why her first boy was acting so much like a boy. She wasn't exposing him to violent cowboy or kungfu movies. Finally she actually listened to me when I told her that he was acting like a little boy because it's just how little boys are. They will turn anything into a knife or gun. It's in the genes.

Valhalla · Profuse Pontificator

I was reading about a reforming liberal and how he and his wife wanted to rid the house of all weapons, toy or otherwise. They finally gave up after they found their small boys sword fighting with celery.

My kids and I all go at it. I have two boys and each of us are in martial arts and we all have bokken. Bokken are wooden katanas (Samurai swords) for training. We have been out in the front yard in sparing gear, at least minimal protection, sword fighting.

One evening we were going at it in the living room. My wife was in her chair reading as a major battle raged around her. One kid had on armour, shield and sword and was battling me as the other was at the other end of the room lobbing suction cup arrows at me in support of his brother's attack on me in a combined arms assault. The battle waged back and forth as my wife calmly read her book. All was well till one of the rug rats swung his wooden sword at me and caught my wife in the arm. We wisely moved the battle away.

My boys also like reenacting a computer game called Medal of Honor and fight WW2 battles over again. The oldest was trying to save his little brother, who had been wounded, and somehow smacked big Jim and the twins. My wife started cracking up as I announced it was now no longer saving private Aidan, it was now saving Aidan's privates.

They also like to reenact the game Civilization and we construct cities of blocks and have forces to defend. Somehow, I always manage to acquire nuclear weapons before they do wink

and nuc their cities with a giant ball.

I love getting down and being one of the boys. My own toys just tend to be a bit pricier than theirs. The difference between men and boys is just the price of their toys. Now, my oldest has his own bow, rifle, and BB guns, oh and we have Airsoft too.

-- Edited by Valhalla at 09:20, 2007-07-11

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Val, can I come over to your house to play?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Yes, and can I send all my boys and MrHiccups over too? Sometimes they make me tired. LOL.

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

So...is it bad if Mommy gets into the gun/swordfighting too? There's just something satisfying about shooting the kid in the forehead with a dartgun after he shoots me in the behind. Is that so wrong?

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

That's totally acceptable, Euph. I was just advocating for a little bit of rest from it at times when I've reached my limit. Like today. Already. LOL.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Not only is it alright for mommies to get into guns/swords, etc., I feel it is our DUTY as mothers in the Last Days. After all, if we're left like Elizabeth (mother of John the Baptist) suddenly and have to go hide out in the wilderness to save our spawn, we should at least know some weaponry and escape/evade tactics.

I call it THE ELIZABETH PROJECT. Involves physical vigor, cognitive craftiness and mad skills!

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

101 Things to do with Locusts and Honey. What's on your bookshelf?

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

"Easy Patterns In Skins, Hair On" and "Finding Water No Matter What"

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Nice ones. See also, "Keeping Your Pathways Straight: A Landscaping Guide" and "Hair Dressing for the Nazarene Head."

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

And then there's-- "Walk and Not Be Weary: Footwear For the Long Haul"

Plus the classic -- "Divine Recollection: Committing to Memory Thousands of Scriptures for Those Times When You Just Can't Carry Them With You"

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Here's the next chapter. My 9 yr old took a tack and scraped his brother's leg until it bled and then started squeezing it. When my 5 yr old came to me asking for a band-aid, I questioned my oldest, "Why were doing that?"

"I wanted to see if you could really squeeze blood out," he said.

"You cut him on purpose to see if you could squeeze blood out?"

"Yes."

"We don't hurt each other. Go to time-out. We'll talk about this in a couple of minutes."

I had a small fit of giggles. And then I had a thought. I asked my 5 yr old, "Did you let your brother cut you so you guys could see if he could squeeze blood out?"

"Yes."

"Go to time out."

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Luckily I haven't had any blood episodes yet...

2yo tied a rope to the bed and was playing Tarzan... pretty mild, really. Thank goodness.

PollyAnna · Senior Bucketkeeper

Just wait... I am of the opinion that IF there are two pre-teen boys in the house (say between 7and 12... oh, and they don't have to be brothers, they could be best friends) there will be some kind of experiments at some point that involve blood...

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

I got out of bed late last night because I could hear my children making noise in the hallway. I went out there and asked them what heck was going on. My 11 year old said that the four year old boy put a Nerd Candy up his nose and got it stuck. He had one up both nostrils but got one out. Of course, now I'm livid having visions of sitting in the emergency room all night. So I'm asking the boy which nostril it's in and getting answers that are completely useless. I'd ask which nostril it was in and he'd answer "I don't know." I'd ask him why he did it and he'd answer, "I don't know." It's enough to drive a guy crazy. Had to get a flashlight and look up his nostrils. Finally found it but couldn't get it out. The wife was getting ready to take him to the emergency room when I finally got him to blow it out. Little boys GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Ha, ha. That does bring back memories, Jason. My middle boy had to go to the doctor to have stuff removed from his nose, not once, but twice at that age. And after the first time, he didn't want to tell me he'd done it again. He didn't like having the doctor go fishing up his nose. So, he didn't tell me. He ended up with green mucus and foul smelling breath after a couple days and I surmised that he must have done it again. The doctor pulled out a wad of paper so big that I wondered how it could have even fit up his nose in the first place.

arbilad · Head Chef

When I was a young kid my brothers convinced me to stick a peanut up my nose. I had to go to the emergency room for them to take it out.

hiccups · Future Queen in Zion

Sadly, I talked my younger brother into shoving a piece of plastic up his nose with the same result. All I can say in my defense is that I was only 6 or 7 at the time.

Poncho29 · Senior Bucketkeeper

Back to the original topic- I don't think its just boys that enjoy drawing blood. When my 2 1/2 year old daughter sees her Dad poking his finger (with the 7 pound sledge, yeah right) she runs over to him and holds out her finger and WANTS to be poked too. What's with that?
My children don't mind whatsover at having blood drawn.

But then, the four year old boy tripped and skinned both his knees in a parking lot this weekend while we were travelling and cried his head off. Some old man saw him crying and said, "Buck up boy, and take it like a man!"