"Membership in the family of God is neither inconsequential or something to be casually ignored. The church is God's agenda for the world. Jesus said, "I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it." The church is indestructable and will exist for eternity. It will outlive this universe, and so will your role in it."
- Rick Warren
Friday, July 7, 2006
In follow up to Jared's "I Have Girls" I thought a boy story would be good...
Two weeks ago I asked my two boys (13 and 9) to vacuum out the van. While doing so, they wondered what it would be like to suck their skin with the vacuum hose. I imagine the conversation went like this... "Hey Brandon, I wonder what would happen if I stuck this powerful vacuum on my eye socket?" Both did it. My 13 year old ended up with bruising around his eye. It is an Oreck brand... the kind that can pick up a bowling ball!
We wouldn't have known except that we saw the bruising happen about a day later. After a lecture on "You can put your eye out with that!" we laughed.
Both my boys are very intelligent... just being boys. Wrestling on the floor, going to see Superman together, telling corny jokes... It's awesome!
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Comments on "I Have Boys":
2. jennifer
- 07/08/2006 7:26 am CDT
Oh, my! As a mother of two girls (ages 4 and 6) and an 18mo boy I am only beginning to realize what we've gotten ourselves into! Needless to say, life is never dull with my little guy around. And that's before he's discovered the joys of vacuums and ceiling fans!
Excuse me while I go double-check my insurance policies... ;-)
3. Milly
- 07/08/2006 7:28 am CDT
Um the twelve year old boy would never do that stuff, he has reasoning skills. The six year old girl has a guardian angel that is working O.T. all the time. Jump from the sofa to the table to the crash!!! floor. She has fallen from the playground equipment at an early age. Yet still does the very things that got her hurt in the first place. It’s not a gender thing in my house. She wants to ride a bronc!
Got this off of girltalk (the blog of the wife and daughters of CJ Mahaney). Makes me very thankful to be the mother of girls!
The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas:
"Things I've learned from my boys (honest and not kidding)":
1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.
2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
3.) A 3-year old boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
5.) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
6.) The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7.) When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.
8.) Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke -- lots of it.
9.) A six-year old boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies.
10.) Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old boy.
11.) Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.
12.) Super glue is forever.
13.) No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.
14.) Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
15.) VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.
16.) Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17.) Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18.) You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.
19.) Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.
20.) The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.