I have three boys. I live in a world of Thomas the Tank Engine, balls, bats, golf clubs, water guns, Nerf guns, ping-pong ball guns, laser guns, guns made of Legos, Legos, guns made of Tinker Toys, Tinker Toys, guns made of Lincoln Logs, Lincoln Logs, Bionicles, Transformers, Power Rangers and the guns that accompany them.
Things are pretty rough and tumble around here. At all times at least 2/3 boys are engaged is some sort of combat–hand to hand or mental warfare. There is kicking, throwing and punching.
At any given time there is a pick up game of hide-and-seek available. Treasure maps are made and treasure lost and treasure found. Elaborate “traps” are made to be triggered by brothers, girls (that has to be said with disdain) or the ultimate bottom of the food chain…babies.
Who are the Disney Princesses? Couldn’t name them.
Where are the Barbie shoes? Not in my vacuum.
Mommy can you paint my nails? No!
Last night we visited the land of Princesses, Barbie shoes and manicures. We went to dinner at a dear friend’s house who has three girls the same ages as the boys. We get together with them frequently and the kids have discovered Switzerland in the back yard. There is common ground. Cease fires are negotiated. Treaties signed. Boy-Girl world peace achieved.
After eating and playing their hearts out, there was a request to watch TV. Behavior had been stellar and the wish granted. At their house TV takes on a whole different meaning. No Transformers, Thomas, low-budget construction movies or Monster Truck rallies are represented. Instead they all settled down in front of Hannah Montana.
When it was time to leave Ryan (7) was in a trance. Mesmerized by this strange new world. Once distracted from this mysterious new experience he realized his error. When asked if he liked Hannah Montana, his response was a manly, “no way!” But the seed had been planted…
This morning, as every morning for the last 4 years, the TV turned on automatically at 6:30 to TLC (they show PBS kids shows in the morning). Sounds of Wilbur’s “moo, moo, moo” filled the house…
Along with an uprising.
An uprising?
Ryan stood and declared Wilbur and all TLC morning shows immature. Too immature for him. Those shows are for…babies *shudder*.
Let me get this straight. ONE exposure to Hannah Montana and suddenly he has reached the maturity level of a pre-teen girl.
Lord have mercy on me if he catches wind of the Cheetah girls…
Being in a house of 2 boys with 3 boy cousins on one side and 2 boy cousins on the other side, I, too know of your regular life.
I would not know what to make of a newfound proclomation that shows are too babyish to watch anymore.
However, in my house, PBS and Nick Jr. shows ceased to find airtime when the boys discovered Spongebob and the fact that Spongebob seems to be on some channel at some point in the day AT ALL TIMES.
KEEP BELIEVING
I think someone has the hots for Hannah! Don’t let him get a hold of that Vanity Faire issue.
Oh, and I hear you on the combat issues.
Welcome to my world Holly 🙂
I try to steer away from the Hanna shows because she is so sassy (actually all the kids on the Disney shows are sassy). Cheetah girls aren’t too addictive–you have truly arrived after Ryan has watched High School Musical. There is no turning back after HSM. Would you like to borrow my copy?!
Oh funny…I hear ya about the guns. I cleaned out the toy box the other day…I’m afraid my kids are getting ready to stage a coup!
Ooohhhh…at least he didn’t as to watch Hannah Montana.
And the maturity level of a pre teen girl is scary. VERY scary.
If you don’t mind, I would appreciate it if he would watch Hannah Montana on Saturday mornings. I ALWAYS miss the last ten minutes and it makes me cRaZy. I can’t TiVo it since that would open me up to husband mocking, but I would really like to know if the mean girl ended up embarassing herself singing with Hannah.
Oh my I thinks its all down hill from here
lol!!
gotta love how kids reason things. 🙂 that is too cute!
i know i will probably get boo-ed here, but i kind of enjoy watching Hannah Montana she is pretty funny. 😉
i like the TLC channel for the kids, but Trevor has been requesting sponge bob quite a bit lately.. and i’m not having that. 😛 the show is so annoying to me! ugh!! we stick w/ more educational shows and sometimes so of the Nick shows, like Hannah Montana… but only rarely.
have a good day!!
xoxoxoxo
uh oh.. next thing you know he will have a girl friend. EEEKK.. we too have unfortantly been exposed to the world of HM. Landry responded by ripping the head of the HM barbie. We have also had the big shake down on that show is too baby.. Thank God for the monster Truck show on TLC and magic school bus..
This is hilarious. And scary. I don’t let my GIRLS watch Hannah Montana. (But they know every detail about it from friends. And they have probably watched it at friends’ houses.)
We have some friends who are similar, but with boys the same age as our girls. (Except they kept having kids, so only two directly correlate.) When we get together–no matter at whose house–the girls turn to boy play. They don’t do guns, but swords are a big one. And the favorite it to pretend they are cheetahs. Clawing, scratching, hissing cheetahs. (You’re right, Lord have mercy if they find out about Cheetah Girls!) After we leave their company, my girls play “cheetah” all day every day for at least a week. It tapers off, but they still do it on their own.