He mentioned one day how he loved all his kids, BUT he loved his girls more…
because they just smell better.
Fast forward 15 years and 3 boys later and I think I might know what he is talking about.
Boys are just gross!
Not only are they gross, but they revel in their gross-ness.
To keep my sanity as the only sweet-smellin’ girl in the house, I keep the washer going and the Lysol within reach.
But it isn’t just about piles of sweaty clothes, wet towels on the floor and shoes that have a stink radius of 15 feet.
It is about the boys’ full embrace of the gross lifestyle.
Who needs clean laundry?
Why NOT leave wet towels on the floor?
Who CARES if I go to school with my hair not brushed?
I am engaged in a war on personal hygiene!
I recognized what I am up against the other night while bathing Rhett(5). I noticed he was licking the snot coming out of his nose while sitting in the tub.
Stop! That is so gross. I will wipe it with a washcloth.
No! I like it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth.
No! My nose is just above my mouth so I can drink it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!
Mom, I LIKE it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!!
I finally held him in one place long enough to wipe the dirty and germy mess snot located between his nose and mouth. He tipped back his head, licked his lip and started screaming…
GROSS Mommy! You made me eat soap!
Ya, soap is gross.A long time ago, before I had kids, one of the doctors I worked for said something that has stuck with me.
He had four kids.
Two boys, two girls.
He mentioned one day how he loved all his kids, BUT he loved his girls more…
because they just smell better.
Fast forward 15 years and 3 boys later and I think I might know what he is talking about.
Boys are just gross!
Not only are they gross, but they revel in their gross-ness.
To keep my sanity as the only sweet-smellin’ girl in the house, I keep the washer going and the Lysol within reach.
But it isn’t just about piles of sweaty clothes, wet towels on the floor and shoes that have a stink radius of 15 feet.
It is about the boys’ full embrace of the gross lifestyle.
Who needs clean laundry?
Why NOT leave wet towels on the floor?
Who CARES if I go to school with my hair not brushed?
I am engaged in a war on personal hygiene!
I recognized what I am up against the other night while bathing Rhett(5). I noticed he was licking the snot coming out of his nose while sitting in the tub.
Stop! That is so gross. I will wipe it with a washcloth.
No! I like it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth.
No! My nose is just above my mouth so I can drink it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!
Mom, I LIKE it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!!
I finally held him in one place long enough to wipe the dirty and germy mess snot located between his nose and mouth. He tipped back his head, licked his lip and started screaming…
GROSS Mommy! You made me eat soap!
Ya, soap is gross.
He mentioned one day how he loved all his kids, BUT he loved his girls more…
because they just smell better.
Fast forward 15 years and 3 boys later and I think I might know what he is talking about.
Boys are just gross!
Not only are they gross, but they revel in their gross-ness.
To keep my sanity as the only sweet-smellin’ girl in the house, I keep the washer going and the Lysol within reach.
But it isn’t just about piles of sweaty clothes, wet towels on the floor and shoes that have a stink radius of 15 feet.
It is about the boys’ full embrace of the gross lifestyle.
Who needs clean laundry?
Why NOT leave wet towels on the floor?
Who CARES if I go to school with my hair not brushed?
I am engaged in a war on personal hygiene!
I recognized what I am up against the other night while bathing Rhett(5). I noticed he was licking the snot coming out of his nose while sitting in the tub.
Stop! That is so gross. I will wipe it with a washcloth.
No! I like it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth.
No! My nose is just above my mouth so I can drink it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!
Mom, I LIKE it.
Ewww! It is dirty and germy and I want to wipe it with a cloth!!
I finally held him in one place long enough to wipe the dirty and germy mess snot located between his nose and mouth. He tipped back his head, licked his lip and started screaming…
GROSS Mommy! You made me eat soap!
Ya, soap is gross.
found you from stumbleupon… I have a baby boy and have no other experience with little boys having only one female sibling myself. I am not looking forward to the grossness that he will become! Thanks for the heads up 😀
My son’s room wasn’t “clean” until he moved out of the house. Frankly, the rotting mess I found just might be Jimmy Hoffa!
UGH is right!
UP
It’s true, boy do smell worse than girls. I’ve got one of each, and my daughter smells like shampoo, but my son smells like wet hay. They must grow out of it at some point, because my husband smells great.
the wanna be country girl – Caroline
OMG! That is too much! HA! Holly, God knew I did not have the mental fortitude you do so He gave me a girl….whew…
I have two sweet little boys. The oldest is almost six and the baby just turned one. I love to play with their toes. I told my oldest son just the other day that it won’t be much longer that I’ll have to stop playing with his toes because they’ll be all stinky and gross. He thought that was hysterical, I think he thinks I’m kidding. Sadly, I’m not.
I’m not even going to talk about the on-going snot battle.
Oh dear. I just found this info about snots being “good” for you and how we swallow them down our throats anyway:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_eating_boogers_bad_for_you
And I read another place that you swallow about a quart a day.
Well… this has been a topic in our house lately as well. I SO remember the boy in elementary school who ate snot. Roger Moreau. OMG. I don’t remember the names of most kids in elementary school but I remember his! No one liked him. Poor kid.
I have been trying to explain to my 8 yr old that
1) snots are the result of your body trying to get RID of icky stuff so why would you want to put it back in by licking it.
2) it only takes one second longer to grab the tissue out of your pocket to wipe the snots than it does to lick the area clean.
3) if you do it by mistake in public (mom, I would never do it in public!) then you could get made fun of forever and ever.
So, the other day I took my son’s friend with us to all our activities and I had to constantly tell him to get his finger out of his nose (he is 10). PLUS, one time it was right in front of a roomful of kids at a play.
I don’t get it. I just don’t.
I bet there are some experiments that can be done on snot. I will have to look them up and have a snot science day.
Adam Pfaff ate boogers at our school. Why do we remember these things?
Because you secretly liked them! 😀
Also, wait….did you say WASHCLOTH?!?!?
OMG! I just realized that I DO use a washcloth when cleaning snot! hahahaha
Actual exchange: Me: What are you chewing?
Griffin (9): The dead skin I pulled off my toe.
There is no suitable response to this except, of course, throwing up in your mouth a little bit.
Ew. Ew! EW!
Bwah ha ha!!!!! That is perfection:)