Boys ARE different from girls

I know the feminists would say that we make a boy into a boyish model...that the toys we give them or how we talk to them make them this way. Girlfriend, I am here to dispel this myth.

Now in full disclosure, we in no way, whatsoever, set out to prove that girls and boys are inherently the same. I'm just here to show you how they are different. We treat them differently. This stuff is INBORN!!!

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The other day I was sitting on the couch and someone was playing the piano. I assumed it was Millicent and Asa because they enjoy making beautiful music and driving me crazy. I paid no attention to them. A few seconds later I hear Millicent say, "UH OH!"

Wondering what she was saying that about, I turn around. Sure enough, "UH OH!"

Asa is playing the piano alright..with his FEET. The boy is standing on the keys, trying with all his might to climb to the top of the piano, five feet in the air. When I got him down, he was mad.

SO? You say your daughter is a climber too? Does your daughter do this?

If he would have made it to the top of the piano, he would have stood up straight, bowed and then climbed down. YES, bowed. Because he doesn't care about being up there. His goal is getting there because it's a challenge. He does it all the time.

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Asa's favorite hobby is eating dirt. It doesn't matter when, how or where the boy goes outside. He will immediately find the dirtiest spot and begin playing in it.

I have girls who have been spotless and girls who really don't care at all about being clean. But Asa takes the cake.

It's not that he doesn't care about being clean. NO, he gets covered, head to toe, in dirt or mud or whatever is out there.

IF there is a mud hole, he finds it. No one else saw it, but he did. If he's not covered in it, he's eating it. It's like his birthright or something.

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So you're saying BIG DEAL. My daughter does that. Well does your daughter do this???

The other day Asa went into the kitchen and got two wooden spoons out. He brought them to his father.

Guess what he did with them? ONLY a mother of a boy knows the answer. He had a sword fight with his dad. He's 18 months. WHERE did he learn to have a sword fight??? NO girl in this house has EVER had a sword fight.

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Lest you think that was some random fluke.

We were at McDonald's the other day and the children were playing in the play land.

Asa goes over to a boy about his age, twice his size, and pushes him. He was too close to his sisters. PUSHES HIM, for no reason, really. Oh, he got pushed back, and the moms said, be sweet. But it's in him. He naturally thinks about protecting his sisters from intruders. ALL THE TIME.

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This last thing is so BOY that only moms of boys will understand this.

Ladies, it's the diapers.

My daughters NEVER EVER EVER did this.

Whenever you change a boys diaper, he goes diaper diving. You know what I mean. He twists, turns, pulls, tucks, did I say PULLS his goods. I have to tell you, it doesn't look pleasant.

No one told me about this. No one said to me that every single time I would change Asa's diaper he would play down there. I was told I might get sprayed. I wasn't told that it's a gold mine.

If he happens to have a toy in his hand, you know, to get the focus off his goods, it backfires. He just uses his toy to investigate. HOLY COW, I worry he'll break something. I have to take the toy away before something gets cut off.

No girl of mine ever did that. I'm not saying they weren't curious and didn't explore, but ladies, this isn't curiosity. THIS is something else.

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What have you noticed about your boys that your girls don't do? I know there is more. I observed these just in the last few days. He is very, very different. Aren't you glad, though?


Wanted to let my winners know that last week I had migraines. I went to the doctor twice and the chiropractor once. I did not have a chance to mail your prizes. I will get them out tomorrow. SORRY!