This last weekend we went to Arco and had a great time. While we were there Jayce and his cousin Brady were watching Harry Potter. Jayce had never seen the third Harry Potter movie and was loving it. There are a few pretty scary spots and they were watching it all alone in a dark room with a giant TV that makes you feel like you are right there. So I check on them a few times and they were hiding under the blankets. I then went to the kitchen. A few minutes later Brady came out and told us that the movie was pretty scary. And this is how the rest of it went:
Me: Oh, yeah. Pretty scary?
Brady: Yeah, me and Jayce were hiding under the blankets. I got up to turn on the light and then I jumped back under the covers.
Me: Oh, yeah.
Brady: I told Jayce, "We are mans, for goodness sake! We're mans and we are scared. We're mans for
goodness sake!"
Me: Your mans?
Brady: Yes, we're mans!
I had a good laugh over that one, but Brady is right they are men. I love that he was so brave and was trying to help Jayce to be brave too. It did really get me thinking about how I am raising a boy to become a man. What a responsibility! I am glad that my husband is here to teach him all of those man things that I don't quite understand. Case in point. Who gives a barely-7-year- old boy a snow blower and says go ahead get to it and lets him start it by himself and go to town with it?
By the way, now Jayce thinks part of growing up is having your own snow blower. He has said "I can't believe Wyatt(a friend) doesn't have a snow blower and he's 8!" I had to explain to him that most children do not have their own snow blower. He only does because his daddy is crazy! Okay, I didn't say that last part to him, but only a dad would think this is safe.
7 comments:
Did he do ok with the snowblower? That scares me... I wanna hide under the blanket now.
Yes, he did great. The first day he was out for a couple of hours. He does have a few rules about it, but I still don't like it!
Good for Jayce! I bet he thought he was so big!
Okay, when my boy was about 4, he really really really wanted to earn money--and not from me. After trying to solve his problem several times and failing, I sent him to Dad. Justin helped him write a note that said, "I will shovel your sidewalk for 25 cents." He then walked up and down our neighborhood and earned money. I thought I was going to DIE. I stood in the window and watched him with his tiny plastic shovel and begged the people to "Please, let the kid try." He came home with $9 and was soooo pleased with himself. Mothers would never allow that kind of thing. I agree--thank goodness for the mans.
And why can the dang kids use power tools, but not drain the tub or keep their nails trimmed??
Wow, I laughed till I cried reading the post about the mans and then again when I read the comment by mothership...so funny. Aren't little boys the greatest?!
Amy I had no idea my boy could be so funny. I need to copy this and put it in his scrapbook.
Hehehe, D would think that would be pretty cool, too. He's already talked of getting the kids motorcycles...
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