Raising Boys

I think last night was just a small taste of what raising boys is going to entail. Here is a play-by-play of the highlights of the evening:

4:25
Leighton: "Mama, do you want me to sing you the song that I learned at school today?" (I know, I should have sensed something wrong with this.....)
Me: Sure, buddy! I love to hear your songs!
Leighton: "I hate you, you hate me, let's get together and hurt Barney (you know, the big purple dinosaur)with a baseball bat, let's knock him in the head, one, two, three and ......(well, Barney is no more is jest of it)
Me: GULP! GASP! "OH, well, that is not a nice song at all...first of all, we don't hate, we don't hurt, and we certainly don't sing about it like it is happy. That is not a song you can sing...EVER! Do you have another one you would like to sing?"
Leighton: "Na! And mama, my friends sing it, why can't I?"
Me: "Well, if your friends jumped off of a building, would you?" (why did I ask?!)
Leighton: "How high would it be?"

Totally missed the point buddy...totally missed the point.

6:37
Logan: "Mama, does dose eggs have boogers in dem?"
Me: "No! No, Logan...they dont' have boogers in them."
Logan: "Mama, does dat cream wheat have boogers in it?"
Me: "NO!! No, Logan, it doesn't have boogers in it."
Logan: "Mama, does..."
Me: "Logan, none of our food has boogers in it. Mommy would never put boogers in our food."
Logan: "Are you sure?"

Well, yes...yes, as a matter of fact I am....

8:42
Leighton: "Mama, will you lay beside me just for a few minutes?" (Melt my heart...of course....you do still love and adore your mommy!)
Me: "Sure, buddy. I can't think of anything I would rather do."
Leighton: (laughing) "Uh-oh!"

And then he pulls the covers over my head and exposes me to the rankest smell ever....(giggle, giggle, giggle)

Leighton: "Mama, are you okay? I pooted!"

Thanks buddy! I got that!

9:25
No dialogue! AHHHHH! But even after our, um, conversations for the day, I still wouldn't trade anything for being their mom.....this is what I live for some days













If things had gone according to plan, you would have seen a picture of BOTH of my angels sleeping..as it was, Logan outlasted me last night and when I was going to sneak in and get his picture this morning, I came out of my bathroom to find him standing at my feet....so this is what I got this morning instead of a sleeping boy














the sweetest sight ever....poots and boogers excluded!