Little boys-I have two. An adorable three year old and an adorable almost 8 month old. What an incredible joy they both are but yet they are so very very different from their also adorable almost 2 year old sister. Between Tornado and Vug there are so many differences as well. Too many to mention as a matter of fact. However there are some very distinct similarities very unique to them, and not their sister. The foremost being that they both adored trying to rip and tear my facial features from my head. Ears, eyes, and nose but mostly hair. They all have been attempted to be removed. Luckily minus a few hairs on my head all are still in place! They are just more aggressive.
However just recently we have started a new y-factor in our family….the dreaded why-factor. maybe I am just sheltered, maybe some else has a different experience but I have only experienced this with boys. My brother-Air Force Man, my youth leader from when I was in high school, my hubby was also like this as a kid and now Tornado. They all have had this burning, ever present “Why?” exuding from their very being. Every once in a while I can see the question come across hubby’s face though he may not verbalize it.
Maybe you’ve experienced this..It goes something like this:
Mommy Can I have this? No it’;s chocolate. Why? Because you are allergic to chocolate. Why? because your body doesn’t like it and it makes you have yucky diapers. Why? Because that is what God decided. Why? I don’t know why.
It’s frustrating, very frustrating. Then there is the scientific questions. Like this discussion after I was finished picking berries from our bushes outside.
Me have more berries? No you can’t. Why? They aren’t ripe yet. Why? Because they haven’t been in the sun long enough yet. Why? because they are younger than all of their other brother and sister berries. Why? Because their flowers took longer to fall off. Why? I have no Idea why!
Again so very frustrating and sometimes I get this incredible urge to just say
“Z”
So do you think that the Y chromosome that makes a boy a boy is linked the why-factor that a lot of boys seem to be intrigued with?
