tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post4073766734806365794..comments2023-06-26T03:43:19.122-07:00Comments on Life with Three: And now, a moment at the playground...Michelle@Life with Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02770928322306445408noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-2513434745438855032008-09-01T03:05:00.000-07:002008-09-01T03:05:00.000-07:00I don't have any boys, just the one girl, but she ...I don't have any boys, just the one girl, but she isn't girly. I swear that child could give any boy a run for their money and then some.<BR/><BR/>There's been no mention of guns yet, but she did once tell her dad he was naughty and she was going to kick his butt *thank you spongebob*.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340429187911872470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-8380408429791551402008-08-29T18:36:00.000-07:002008-08-29T18:36:00.000-07:00LOL! This was the perfect story to link up! I stil...LOL! This was the perfect story to link up! I still remember this one from when you first posted it. Thanks for playing along!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166875964870812562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-91042595483845545582008-08-29T16:35:00.000-07:002008-08-29T16:35:00.000-07:00Now that's a happy ending!Now that's a happy ending!littletoesandcheerioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457101557198481184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-50705584386519802592008-07-19T14:15:00.000-07:002008-07-19T14:15:00.000-07:00Yep, embrace the violence, friend. They can't help...Yep, embrace the violence, friend. They can't help it. It's in their chromosomes. At least guns are shorter than swords, which is what mine prefer.Lora Lynn @ Vitafamiliaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03230682066708030621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-33889411102171122252008-06-15T16:11:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:11:00.000-07:00Hope you don't mind that I'm commenting on an olde...Hope you don't mind that I'm commenting on an older post...<BR/><BR/>That was hilarious. I have one boy between my two girls. They are entirely different creatures, make no mistake about that.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and had I been at the park, I would have laughed and totally understood.Lizz @ Yes, and So is My Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812794591947746384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-13085469374151484102008-06-02T21:19:00.000-07:002008-06-02T21:19:00.000-07:00Oh, this is so funny! I remember trying to not ev...Oh, this is so funny! <BR/>I remember trying to not even buy play guns for a long time and my son would just make them out of anything - his sandwich or sticks or anything! <BR/><BR/>It is just so different, isn't it? I have to say that boys just crack me up, though. They are just so funny.The Buntenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621963894614154802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-46010306449697641792008-05-31T20:38:00.000-07:002008-05-31T20:38:00.000-07:00They're made thataway! I learned that, too, and t...They're made thataway! I learned that, too, and thought I'd keep the weapons away, too. They'll only find sticks if you do! (said with experience).<BR/><BR/>There's a book called the Dangerous Book for Boys, which starts out with the author saying that there is a real sensitizing of boys going on these days, so that's why he wrote the book. I agree.<BR/><BR/>I think God made them to be warriors, protectors, workers (as He said, when they were kicked out of Eden), so it's a natural thing. Still, we obviously do need to curb it, but just to the point of not inflicting harm while they hunt, gather and protect.<BR/><BR/>What an experience, being a parent! I think you're going about it just right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-60275920070504145122008-05-30T15:00:00.000-07:002008-05-30T15:00:00.000-07:00Totally a boy thing. I just roll with it here.Totally a boy thing. I just roll with it here.Sister Honey Bunch/Judi maloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908382097406758687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-35162237405906903872008-05-30T11:13:00.000-07:002008-05-30T11:13:00.000-07:00ah michelle, i was just going to blog about my exp...ah michelle, i was just going to blog about my experience as a sub in our church's sunday school.<BR/><BR/>i have never been raise with boys and i have two girls. i ended up subbing for 2nd to 5th grade boys in sunday school ... and boy was i in for a surprise!<BR/><BR/>granted - in sunday school, there were talks of guns and shooting.<BR/><BR/>so, i think it's just a boy thing. now if i'm ever around other parents with boys, i understand.mah-meeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477125807236567140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-82168373939330519162008-05-30T09:07:00.000-07:002008-05-30T09:07:00.000-07:00Ha Ha Ha! That's hysterical.I was never a frilly p...Ha Ha Ha! That's hysterical.<BR/><BR/>I was never a frilly pink girly type person. My daughter, all about it.<BR/><BR/>I have never uttered, Vroom Vroom, the 20 month old boy, does it every time he sees something on wheels.<BR/>I swear they're hardwired and we're hard core screwed. I'm just sayin'. :-)<BR/><BR/>I think you handled it brilliantly and you're right, there's just nothing you can do but go with the flow, accept it and add some humor.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395575647647856801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-2220499882396237802008-05-30T07:09:00.000-07:002008-05-30T07:09:00.000-07:00I too was an anti-weapon mom. When my son was abou...I too was an anti-weapon mom. When my son was about your sons age he woke up one morning and started making guns out of his toast. I was mortified. I tried and tried to get him to stop, but in spite of my anti weapon ways (even banning squirt guns) he continued. <BR/><BR/>After about a year, I gave up.<BR/><BR/>My son, now almost eleven, is the most gentle, tenderhearted boy I have had the privilege to know. <BR/><BR/>I too suffered the looks and judgements of mothers on the playground in my day. I even had a mother tell her 4 year old daughter, in front of me and my son, that "boys who play with guns, (and mothers who allow it) are bad, bad people."<BR/><BR/>In her defense she was a Mom with one female child. She didn't know that she didn't know.<BR/><BR/>The reality is that, on average, little boys who are three years old aren't trying to be malicious when they want to pretend, they are being little boys with imagination.<BR/><BR/>I think your answer was perfect!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469891836497620052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-61923274331330810022008-05-30T05:48:00.000-07:002008-05-30T05:48:00.000-07:00Oh girl, you are making me nervous! I, too, have e...Oh girl, you are making me nervous! I, too, have envisioned my boy to be pretty much like the Princess has been only a tad stinkier and a teensy bit more rambunctious. Looks like I will be in for a surprise!pinkmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222702654405472668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-69208050358173328692008-05-30T05:01:00.000-07:002008-05-30T05:01:00.000-07:00HA HA! My boys always play with guns. No matter w...HA HA! My boys <I>always</I> play with guns. No matter what building toy you give them (K'nex, Tinkertoys, MegaBloks, Lincoln Logs), the first thing they build is a weapon. With Legos, they build spaceships (with blasters). It doesn't matter if you raise boys in a convent, they will play with guns. Dr. Dobson assures me this is normal. Mine came up with the finger trick all by themselves. It's much safer than the giant stick they usually find at the playground.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775243670229656626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568557057764788530.post-59749684192587307912008-05-30T04:37:00.000-07:002008-05-30T04:37:00.000-07:00Well, you'll have to share it with me! As a mother...Well, you'll have to share it with me! <BR/><BR/>As a mother of two boys and having had no experience with boys prior (no brothers, no nephews) I feel your pain. Sometimes I'm just exasperated. Unfortunately, if my 4 and 8 year olds are any example, they only get grosser and more interested in weapons of destruction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166875964870812562noreply@blogger.com