You’d think that growing up with two brothers and no sisters, nothing would surprise me when it comes to living with boys. Sometimes my two sons still surprise me, though. At lunch the other day, Elias, Simon and I were sitting peacefully at the table eating and talking about what happened at preschool. Maybe it was the fact that Simon doesn’t go to preschool and wanted to turn attention back to him. But I sort of guess that he was just being a little boy.
Our peace was interrupted all of a sudden by Simon yelling “dah!!!!” at the top of his lungs. His yell was so loud it echoed throughout the whole house. I think it was so loud it even surprised him. Once he realized the awesome power of what he had done, he yelled “dah!!!! dah!!!!!” as loud as he could again and again, and giggled after each one.
After I had recovered from my surprise, I asked Simon what in the world he was doing.
“I be loud, Mommy,” he responded.
Then he continued to alternately yell “dah,” giggle, and say “I be loud, Mommy.” Sometimes you just don’t ask….you just accept what life is like with boys.