Sunday, August 9, 2009

This describes our house perfectly.

I found this today and had to share it. For my fellow moms of boys - I hope this brings a smile to your face like it did mine!

Boys in my House
Author: Erin Jo Kilmer 
There are boys in my house - and Spiderman shoes
And 200 papers in various blues.
There's Bob (he's a builder) and Thomas the Train,
There's a fireman coat to wear in the rain.
They have cars on their shirts and frogs on their hats
There's a glove and a ball and a red plastic bat.
There's dirt on a face and a smudge on a nose;
Grass stains on knees and sand between toes.
There's bathtime at night with bodies to scrub,
And when we're all done there is dirt in the tub!
There's bandaids and bruises and curious bumps,
There's smiles and laughter and sometimes there's grumps.
There's odors most icky; there's boogers so green
There's more yucky things than I'll ever get clean.
There's piles of laundry; there's stories at night;
There's bedtime and bathtime and dinnertime fights.
There's cars and there's trains and there's books about trucks
There's Scoop, Lofty, Dizzy, and Travis, and Muck.
Sometimes there are bugs, and sometimes there are frogs;
Sometimes they are lions, or dinos, or dogs.
There are cute little vests and darling neckties
Dragged right through the mud - oh what a surprise!
There's running and climbing and jumping and falling
And laughing and crying and hugging and brawling
And rolling and losing and finding and creeping
And whining and stealing and sometimes there's sleeping.
There's tantrums and time outs and extra loud noise -
There's love in my house shaped like two (three) little boys.

As I posted this...Jack was trying to get out of going to bed because he had to cook a snake. Of course, it is a plastic snake but that is what my boys like to cook in their play kitchen. Just a little snippet of what life is like for us (right now) that I don't ever want to forget.

4 comments:

Heather said...

Just thank your lucky stars and praise the lord it wasn't a real snake....it could have been and could be in the future...I won't wait for that post but expect a call once tim gets it out of the house. :). I love jack he has such an imagination.

Elizabeth Mullins said...

I laughed at Jack trying to "cook a snake." Great post!

CJ said...

Cute! But yes I am glad it wasn't a real snake either!!! icky!! lol

Emily said...

Love it! When I found out I was having a boy first, I thought, "What am I going to do with a BOY?!" But I love every minute of it. Kelli, I am so glad to see you enjoy being a boy mom...you are so good at it! What a blessing!