OurGirl: Best of Boys, Vol. 1

out on the road today i saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac. a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back.

boys of summer, don henley

sons are surprising animals. they are rowdy, dirty lovers of fart and burping sounds one minute, then turn around, kiss you tenderly and declare you the most beautiful mother of doom (the ultimate 4 year-old compliment). I consider this even more tender due to the fact boy2 had just kissed me through the snotty, allergy-ridden haze currently polluting my immediate environment. allergies! i depise you as much as morgan despises poison ivy. to be a mother is privilege, enough; to be the mother of the boys of mine—heaven.

with summer ending, i find myself watching the boys carefully and soaking them in. a friend brought her mother over to the farmhouse this past weekend. even at 90 years old, she was observing my boys in that wistful, hungry fashion many women have when starved for little ones. the desire for babies never leaves a woman, so i want to have many, many opportunities to look back. recently, boy1 and i had the opportunity to eat lunch with the rhino, son of rhino, she who must be obeyed, bullfrog, and walsh. it was an event. i hope my boys grow up as close as the rhino&bullfrog. they make me laugh hard.

morgan gave you a top ten list of movies. here is my top ten list of all things boy:

10. dips in pools are considered baths.
09. if the deer in the creek is dead, poke the eyes. then make sure to tell momma what it felt like.
08. the ability to fall asleep in any position. this includes standing. right after they insisted they are NOT tired.
07. beverage of choice: a suicide. its a mixture of every fountain drink/slurpee flavor.
06. making forts out of all available bedding and every chair in the house.
05. fart/burping jokes. especially with daddy. he's the master. also, wrestling.
04. having momma fill up their mouth with reddi-whip in a can until they look like a donut and it comes out their noses 'cause they are laughing too hard.
03. home-made cards with poems
02. telling momma secrets and wild schemes
01. sticky/watery/bloody kisses while they are laughing/crying/angry. sometimes all at once.

i was able to stump my boys recently, of which i'm proud. they are pretty clever beasties and are quick with a retort. this is the question that stumped them:

which is better, ice cream or doughnuts?
are you thinking about it? you can't cheat and say beer is better.