I'm pleased to announce that I survived a weekend of boy birthday parties. Since my boys are so close in age, they sort of share a friend pool sometimes. We decided to hold a joint birthday party this past weekend. Here are my observations from a party of tween and teen boys....
Boys are a different kind of loud from girls. Not a shocker, right? When my teenage daughter has a party, they are a giggling silly mess. These boys were running through the house like maniacs but they were having fun. They're just a different kind of loud.
Every myth about boys farting and burping is true. They were downing party cups of soda like shots and then seeing who could burp the loudest. The odor was like a fog. LOL
Boys seem to eat less junk food at parties. Maybe this isn't always true but I bought less junk food than I did for my daughters party with teenagers. Aside from downing ALL of the soda I bought, they really didn't eat much junk food. I think they were too consumed with the video games. LOL I had bags of leftover chips, donuts, etc. I'm not sure why I thought they'd eat more.
Selective hearing....the struggle is real. Yes, I knew selective hearing was real before but when I went out at 11:00 to tell them to tone it down for the night so we didn't keep the neighbors up and not a single one heard me until I stood in front of the TV and said, "Pause for a second, please..", I knew the struggle was real.
At least the ones that were at my house, were incredibly focused. They were talking colleges and careers. It was crazy. They're focused and I love it!
Occasionally I just have to take a breath and close the door to just let my boys be boys. I may not enjoy burping contests but they do. I may not enjoy hours of video games but they do. Instead of focusing on what I'd be doing if I was their age, I sometimes just close the door and let boys be boys without mom interrupting.
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