Oh, my middle child. He has a funny personality and I am sure it has something to do with being the middle child. Trying to find is own with an older brother and a baby brother. He is very strong-willed, him and I butt heads often. But he sure can make me laugh though. His most common expression here lately is "I just have one question?" which turns into two or three with a comment thrown in for good measure.The other day he asked me "Where does iseliv?" I didn't know what he was talking about then I finally got that he wanted to know where ice lives. I told him the freezer and had to show him where it "lived". Then he asked me about how it was that when he grew up and got married that he would still be a son. Then he wanted to know why sons can't marry moms, and on and on it went. Yesterday, he came across the Toys R Us ad which advertised this new handheld system that you can play all these games and if you buy 2 you get the 3rd game free. That is ALL he has talked about since then and I am not joking when I say that!! He keeps asking me just one more question about how and when he will get this game system. I told him it is not his birthday or Christmas yet and he would not be getting them anytime soon. Then he asks me again the same question, I explained to him that we were saving money for vacation and he would need to wait for a birthday or Christmas. He then suggested we start breaking open every piggy bank in the house and buy it that way. I explained to him that even with all the money in the piggy banks he would still not have enough, it cost a lot of money. Then after about the 270th time he asked me about this I told him that I already answered his question and that he needed to not talk about it anymore. Then he explained to me that it was in his mind and he couldn't get it out. So I explained to him that everything that comes to his mind doesn't need to come out of his mouth. He looked at me and said "I have just one question? What if we put all our money his, J#1's, J#3's, mommy's and daddy's then would we have enough?" UGGGHH!! I told him this has already been discussed and mommy is tired. He says to me, "Mom, just answer yes or no?". He should grow up and be a lawyer or something.
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Oh my, girlfriend...that is really funny for me to read, but probably hurts your head to live with!
Boys and their thoughts....so much fun. I have more to blog about later (LOL). Good luck, with that persistence he'll be a successful big "J#2" when he is all grown up. You, my new friend, are doing a great mommy job!
your blog title says it all...
the joys of boys!!!
My son #3 is JUST like that too, and it sounds like you're much more patient than I am about it! It drives me crazy.
His b-day is july 28 and every minute, of every day, he's thinking about what he wants to ask for. The only problem is... he starts letting us know what that might be... the day after Christmas! In every store, after every commercial etc...
2 years ago we finally told him that he's ABSOLUTELY not allowed to talk about his b-day, or any gifts he might be interested in getting, until after his brother's b-day June 5 "because it's not fair to steal his brothers b-day fun by talking about his own".
Well, that was a little better, but still too long for me! So, we changed to rule to "no b-day gift requests until after the 4th of July" last year.
It's still too long for me...
but you may be on to something, that persistance that is driving us crazy now, may be the very thing that God uses to do great things later on.
My middle boy does the same thing! I'm constantly saying, "I already answered you."
Oh girl, I feel your joy (read: pain)! LOL! My firstborn just cannot help himself, either. He just NEEDS TO KNOW!
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