Boys

Who would have thought having three boys would be THIS much fun? As the years tick by and they grow with every passing second, I sometimes have to remind myself of just how much FUN it can be! That is IF I let it. Fun in my book didn't used to be things like: getting dirty, making a HUGE mess, tearing apart the house, wrestling, jumping off furniture, looking for bugs, sword fighting, building forts (maybe I did always think that was fun!) and about a million other things these guys love to do. I always pictured myself having at least ONE girl! Someone to re-live my childhood with! You know, playing with my little ponies and strawberry shortcake and cabbage patch kids! These days it's all about Star Wars and transformers and Super Hero's! Guess what? That has become normal to me now! Who would have thought!! I've also come to accept the MANY..... let's just call them minor inconveniences, one may have when they have boys. I mean SO what if I have guests and they walk through the door only to be blocked by a GIANT fort made out of blankets AND my nice couch pillows! Fine by me if they see a battle field made up of action figures as they attempt to walk up the stairs....It's no big deal to me anymore if our backyard is no longer the picture of perfection but instead a place where little boys dig and build and explore. I am finally getting used to being tackled to the ground when I ask for a hug and am happy to tackle them right back! Joy for me can't be held in the palm of hand that doesn't have at least A LITTLE dirt under the fingernails! I can't wait to sleep under the stars with my boys while on one of the many camping trips we will undoubtably be going on. And I am ready and willing to wake up early and venture off to the many sporting events we will be planning our lives around in a few years. It might not be what I had pictured but it's what God has so graciously given me! I am blessed beyond belief for not only the grace of God, but that he has entrusted ME to be the mom to these precious little boys because he knew that I would come to love it the way I do! And, you know... who's to say that if we had three little girls they wouldn't be doing all these same things? Well .. I guess I'll never know, and I'm alright with that!