When the girls still lived at home (sniff) and I would have my pre-school inservice days, I would come home at the end of the day and find, perhaps, dishes in the sink. I might also find that they had used my make-up, or played board games or maybe there would be bikes and roller blades strewn about the yard.
Now I have a 12-year old boy at home. All alone.
I came home from inservice last week to find that Golden Boy and his Do-Good Gang had (based on the obvious evidence) staged an exemplary water balloon battle.
In the house. IN THE HOUSE!!
Yeah, you heard me.
They are still searching for the bodies.
I was just complaining this morning about some messes my kids made, but thanks for helping me put things in perspective.
ReplyDeleteI heard ya! Eek! GB is unlikely to survive his childhood, isn't he?
ReplyDeleteOh My Gah!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely a capital offense.
Where should we send the flowers?
Death is probably too good for them or that is what I told my teenage boy when he and his friend decided that putting a live duck in his younger brother's bedroom was the perfect response to the slight offensive of being born.
ReplyDeleteomgosh...did you at least make them clean up EVERYTHING (& dust, too!) before you offed them?
ReplyDeleteMy kids painted their 1yr old brother with nail polish today...I'll quit whining about it now!
Ok, I admit it - my first reaction was: "In the house! That's awesome!!!"
ReplyDeleteBut later, I felt deeply, deeply disappointed in the young man. I swear.
(Heh.)
Aren't boys awesome? I have two.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha Oh to be young again :)
ReplyDeleteSteven Anthony
Man Dish~Metro Style
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Life in the Fish Bowl
The do-goodness would only last so long, wouldn't it? And Golden Boy goes by what name now?
ReplyDeleteHa! I know I shouldn't be laughing, but it does inspire a certain amount of levity... provided it wasn't me telling the story.
ReplyDeleteI am actually at a loss for words.
ReplyDeleteWell, not really, that will never happen .. but words that I can use here that would not reflect badly on Me.
How long til the formerly Golden Boy goes to college?
yikes. i'd be so mad and then end up laughing and then be mad again.
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! I am only laughing because it wasn't MY house!!
ReplyDeleteSheilaC
At what point are WE allowed to run away from home?
ReplyDeleteOh My! I will now stop complaining about minnows in my sink...
ReplyDeleteLol!! Be glad it was just water!!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteAfter breaking my own rule and cleaning Man-Child's room (and can I just say it took me TWO HOURS!!!!!) I can totally sympathize. Store this little memory away - and when Golden Boy has children and a home of his own - wouldn't it be great for you & the grandkids to do the EXACT same thing at his house? Yes, I am evil. I admit it.
ReplyDeleteBe glad it wasn't BB guns, although maybe water balloons would do more damage. We found BBs in the walls upstairs for years afterward. One would hope that 15 year-olds would have more sense- do I need to say this involved boys?
ReplyDeleteYikes!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up, there were these boys I knew that filled up water guns with Robitussin. I think it goes without saying that her walls and carpert were no longer white.
There's no thinking involved. One time my friend (who lived in a mobile home parked in an empty lot in town) thought it'd be a cool idea to take the lighter we stole and light the grass on fire that was dead underneath the newly placed mobile home.
ReplyDeleteVery nearly burned down his house.
Cheers,
Casey
woohoo...i am just ticked i was not invited...oh i mean bad, bad thing to do...
ReplyDeleteI KNEW I heard yelling from your end of town... ; )
ReplyDeleteOh please you act as if you are surprised. I have two teenage boys and a water balloon fight in the house is the least of my concern. You cannot leave them alone under any circumstance. Seriously!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Remind me to NOT let Golden Boy around my boys...they don't need any NEW ideas!
ReplyDeleteMy word verification was nonoboee (no no boy?) hehe :)
To quote the Carpenters, it has "only just begun"!
ReplyDeleteThat water all over would be a good reason to was down the walls, get the floors mopped, carpets cleaned ... Well, at least if someone would do it for me.
ReplyDeleteOkay, you've just topped ANY story that I could possibly tell about my (5) brother's antics.
ReplyDeleteI hope the house is drip dry.
SIDs at 144+ months!
ReplyDeletePretty nice post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!
ReplyDeleteOf course! With the advent of air conditioning, what's the point of going outside for a water balloon battle? It's too hot.
ReplyDeleteKids today, to them an Atari would seem like a pinball machine to us. (Did I just date myself?)
OK, I'll shut up about my extremely sloppy teenage daughter.
ReplyDeleteMy son got arrested for shooting paint balls at cars with a sling shit. He was 12 then too. Somehow he still managed to graduate from college in one piece.
LMAO!! SHOT!!! I meant sling SHOT!!!
ReplyDeleteI heard you all the way in California. Thought it was another earthquake!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have tile floors kiddo.
ReplyDeleteLOL, boys are just so different! Hope you suggested they take the next water filled balloon fight outdoors... and then join them!
ReplyDeleteHe's just trying to fill the gap left by Bitchy and Sassy leaving. I know ... that doesn't hold water.
ReplyDeleteI was sitting at my desk with my mouth hanging open in disbelief. What the hell do these kids do with their brains during times like this? Are boys worse? I only have one child-male. He's 21 so I hope we're past any issues such as this. Then again do they ever really grow up?
ReplyDeletecoulda been shaving cream!
ReplyDeletecoulda been eggs!
water aint so bad...
Um, wow. Is he still among the living?
ReplyDeleteI blame the Sham-Wow guy. I'm sure he was demonstrating how to clean up water with his silly little rag...
ReplyDeleteLol! Hope ya made him clean it up :)
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! Ok, note to self, do NOT leave the boys alone for ANYTHING!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my! LOL
ReplyDeleteIm sure this will happen to me soon! I have 4 boys.
What? Your girls once played board games together? Are you sure you are not delirious that they are both away at school and you might be sugar coating things? :)
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