The difference between boys and girls......by Aunt April

As you all know......our house is estrogen central......so things such as naked barbies on the floor, dried pink nail polish on the bathroom vanity, temper tantrums, and door slamming of pre- teen drama queens are common place.......

Well....a boy has invaded the house and disturbed this delicate balance of hormones and "it's not fair"......my niece and nephew is here for the week......and my sister forgot to send me the owners manual that should have came with the budding testosterone being......

Shopping at the drugstore is now a new adventure.....I was once able to tell the girls to stand one spot while I pay for prescriptions.....and the angles would stand in that spot (and NEVER fight with their sisters) while I paid for my purchases.....not today.......today, my fair haired prince announces that there are cars (die casts cars...kind of like matchbox on steroids).....so I say.....stand by the cars......I think to myself....that will keep him distracted for a few minutes.....I am so brilliant!

So I pay for my basketful of stuff and turn around.....and there are die cast cars.....racing down isles with sound effects following the cars.....that would have been in the warning section of the owner's manual that my sister forgot to send me......

Did you know also that boys have the uncanny ability to pee anywhere??????? I didn't know that.....let's just say.....today I learned the meaning of "pissin' in the wind".

Now....it is past midnight and I survived day one of the testosterone invasion.....I am cleaning up forts in the family room.....I am dismantling the bunker that was made in the dog's crate.....the weapons were every squirt gun and hockey stick in the house.......rations of fruit cups and peanut butter pretzels were found......

I am typing this all with a smile on my face......I wonder what tomorrow will bring......Aunt Vapril