Boys Will be Boys

My eldest is having his best friend spend the night tonight. His buddy gets in my car today and says, ‘I got about 35 lbs of candy for Halloween. I’m going to sell it on e-bay because people on e-bay are stuuuuupid. I can make about a billion dollars and then I can be President.”

Now, I know he was joking, but for this to come from a 9 ½ year old cracked me up. Evidently he thinks you gotta be rich to be President. Wonder where he got that impression… Hmmmm….

I don’t really understand why there aren’t more movies about 9 year old boys. They are frickin’ hysterical. I could just sit there and listen to them forever. Our favorite movie is The Sandlot. My boys quote it all the time. “Youuuuu throw like a giirrrlll!” or “If I had a dog… as ugly as you… I’d shave its butt… and tell it to walk backwards”.

So I’ve been listening to them all night as we took them to dinner. It became apparent that when they hit their teen years, we will NEVER go out to eat. It’s too expensive. Those four boys put away some serious food tonight. Anyway, I’m hearing, “Halloween is over, you can take off your mask” and “You’re so lucky. If you decide to go as ‘dumb’ for Halloween, you don’t have to dress up”. Sons 2 and 3 just listen like I do, as the 9 year olds do their banter back and forth. I know, it sounds so stupid, but it’s really funny. It’s all naïve. It’s all meant in jest. There is no malice. Just plain 9 year old boy joking.