He's ALL Boy

Who knew burps, toots, and poop could be so much fun? We have hit a new high in our home that centers around such conversation and it is all thanks to one Mr. Jimmy. He is all boy and seems to find such things hilarious. Of course, his sisters egg him on by laughing hysterically at him. The girls were never so interested in bodily functions. They learned quickly that we don't talk about such things. But for their brother it is a different story.

It's doesn't help that Jimmy is the ultimate class clown. I can just see his teacher sending home notes about Jimmy spending too much time trying to entertain the class and not enough doing his work. He will do anything for a good laugh and repeat it over and over again if it works. Whenever he burps or toots, especially at the dinner table, he has to announce it (as if we don't know) and then giggle hysterically. Then he'll try to recreate the same thing and end up faking it to get a laugh.

Not to mention all his talk about "poo". He thinks it is so funny to say the word and I am always hearing conversations about it from him in the back of the van. Today we ran into a ward member and Jimmy started telling him about poo and giggling. Thankfully, the brother has young kids and totally understands. But I wish this obsession over "poo talk" would end. We remind him quite frequently that we don't talk about such things, but Jimmy's desire to be a clown overrides his chances of being good.

Some days I'm not sure if my little 2 1/2 year old isn't actually 11 years old. I can only imagine the fun he'll stir up then. For now we'll keep working on not laughing hysterically about bodily functions. Thank goodness he is a cutie, despite his boy tendencies.