Okay, about five minutes nine years ago, Ryan was a chubby-cheeked toddler, crawling into my lap for cuddles and watching Blue’s Clues. He looked like this:
Fast-forward to a few minutes ago, the Olympics are on, and Women’s Beach Volleyball comes on. A look passes between Chris and Ryan. A few nights ago apparently, the two of them were flipping through the channels and Men’s Beach Volleyball came on, and Ryan said “oh. It’s GUYS”. The subtext there was that he had noticed that there was also Volleyball with women, and he was disappointed to see men playing instead of the athletic ladies with bare midriffs and long legs.
Keep in mind, Ryan is eleven. And a HALF, but still.
So tonight, Women’s Beach Volleyball comes on, and Chris hears the word “Volleyball” from the announcer and says to Ryan “chicks? or dudes?” Ryan says “chicks.” To which I first replied “hey! The word is WOMEN”, I mean geez, teach our eleven year old to refer to women as “chicks”? Way to set an example, dear.
But that’s not the part that made me go WHOA, the part that made me wonder where my baby went. It was the part that came next. So I say to Ryan, “so, you prefer the Volleyball played by the Women’s Team, huh? I didn’t realize you were old enough to even notice women in that way.” And he said, he said…I still can’t believe my eleven year old baby said this, he said…
“AGE MEANS NOTHING WHEN THE MIND IS READY.”
wha wha WHAAA????? His mind is ready? To notice women’s stomachs and legs and (oh god) the rest of their bodies? But I’m not ready! I don’t know how to be the mother of a TWEEN boy. There must be books for it, right? “What to Expect When Your Blue’s Clue’s Watching Baybee Becomes A Tween”?
Send help. And Xanax.
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Great blog. He is very cute!
You need Vodka. Lots of it.
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Oh man – I hate to tell you that it only gets worse. As the mom of a 16 year old I’m amazed I’ve made it this far some days. Or should I say I’m amazed I still allow him outside the house?
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They always say it’s easier with boys…but I’ve got to imagine it’s still a shock to realize that they’re becoming adults all of a sudden. Yikes.
I don’t even HAVE children and even *I* went oh. my. god. reading that! Good luck to you lol
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Good luck with this. I taught pre-teen/teen girls and it was “fun” to say the least as they started to notice boys.
I cringe at the thought of this happening with my boys. I will watch you and learn. Thank goodness I have quite a lot of time before, so you can really teach us
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Very connecting blog. I kinda visit to read more touching posts. He looks really cute and will still grow to be a handsome man.I don’t have kids of my own for now.But they are simply angels when they’re young.
Thanks Jerry
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Oh my. Uh oh. I’m not there yet…my daughter is 10 and still thinks boys are yucky. And the boys well the oldest does not notice gender though has more friends that are girls than he does friends that are boys. And boy number two has a girlfriend and he is only 5. I thought it would a phase but it’s been 3 years and they are still “girlfreind/boyfriend” in their minds. Though it’s more BFF’s than anything. And thankfully I still have one that is not even close to that.
I will be watching and learning from you with the boys. As they scare me when I think about them showing a real interest in girls.
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Hahahahaha! That is so funny!
My 6 year old is the one that tries to ’secretly’ ogle the ladies. Yikes!
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Heh .. Like I said yesterday, welcome to the land of Hormones! That and he’s handsome – you are in DEEP TROUBLE
My kid at THREE has a new girlfriend every week. Oy!
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Oh my goodness! That is so funny. I cannot get over how much Kaitlyn looks like he did at that age.
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What Rhi said + the xanax. I’d love to tell you that it gets better, but it doesn’t. It gets worse
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What a priceless story….
My baby boy is 25 years old now, and it does get worse…lol
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long live your son
He grew up very fast, Elizabeth!
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Even I have a crush on Kerri Walsh.
Yes, let us know how you get through this so we can all take notes for when our time comes. Thanks!
lol. The things kids say. Tonight my son told me that when he got married I could still live with him. I thought it was sweet. He said it’ll be great. You can make us dinner….. boo.
Well, I have no instruction manual, wish I did. I have to think being able to laugh about these situations has got to help us as parents and you’ve certainly made me laugh with this post! Great job!
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing with us! They do grow up so fast seemingly right before our eyes…
Older is not always better!!
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Shannan-that is HILARIOUS!!
I busted up so loudly that hubby had to come read and chuckle.
Yeah, not looking forward to those hormones coming on in my house, they’re still the kiddos I was nursing not long ago.
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LOL! sounds like my teen girls when it comes to boys.
he is going to be a hearbreaker. What a cutie!
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