Raising a Boy

I never knew raising a boy would be so interesting. Of course just raising a child has its humorous moments, but a woman raising a boy brings soo many other elements to the table. One thing I have really realized lately about Braxton is his true innocence. He really needs to be explained things to totally understand and even then sometimes you go into a conversation you just never even thought about having..especially when they are 4 years old. So I have already told you how interesting it is having a male dog and all the wonderful traits that come with him..well while I am learning those new traits I also have to explain these things to my son. In the past month or so Maize has developed a love for humping..We weren't sure if he knew his dog bed was made for sleeping on because all he did was hump the stupid thing. Well you can try as hard as you can to stop him, but its just almost impossible and truly just annoying. With Braxton I figured if he doesn't ask me about it I am not bringing it up. Well that all changed when I noticed Braxton trying to mimic Maize and it was all over from there. We had to have the conversation about humping and why it was bad. Now I am a very matter of fact person and sometimes I think it gets me in trouble because Braxton knows a lot for his age group. Just ask the kid how his body works when he swallows food. The kid will give you a detailed example of how it goes down his esophagus into his stomach where it meets special juices and so on and so forth. Yes I explained matter of fact how his body digests food..I cannot help myself if I know it and he wants to know it then I am going to explain it to him. This kid wants to know how everything works and at 4 years old I am always willing to push him to learn. So when I first saw Braxton humping I just told him that was very inappropriate and he shouldn't do that..I am sure you already know his response, but he simply told me well why does Maize do it then? I seriously cannot get a way with a simple answer with him because he wants to know exactly why. I just told him Dogs don't know any better and hopefully when he gets fixed he will stop doing it. That made Braxton stop questioning it for a while, but of course he came back at me that Dogs have brains and they should know better like we all know better..all I wanted to say to Braxton was are you kidding me can we please just drop it? Of course I had to explain to him that dog brains aren't like human brains and blah blah blah. And when he kept asking why I simply ran with my all time favortie..because thats how God made them. Ahh that one worked. So now the kid just thinks Dogs have dumb brains, but whatever stops us from having a humping conversation I am down with. So then whenever Braxton caught Maize humping he would just look at him with disgust and say you need to be fixed. Ahh such a great comment from a 4 year old. Well that day came and Maize got himself all fixed up. Braxton decided he was so happy for him he was going to take it upon himself to tell strangers. We were at the check out counter at the supermarket and he gave the lady a big old smile and said my Dog got fixed today because he humps everything and thats inappropraite. Dear Lord why do these wonderful sayings happen to random people that probably look at me and think this lady should not have children. What can you do but laugh and enjoy! Ahh I am just a happy Mom trying my best to raise a boy:)