Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A boy's bestfriend

So, I am the dad and I should know this already...after years of personal experience, I should really know this. Not just as a father, but as a man of the human race, I should know this....

Let me take a step back and ask this question. What sentence do I utter more then any other to Mason (I will also say the same one to Ben)?

Give up? The answer is "Get you hands out of your pants." Now I am a guy and I understand the importance of this issue and the remote control comes in a close second for what is usually in my hand, but I truly believe my 4 year old has taken this sport to a whole new level. Since it's the Olympics, I believe Mason would be a gold medal champion in the sort of penis grabbing. He would score high points in originality. The boy does not just go from the waistband, but he comes up from the pant leg...now that takes concentration!!!!!

It's not just the hand down the pants, it's the pulling, grabbing, pinching, poking, prodding, twisting that he does all day long. If this were a taffy pull, my son would have the largest penis in the region. As a man, I wince in pain when I give him a bath. He goes in to the zone and does not even know where his hands are or what they are doing. "Mason, stop pulling it" There is another common sentence that I have to say.

Now I know this is normal and this act will certainly not go away, but my goodness it's not Silly Putty. To quote my grandfather (who Mason is named after) "Leave it alone, it will grow by itself."

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