Adventures Parenting Boys

We always hear the saying, "Boys and girls are different" and to most of us we think, "well duh". But me being a girl and raising 2 boys I now see how much different they really are. All my life when I imagined my family I imagined me, my husband, my daughter (born first), and my son. Now for reality... well there's me, I have my husband, and I'm the proud parent of an 8 year old and 6 year old, yes, BOYS . Now my husband has so much to offer in raising the boys, but let's face it they spend most of their time with me.
The differences between boys and girls begin to appear very early on. I have not heard a story about a girl standing on the porch and dropping her panties to go potty while her parents are having a garage sale, but I have experienced a boy doing this first hand. (Yes I will admit it was my son). I have learned with my sons, especially my younger one, to not ask if they CAN do something. Of course they CAN do ANYTHING, it just doesn't mean it WILL get done. You don't usually see a group of girls gathering sticks to use as guns, or swords to fight each other with, but I see this almost daily with boys. Girls will be content to play IN a fort (of course it will be called a clubhouse), but boys, they must conquer the fort. That means climb on top of it, up the side of it, on the rails, almost anywhere except for inside. I guess it's the boys need for adventure that drives them to do all the things that will make a mom's heart stop. So as a mom is it our job to quench this drive? No. We are the ones that have to make sure they have protective head gear, knee & elbow pads, and anything else needed when the time arrives. Then we say lots of prayers and we go with them on their next adventure.
I'd love to hear stories about your adventures in raising boys. So leave comments, and questions. There are some great boooks on raising boys. One is by Dr. Dobson. To purchase check out Treasures2yourdoor.com.