Boys will be boys. It is hard to argue about it. At six months of age, as soon as they could crawl, my boys could not wait to touch the objects that they have been longing for. One wanted to touch the mechanical dinosaur we bought for my nephew, the other wanted to touch his Grandfather's antique gun mounted on the wall. At one year of age, they loved playing with toy cars and fire engines. Without knowing anything about Star Wars, at age of eighteen months, they would stare at Star War toys including the Darth Vader's mask and Jedi light sabers in the toy store. Even though we did not encourage them to play with swords or guns, at the age of two, they still engaged in sword fights using fallen sticks from trees. Now, they just chop me off using their retractable sausage arms.
Once in a while, I try to trick them to see if they want a pink walking dog or cat; the answers have consistently been NO. These days, they would laugh and tell me," Mommy, those are for girls". I complain their messy eating style, and the boys would explain: it is becuase they are chuck-chuck beavers.
They picked out the Wii Indiana Jones game without having watched any of the Indiana Jones movies. They had never watched a Bakugan cartoon, but they wanted the Bakugan battle brawlers they saw in stores. They wander around and around in aisles containing toy cars, trucks, and action figures and never walk into the aisles with dolls or crafts, not even once. We cannot watch any adult TV programs unless they are about animals, cars, machines or building.
In the Home Depot, they will sit on the riding tractors for hours if I let them. They like to go to the electronic stores with Daddy to look at the big screen TVs and other gadgets. It was funny to watch three of them sit comfortably in front of a big screen TV in one of the local furniture stores; they even put their feet up like Daddy and fought for the remote control with Daddy. As they grow up, it is sad for me to think that they may not want to have anything to do with Mommy. They have already decided not to go to the supermarket with Mommy at the age of three. In addition, they have shown no patience for Mommy if I go shopping for clothes.
They are still so young but it is very evident that many of their behaviors are encoded in their genes. I do not need to tell them, nor does Daddy need to. They have known what they want for a long time and we can only assist the process of development.
