Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My ironing board is strangely off center. I know the playmobil people were rappelling from it earlier but could they have seriously done this much damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Those playmobil people are quite the little tricksters. Have you noticed how quickly they reproduce, too? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnrmom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hmm, well, my almost 11yo shattered the huge picture window in our family room yesterday while pretending to be a sock monkey. So I'm not sure when it stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Those playmobil people are quite the little tricksters. Have you noticed how quickly they reproduce, too? :) Yes! I'm pretty sure I saw Hannibal marching over the Pyrenees. Maybe that is an assumption on my part. There was an elephant with them, so what else am I supposed to conclude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hmm, well, my almost 11yo shattered the huge picture window in our family room yesterday while pretending to be a sock monkey. So I'm not sure when it stops. Oh dear! I hope he didn't get injured! Broken glass is not fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My ironing board is strangely off center. I know the playmobil people were rappelling from it earlier but could they have seriously done this much damage? :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3browneyedboys4me Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 As the mother of four precious boys, I can say that they slow down around age 7. Stop? No....just slow down. I noticed around that age they stopped getting into things like my make up, under counter things, they stopped hanging from towel racks, etc. In every house we have owned there is always one bathroom missing a towel rod and toilet paper rod. :) I can say it does get much easier. So, even though my boys still like to make messes and play rough and dirty outside. It's easier than when I would walk in a room to a broken window, towel holder or light fixture! Hang in there momma! You will make it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yes! I'm pretty sure I saw Hannibal marching over the Pyrenees. Maybe that is an assumption on my part. There was an elephant with them, so what else am I supposed to conclude? :lol: Hannibal has been through our house, too, and those playmobil elephants certainly leave a trail of destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Perhaps you need this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Or this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 I was just looking for my younger who is supposed to be doing math right now, and found him with a screw driver trying to disassemble the door from the ikea cabinet in his room. Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Perhaps you need this. i LOVE this! We don't need toddler sizes though.......:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runmiarun Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hmm, well, my almost 11yo shattered the huge picture window in our family room yesterday while pretending to be a sock monkey. So I'm not sure when it stops. I laughed at this, not because it's insanely funny, but because DS2 would do something like this. Then I groaned because I know he's getting a Sock Moneky this weekend and our picture window will not survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runmiarun Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I routinely tell my husband that our 2nd son will either have to ace the Mensa test and get into MIT at 14 or I am probably not going to survive his childhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My ironing board is crooked, too. A child was using it as a desk. :glare: My youngest is always taking things apart, ie breaking things. He will be 9 soon. He shows no sign of stopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My two boys are 7 & 9, and they still destroy things. The 7 yr. old thinks the back of the couch is a gymnastics vault. The 9 yr. old likes to pick things apart. They both like to puncture holes in things. I don't plan on having anything nice until they've moved out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Well, as a mother of four boys, I don't think I can tell you it ever stops. I found a hole in the wall a few years ago that my two oldest, who were about 15 and 17, had strategically placed a plant in front of. My 13yo went through a large window in our sunroom a couple of years ago, and the bathroom counter in my basement has a burned spot where my then 16yo was trying to melt plastic army men (no, I don't know why). It never stops, and it would be giving you false hope to tell you otherwise. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessa516 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I hate to tell you this, but my 16 yo son broke my wok. I suspect he was trying to spin it on his finger. :glare: I try to explain the difference between breaking something on accident while using it correctly versus breaking something on accident because you were messing with it/using it for a purpose it was not intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I don't plan on having anything nice until they've moved out. :iagree: Although, judging from my parents' perspective, maybe not even then. Because after kids happen...grandkids happen! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 :lol::lol::lol: DS is only 4, we still have many years of destruction ahead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 i LOVE this! We don't need toddler sizes though.......:glare: Yeah, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thyme4tea Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I am there but I also can't remember laughing so hard at these stories, thanks for giving me a light heart about the destruction mine are doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Perhaps you need this. Or this. I need these...both of them....in various sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Wise Bauer Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 When do they stop destroying things? Twenty. SWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Twenty. SWB Or a multiple thereof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Twenty. SWB Once again, you've given me hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Just exactly home many moms of 4 boys are there on this board? I need about 4 of those tshirts or 5 if you count dh. I am deep spring cleaning today while grandma has 3 of them. I can only assume sharp rocks were being washed in the bath sink and my young scientists wanted to test their hardness. Rocks were harder than the sink and that is why it is now sporting scratches in multiple places. If only it was in the other bathroom where the tested the hardness on the mirror. Then at least I would have a matched set. BTW Rocks are harder than mirrors too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 I can only assume sharp rocks were being washed in the bath sink and my young scientists wanted to test their hardness. Bathroom sink or private laboratory? Semantics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnrmom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Well, as a mother of four boys, I don't think I can tell you it ever stops. I found a hole in the wall a few years ago that my two oldest, who were about 15 and 17, had strategically placed a plant in front of. :001_smile: This brings back memories - I met dh when he was 19 and had a NYE party at his house. He was running to grab the phone, hit the corner of the wall, and took out a chunk of plaster. I don't think it ends until they move out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Bathroom sink or private laboratory? Semantics. I had to explain to some overnight guests that the red stains on the toilet lid in the bathroom off the playroom/guest room were from a science experiment gone bad (I discovered it to late to replace the lid ) :glare:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Well, as a mother of four boys, I don't think I can tell you it ever stops. I found a hole in the wall a few years ago that my two oldest, who were about 15 and 17, had strategically placed a plant in front of. My 13yo went through a large window in our sunroom a couple of years ago, and the bathroom counter in my basement has a burned spot where my then 16yo was trying to melt plastic army men (no, I don't know why). It never stops, and it would be giving you false hope to tell you otherwise. :001_smile: I hate to tell you this, but my 16 yo son broke my wok. I suspect he was trying to spin it on his finger. :glare: I try to explain the difference between breaking something on accident while using it correctly versus breaking something on accident because you were messing with it/using it for a purpose it was not intended. Just exactly home many moms of 4 boys are there on this board? I need about 4 of those tshirts or 5 if you count dh. I am deep spring cleaning today while grandma has 3 of them. I can only assume sharp rocks were being washed in the bath sink and my young scientists wanted to test their hardness. Rocks were harder than the sink and that is why it is now sporting scratches in multiple places. If only it was in the other bathroom where the tested the hardness on the mirror. Then at least I would have a matched set. BTW Rocks are harder than mirrors too. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I remember turning over the cushions on my sectional to vacuum and discovering neon green silly putty everywhere. Clever boys to hide it so it could really dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytime Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I don't think it ends until they move out. That's what I am afraid of...I don't think I will survive their childhood, or this homeschooling thing. I turn my back for a split second and they're up and wrestling in a dog pile or shooting guns at each other all over the house. And the amount of destruction they cause is unbelievable. Will I ever have anything without dents or cracks?:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzymom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Will I ever have anything without dents or cracks?:glare: No. You will not. And when you go to visit their homes, they will remind you to use a coaster. You know, cause they have to pay for stuff now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypatia. Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My brother was 17 and I was 28 when we broke the ceiling light fixture at our grandmother's house when we were sparring in the living room. (Yes, I was definitely old enough to know better.) :blushing: My parents laugh now that I have 4 children of my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 And when you go to visit their homes, they will remind you to use a coaster. You know, cause they have to pay for stuff now. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Me too. I have 4 boys. My mom mentioned having a yard sale recently to 1) declutter and 2) raise money for curriculum I just laughed. Everything is broken! What is there left to sell:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I have two destructo's in my house - DD and DS2. DD comes by it naturally - she is clumsy and doesn't realise her strength. She just doesn't know how to do/use things gently. She is also very sensory seeking so we get a lot smear messes - desitin cream smeared on the carpet, paint smeared over everything, flour smeared over the floor and then fingerpainted and slid in :glare: DS2 -well he's a boy's boy :lol: Last month he grabbed a hammer I "thought" I had placed out of his sight and started hammering the kitchen tiles. He smashed 2 before I realised what he was doing -oh and we live in a rental :glare: He also smashed a hole in the wall with one of his toys and then every chance he got would use a knife or screwdriver to make it bigger -he was like a moth to a flame with that hole :lol: At least twice a week I hear the dreaded words from him - "oh no - it bwoke Mum, look I bwoke it" :001_huh: Thank goodness for my DS1 -who is very gentle and non-exploratory and the only time he damages anything is following the ideas and persuasion of the other 2 :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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