The Joys of Raising Boys

Cooper has been attending a Mother's Day Out program since July and he LOVES it! I have never gotten a bad behavior report from his teachers. That is...I haven't ever gotten one until today. When my mom went to pick him up from MDO both of his teachers brought him out and asked my mom if we were letting him watch wrestling at home. Wrestling?!?! Neither myself or my husband have EVER watched wrestling. College football, yes, but not wrestling! Turns out Cooper has been going up to his classmates, grabbing them around the waist and body slamming them to the floor. He's also trying it on his teachers, who are two of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet. I was mortified! My little angel did that?!?!?! I started thinking about where he could have learned this. The only TV shows he watches are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Wonder Pets, Sesame Street, Bob the Builder and Thomas...and I've never seen Mickey and Donald performing wrestling moves on each other. But, I do kind of zone out when it's on, so I guess that could be a possibility, right? Nah...probably not. Could he be picking it up from college football? We do tend to cheer (loudly) when our team makes a tackle. Also, my husband will throw Cooper on our bed (which he LOVES)...could that be it? Or could it just be from being a rough-and-tumble little boy? I really don't know, probably the latter of the three. Maybe he is wanting to be the "Hulk Hogan" of his generation, I don't know. I just know that the wrestling is going to have to stop! We can't have him terrorizing everyone with the threat of being thrown to the ground. Besides, I have much bigger aspirations for him. Cooper, let's stick to careers like becoming the scientist that cures cancer or President of the United States, ok? ;)

Oh, the joys of raising a boy - it's the BEST job and I wouldn't trade it for the world! :)