Once a month, our homeschooling group meets for Mass at a local parish, followed by refreshments. The adjacent school building has a wide marble staircase with about five steps to a landing and another five steps leading down to the main floor. After a healthy serving of oreos and apple juice, some of the boys (including my eight-year-old) started jumping down the stairs. You would have smiled to see the exhilaration in their faces as they leaped from the top to the first landing and from that landing down to the ground, before running back up again. Needless to say, I was on hand to spoil the fun and said, "Boys, I know this is a lot of fun, but somebody could easily get hurt. Please do not jump down the stairs." The excitement in their faces fled, but they are respectful boys and halted the game immediately.
A few minutes later, I was talking to one of my daughters, when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw rapid motion in the direction of the stairs. Turning to see what was going on, I found all the boys. Sliding down the banisters!
Hee hee hee..
Posted by: Mary Ellen Barrett | January 29, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Sounds familiar...after getting yelled at by security for going through the revolving door two at a time at Alice Tully Hall, my boys retreated to the new concrete sitting-stairs outside on Broadway and proceeded to slide down the very long banister. Boys.
Posted by: MacBeth | January 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM
rflol that is so BOYS :) I can totally see my son joining in!!
Posted by: Rachel | January 29, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Boys will be boys will be boys .... gotta love 'em as they turn into dh's some day!
Hugs,
Posted by: Mary G | January 30, 2010 at 07:46 AM
lol
Posted by: Carlie | January 30, 2010 at 07:51 AM
You have to love the energy and minds of little boys!!
Posted by: Kathy | January 30, 2010 at 03:45 PM