Why girls are WAY better!

...and I'm talking about more than the obvious things like the ability control certain bodily functions until the end of meal.

I've had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with my little sister (she's only 10) and she just makes me happy. After keeping the boys busy all day (which that alone makes me happy) we just have so much fun being girls. The truth is...I am a girly girl, contrary to what some of my friends (Lana) would say. Not necessarily in the sense of getting all dressed cute and made up for a random Tuesday...but in other ways. Brooke and I do silly girl things. We dance to cheesy Disney songs in our pajamas (we make sure no one is watching, of course). She comforts me when I cry while watching Ice Princess. I brush her hair...for hours. And of course we talk...really talk. Don't get me wrong, my boys and I talk all the time, but somehow it's just not the same kind of conversation girlfriends or sisters or mothers and daughters share.

Today I took my little sister (Brooke) and the boys to the Children's Discovery Center in Mississippi. We also went with my older sister and her two stepson's, ages 18 and 14, who are in town for a few weeks. If you're wondering how she was able to convince two teenage boys to go to a Children's Museum with a bunch of kids, please read back to the past blog where it is mentioned that she has a positive attitude. She simply walked in their room, woke them up (11:00am) and told them we were going to "have a great day acting like kids again in a place where we wouldn't see anyone we knew". GENIUS! And did they act like kids?! They dressed up costumes; climbed in the mazes with the little ones and sipped fake tea with their pinkies out (I did mention these are boys right?). Anyway, we had a great time there. The original plan was to go to the beach after, but a typical summer thunderstorm quickly changed that plan. So we ended up at the outlet mall for pizza and a little shopping.

Speaking of food...those teenage boys can EAT! Before we left for the day they each ate 3 sausage, egg and cheese biscuits, then ate an entire monster size pizza AND a bowl of spaghetti just a few hours later! Both of them are as thin as rails, so I don't know where they put it. Those of you who know me...know that we don't spend much on groceries. If this is how typical teenage boys eat, I'm going to need to look for a job!