A column about my boys and what I would love for them

I am a proud parent of two young, beautiful boys.  Their bedroom is beige, in a good way.  It has a "Lion King" theme to it.  The jungle theme was something my wife and I feel in love with.  I think the mood of the room was clinched when my wife and I listened to Elton John's song "You'll be Blessed."  I love it.  The only gender identifying trait to their room is a BLUE 'baby boy' sign on the door.

In just a short time, my older son Ben has shown he is ALL BOY.  Ben is a climber, a runner, and an adventurer.  He's not one for sitting still for very long.  He would sit still when there is a cartoon he likes on TV (or a baby show).

Both my bows have a wide variety of colors for their clothes.  They'll wear anything ranging from black to purple (except pink).  Ben loves to say "PURPLE."  I think purple is his favorite color.  Orange is a close second.  We don't want our boys to be associated with pink right now.  Our boys wouldn't care though.  Ben's first color he ever identified was in fact "Purple."

Later on in life, we want Ben and Blake to experience as many sports, clubs, hobbies, interests, and activities as they can.  We want them to have as full of a life as they possibly can, and they should.

We will steer them along to certain activities, but we won't force them or put pressure on them to do anything.

At some point, we will encounter the "Football" discussion.  I love watching football on TV and in person.  I'm not so sure it's a good idea for my boys to play it (tackle football, that is).  If for some reason they really want to play football, I would let them.  I won't stand in their way.  As a matter of fact, someone who I greatly respect suggested that my boys start out playing flag football.  Flag football is a great way to learn about the game and all its techniques (minus the hitting and tackling).

Ben has shown me that he's all boy and high energy.  He fights me on certain things that he doesn't want to do or stuff he wants to do but I have to control him.  He would be a good fit for the game of football.  Blake is only 7 months old, and it's too early to tell what he likes.  He's starting to crawl and stand up.  He'll walk around before you know it.  I hope Blake has broken his addiction to TV (*like his daddy*).