What is it with little boys???

This morning the kids and I were playing on the floor, and Caleb comes up and starts whacking the crap out of me with his little hammer. (Thanks for the tool set, Santa)!!
Immediately "Ouch" popped out of my mouth and he gets this little giggle and twinkle in his eye and does it again. HELLLLO!! Are you KIDDING me?!?! My 15 month old is beating me up!! LOL. So I took it away from him and crawled over to Katherine to help her out with a puzzle. Caleb then decides it's a good idea to come up behind me, lifts up my shirt and blows a raspberry on my back. I turned around and gave him one severe tickling. Of course, he was laughing the whole time and thought it was a total riot! Where does he get this mischievous behavior from??? Is it inherent to all little boys??

Tonight we are headed over to the neighbor's house for a new years eve party. We are incredibly blessed with perhaps the best neighborhood in the entire universe. It's full of kids -- probably 40 of them 6 and under, and a good majority of the moms stay home. There's endless play dates, and tons of stuff to do. Anyway, I personally think that New Years Eve is the most overrated holiday ever. Matt and I stopped pretending that we liked to go to the dance clubs with a bunch of 21 year olds several years ago, and instead spend the night with our kids and friends. What could be better??? With all the chaos that goes on tonight, I can't imagine driving across town with all the drunks on the road when the two most precious things in life are at home sleeping in their beds. There just isn't any upside.

Have a wonderful and safe night tonight. Happy 2007.