Delightful Creatures

"Between the innocence of babyhood and the dignity of manhood, we find a delightful creature of a boy."  Author Unknown


"Merry-hearted boys make the best men."  Irish Proverb



I have a houseful of boys today.  Brennan invited his friends J, N, H & E over to play games.

Boys in their early teens are truly delightful - a captivating combination of boyish exuberance and gentlemanly courtliness.  They shovel in mouthfuls of popcorn with polite but muffled expressions of thanks.  Their voices rumble like men, but then suddenly break into squeaky giggles.  Their painful teenage awkwardness is sometimes broken by an occasional glimpse of the confident adults they will become.  After a competitive hour of applying grown-up logic in a series of games, they stop to play silly songs and make shooting noises.  What a great bunch of guys!