Tennis Shoes in the Sink and Golf Balls in the Toilet

By Mary Cameron

This delightful book shares humorous times raising four little boys and the mischief they get into. You don't need to be a parent to laugh every page of this narrative. If you've babysat just one little boy for five minutes you will appreciate the amusing circumstances that occur with four little boys as they grow into manhood and go on to have children of their own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Cameron
• Release date: Nov 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311804181

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Tennis Shoes in the Sink and Golf Balls in the Toilet

by Mary E. Cameron

Text Copyright © 2014 by Mary E. Cameron

Published at Smashwords

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

1. It's A Boy!

2. Golf Anyone?

3. The Face

4. What Dog?

5. Let's Go Shopping

6. First Car Crash

7. Beans Anyone?

8. School Days

9. Play Ball

10. Birthdays

11. Snakes and Lizards

12. Middle School

13. Mouse in the House

14. Driving Mrs. Cameron

15. Good Morning Mom

16. High School

17. Missing Car

18. Battle of the Boys

About the Author

Dedication

To the four awesome guys who have brought so much entertainment in my lives.

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Acknowledgments

Editing: Many have provided important feedback. Fearing I may overlook someone, I would like to express heartfelt gratitude to all whose contributions made this book better than it would have been as a solo act.

Readers: I acknowledge and thank you, the reader.

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It's A Boy!

It's a boy!

Mom and dad, great job.

This being the fourth time we have heard these three little words, I understand my husband's pale face and the bit of terror in his eyes.

It's okay, I tell my panic-stricken husband, Craig. With another boy, we don't have to even learn to fold diapers again. We already know the thick part goes to the front and that placing a diaper over them while we change them avoids unnecessary showers. We know a lot about boys. They like being dirty, inflicting pain on others, teasing, destroying things, tossing things around, and sports of all kinds.

I'm not sure my husband is convinced. The nurse places our new son in my arms. Well, he feels the same as the others and he has that determined look on his face as the other boys have. Craig touches the baby's hand; the baby closes his fingers around my husband's index finger. The tears my husband's eyes tell me he is getting weak.

We quickly forget the things this baby with the soft little hands will get into. At this moment our thoughts are not on how many rocks these hands will throw, the balls they will bounce, the brothers they will hit, or the toilets they will splash in. For this moment we can only feel the sweetness of this new life. I begin to get excited about our new son. We can hold our heads high (this is not always the case with children). I am not afraid to show the world we brought another boy into it. I am ready for this new son; we can do it, so let the adventures begin…

There it is. That