Maximum Destruction is what we call him, I'm sure all Moms who have more than one child have one of these and maybe the Moms with one child might have a little bit of this personality in their child.
"J", our youngest, he can be the sweetest little boy who everyone loves and thinks is so cute. The teachers at my kids school, my kids friends, the parents of my kids friends, neighbors, even the employees at the stores we go to. He is friendly, saying hi and telling his adventure of the day and bye when it's time to leave.........Then, there's the destruction side of him.
We bought our house brand new, we saw our lot when it was just dirt. We moved in when our daughter was 3 months old and thought we had a pretty nice size home for us. We had our other 2 sons and still it was getting crowded but our children were pretty good about not destroying the house. I never had any stories to tell such as drawing on the walls, hammering off the plaster, dumping out cleaning products all over the rooms, dropping any type of liquid on the carpet just to see it fall. Then we had "J", all the above examples I gave are now all true stories we have been through with our Maximum Destruction child. He has a complete mind of his own. When he's ready to go, he walks off, I'll catch up to him and say where are you going? He says, "Me finished my job Mama, now I go home". I remember seeing parents with this one child who runs from them, who will throw things, who will just act out and I would think gosh, get your kid under control. Now I think that's there max destruction. I'm sure he knows he's the last and he pushes us to our limits at times but then he turns and does his "I love you Mama". Well, being with me all day and by the end I'm just over it so he knows to go to Daddy. Oh, and Daddy just eats it up "I love my boy sooo much" he tells him. Mmmmhhmmm, until he touches something of Daddy's....
One thing I know for sure, life in this household is definately an adventure, there is always something going on, playing, laughing, yelling, crying....all in all we never can say we're bored. I look up from my computer and see my board of art work, painted faces, cut out flowers, pictures of my Sister, Brother, and Me, awards and I just smile because at the end of the day they are all happy children with a wonderful family and great friends including me.