Surprised By Boys

I am surprised at their imaginations and creativity. I thought girls were more creative than boys, but I am beginning to think the opposite. “My boys” (as I will call them for short) think of much more interesting things to turn their pencils, erasers, blocks, etc into. (Even in my third and fourth grade Sunday school class they think of really good and inventive systems of doing things.)
I am surprised at how much they like to talk. I thought girls were the ones who needed to talk all the time. I now disagree. Boys have a tongue power of their own.
I am surprised at how VOCAL they are. I had heard that boys make noise when they play, but now I have heard it and have known it. Never will free choice time be the same again.
I am surprised (how COULD I be??) at how wiggly they are. No self-control. No desire to gain self-control. They just want to have fun and move and make noise and destroy what they build. (How do I harness this power for their learning and my good?! Now I need some of their powers of creativity!)
I am surprised at how much they WANT systems in place.
I am surprised at how aware they are of the engineering of structures (humorous story to follow).
I am surprised at how they are able to tire me out by lunch time – (it’s only because I can’t join in their silliness with them. I must be controlled. Controlling craziness – mine as well as theirs – is quite tiring. But I know if I start wiggling and laughing like they do, I will lose all control of the classroom for EVER! No good.)