Have you ever had a tug of war with your child over a piece of plastic?
Have you ever stopped your child from munching the remnants of a Morteined cockroach?
Has your child ever bitten you hard on the finger in a fit of temper?
Has your child ever smashed your nose with his when you try to put him to bed?
Have you ever had a child who likes to bite his toenails?
Have you ever had a child who refuses the food you lovingly prepare?
Have you ever had a child that prefers rolling around in the dirt to anything else?
If so, you probably have a baby peacock on your hands!
Note: Gutsy9 is a typical adolescent, which is great because he is getting his independence.
jmgoyder 
Julie, Oh the pains and joys of watching our little ones grow and mature. Mama Julie, I am sure Gutsy appreciates the lessons and the moments he has shared with you. Take care, Bill
He can be very naughty!
A teenage peacock sounds about the same as a teenage Jack Russell or perhaps they are still toddlers because aren’t teenagers just like toddlers only bigger?
Toddlerhood is probably the same for all species!
🙂
(smiling) You’re such a good mom! At first I wondered if you were talking about Ming, that is until you got to the biting one’s own toenails!
You never know with Ming!
I’m saying yes to all your questions and that was about my kids… lol… love the photo of him on your shoulder….
I do hope your kids didn’t eat cockroaches!
We found my son, when we’re on the farm, enjoying the taste of a millipede… so cockroaches might just have been on his menu…
My gosh – it does sound rather like raising a child, including the cockroaches and dirt. When I was a kid, I had a friend who would eat spoonsful of dirt for five cents. Today, he’d probably charge a dollar. 😉
That sounds like an interesting friend!
You must have had better experiences with Ming than most of us had with our children.
Ha!
he is so cute!
Adorable!
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Ohoh! I am not into awards but you will be rewarded and thank you very much!
Julie I don’t think you do the Blog Award thing but I nominated you anyway! I nominated you for the Liebster Award. I hope you accept. http://tersiaburger.com/2013/02/21/liebster-award/
Now you’re in trouble – haha!
I remember my younger brother eating worms out in the garden when he was a toddler, so maybe Gutsy9 IS more like a child than one imagines.
Good to hear he’s gaining some independence though.
Yuck!
Gutsy9 looks like a real character. Love those questions, Julie. I can answer “yes” to most of them. 😀
He is entering the rebellious phase – ha!
Had no idea I raised a peacock!? I had a sister that liked to eat tar off the street.
Tar!
So peacockes are like children or are peachicks like children…………and peacockes like teenagers……..lol
Cute and he is like a child… 😉
I am so happy to see this. Thanks and Love, nia
I think most children love rolling around in the dirt, haha
I thought of you and Gutsy this afternoon, as I was walking a dog through Central Park. No peacocks, but lots of robins and the little gray-brown ones–sparrows? 🙂
Hi Julie 🙂
I just wanted to say on this one that I love the name ‘Gutsy9’, really love it 🙂
These pictures are great!