Little ears are always listening. Always, always. And I try to keep that in mind but the truth is I curse like a sailor and while I’ve tried to be more g-rated (saying “freakin'” or even “frickin'” or “f-ing”… and my new favorite from Alvin and the Chipmunks, “Holy nuts!”) it still slips out.
The thing is Hayley is old enough to know that while we might say something as adults it’s inappropriate for her to repeat them, especially in the presence of other adults, ESPECIALLY adults like her grandparents. That’s okay. But Breanna is only two and a half years old and she doesn’t grasp this fine logic so we worry about her picking things up and saying them in front of other people. Right now she says “kiss my butt!” a lot which is actually kind of hilarious but I worry sometimes that others will not be so charmed.
For Christmas we gave Breanna a train table and it came with all kinds of stuff including some trees that you can place around the tracks. Naturally they’re never actually ON the table, they’re usually strewn about the apartment. I was walking through the living room and stepped on one so I said, “OW, fucking tree!” Then I picked it up and pitched it in one of the toy baskets.
Fast forward a few hours. Breanna is digging through the basket, muttering. Finally she raises her hands in despair and hollers, “Where my fuckin’ tree?! Where my fuckin’ TREE?!”
Uh. Oops.
Luckily I am occasionally quick on my feet so I rummaged through the other assorted toys, found the tree, and said, “here Breanna! Here’s your FUNKY tree!”
She held it up and smiled. “Oh yes! My funky tree! I love my funky tree!”
Whew.
You lucked out with that one. Ahh, such memories that brings back. (cracking up)
That’s hilarious!
This made me laugh too much. Mark and I need to be careful or Elias’ first word will be “fuck”
yeah, i am never sure whether to be proud or pissed when my little one uses the F word (or any variation of it) correctly. it was pretty funny when he sat down next to me on the couch at about 2 1/2 and said “Hi, fucking Mama.” with a big smile and his sippy cup.
his most recent curse is “Damn It”! he thinks if he says something that rhymes with it, it is ok.
shouldn’t have read this while eating! i’ve got the kids all at the table now eating their breakfast too and kristian has a habit of throwing his toast on the floor. abigail just asked stephanie to “get that frickin’ damn toast!”
i wish it wasn’t so hard to keep a straight face!
Oh dear! That has happened here a few times with my 2 1/2 year old daughter. We’ve been lucky too.
Eeep. I’m really trying to limit Alliclaus’ exposure to my pottymouth, but I do occasionally slip. I’ve avoided most problems, but she has repeated a couple of my more colorful exclamations in the car.
My 2 and a half year old said yesterday as I was putting her sandals on, “HOLY FUCK your hands are cold mommy!”
Oops.