Last week, the day before I left for AZ, I decided that I needed to perform an emergency pedicure.
Since Eleanor is my constant sidekick, I set it up in the bathtub instead of my own little pedi tub (i.e. the old baby bathtub). As usual, the water was a tad more hot than I intended and we could barely dip in our toes without wincing.
Here is the conversation that followed:
Me: [in my best mommy, aren’t we having a fun time voice] Ooooh! It’s hot. Too hot. Ouch – my toes! It’s really hot – isn’t it?
Eleanor: Yeah – it’s really fucking hot.
Me: I’m sorry – what did you just say?
Eleanor: [smirking since she can tell I’m more amused (bemused?) than mad] I said, “it’s really fucking hot.”
Me: Eleanor. That is NOT a nice word and you know it. Where did you hear that? [As if I didn’t already know the answer…]
Eleanor: Daddy.
Me: Mmm Hmm. Let’s give him a call…
Then later in the day when I was in the car with George and Eleanor:
George: Rowan says, “stupid TV!”
Me: Well – we all say things like that when we’re frustrated. But we really shouldn’t say “stupid” since it’s not a nice word.
George: No! We shouldn’t say “stupid” – it’s not nice!
Me: That’s right.
Eleanor: No. We shouldn’t say stupid. And we also shouldn’t say “really fucking hot.” “Really fucking hot” isn’t nice either.
Me: [resigned] No Eleanor, “really fucking hot” isn’t nice either.
It’s all about learning opportunities our our house. Raisin’ ’em right!
Why do they always have to pick up on those words? Why not 'please' and 'thank you?'
My husband would have responded "it's fucking right you shouldn't say 'it's really fucking hot'".
So yeah, Alex is bound to get expelled, basically.
ROFLMAO. At least she listened to you. Mine argue that pronouncing shit with a Hebrew accent ("sheet") is not the same thing as saying shit, and should therefore be fine.
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I spit out my diet pepsi. Literally.
Freaking hysterical! Love it!
i am laughing SO HARD right now!!! SO HARD and we all have those stories. awesome…
i was on the phone with the insurance company and they had to totally repeat what they were saying because i was so into this story.
LOL!!!!
That's really fucking awesome. These are the moments I can't wait for!
Hysterical. We should invent straight-faced-mommy masks to pull over our smirks when this sh*t happens. Mine learned all her "vocabulary" during Giants games this season. Luckily we were out the day the remote was thrown through a glass door. We walked in on the cursefest, but missed the violence. Nothing like those teachable moments.
PS: I have to write up something that just happened and I'm going to mention you and this post.
OH YES! Thank GOD my kids are not the only ones who utter the f-word! Okay, not often, not all the time, and luckily, so far, not in front of anyone else, but sometimes it comes out of their mouths and they look at me and do their nervous giggle and I tell them how bad it is to say, and then I laugh, too because it sounds cute coming out of their mouths! Awful to say, I know…
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Luckily, our almost-2-year-old has yet to drop the F bomb. But I have to admit I'm waaaaaay too amused when she's trying some imaginary almost-2-year-old game and repeatedly mumbles "damn it" under her breath. Swearing kids amuse me. Mommy fail.
I absolutely love this.
How can she look so angelic and have such a potty-mouth? Prety funny though.
If I had a quarter for every time my son said "Poo Poo Butt" today (yes, just TODAY) I'd be a really rich woman. Where DO they learn this stuff?? ;-P
I love her! She and my middle will be such good friends!
It's the fun words that they really hear. Awesomely funny.
I'm going to have to agree with Eleanor on this one.
I already know that I'm going to be in the principal's office because of my daughter's potty mouth.
That's hilarious! It's so funny the way they truly are just words when they come out of the mouths of babes. Thanks for your comment on my blog. I hoped that your most recent post would reference what you were talking about and I don't have time to search for it now but I'll be back–and meanwhile, good luck!
Oh my goodness, that Eleanor…she picks up on everything, doesn't she? Kids have an inbuilt honing device to pick up on the most contoversial/embarassing things. xo
I read this days ago and didn't have time to comment. But, had to chime in and say so, so funny! When Ben was two he was sitting at our island, put his head down on the counter and in exasperation said, "fuck". I couldn't believe it. Then, I gave it some thought and realized he'd got it from me. I say it in exasperation under my breath. Drop something… you get the idea. I felt like such an idiot.
I know I'm not supposed to be laughing but…