Just the First in a Long Line of Embarrassing Moments
Yesterday at the grocery store, Carson was pointing to some balloons while standing in line to check-out. He was gleefully shouting "blue star balloon, blue star balloon!!" A woman standing behind us was so impressed and said, "Wow! Did he just say blue star balloon! You're raising a smart little guy there!"
Of course, I felt proud. Who doesn't love when they're complimented on their smart kid?! In fact, I like to take full credit for his near genius abilities, as surely they're a direct result of my superior parenting skills. *snort!*
Instead of telling this lady about my obvious awesomeness, though, I just said, "Yes, his little mind is just like a sponge, he's always repeating everything he hears!" That part in italics becomes very important in just a moment...
Carson decided to impress her some more. He pointed at something (I'm not sure exactly what he was pointing at specifically, it was just in the direction of the candy/magazines/junk area by the register.)
And that's when he said this:
"Dog shit! Dog shit! Dog shit!" (I have NO IDEA what he was trying to say, but whatever it was sounded exactly like "dog shit.")
And *poof*, my awesomeness disappeared.
The look on the lady's face was something between shock and disgust. She was suddenly not as impressed with my parenting skills.
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That's hysterical Jennifer! And very well told. Too bad that lady didn't have your sense of humor!
It's uncanny how they seems to know the exact right moment for optimal embarrassment, isn't it?
Too funny. If I was that lady, I would have totally cracked up right there. I'm still thankful that my son isn't in that stage yet. Some days it would be nice if he'd start talking already, but I think I can wait most of the time.
Yesterday my husband and I were yelling to each other through the closed bathroom door.
Not angry, just yelling to be heard thru the door.
The Poo yelled back: "Stop fighting, people!"
Guess we need to tone it down. Thank God no one was there to hear it! :)
When Bradley would say "dog shit," at just that wonderful age, he meant "dog spit." He heard me say eeeww dog spit once and thought it was hilarious. His version had us in such shock the first time we heard it that he tried for the same effect MANY, many a time later. Especially one night at Culpeppers, near one lucky little old lady.
Love that kid.
Yea...kids say the darndest things. LOL For a long time babyhead's words sounded bad even if they were completly inocent (shirt always came out as shit for some reason).
If that women doesn't know this...that children's words don't always come out like they should, then it is her problem, not yours.
;-)
Jennifer - What a riot! While in a department store, our daughter, Michele, who was @3-4 years old, noticed a woman coming down the aisle who was rather obese. As she approached us, Michele approached her and, in that loud piercing voice that only a child can make, said "You're fat, you're fat, you're fat, fat fat!" Well, you can imagine the embarrassment my wife had. But I simply looked at the woman, who was quite miffed, and said, "We've always told her to tell the truth." (She, nor my wife, was amused at my comment). But there was no way I was going to admonish my daughter for what she had said. Yes, later I explained to her, as best I could, that rather than saying fat, it would be more polite just to say 'heavy' - which, at a later date, turned into another hilarious story which I won't go into here. Thanks for bringing back memories of long ago.
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Damn kids and their ability to destroy our awesomeness!
If I were the lady doing the commenting, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed. What's the matter with people? He was trying to say something and pointing, and unless there is ACTUAL dog shit in the store, then he's obviously trying to say something else. So that makes it even more funny!
FYI, there are NO secrets in our house any longer.
Ha!!!!!!
I think I would have been laughing if I had been the person behind you in line.
LOL!
Out of the mouths of babes...
Dog shit. Dog shit. That's practically a four word sentence for a less than two yo.
You're a parenting genius!
If I was the lady I would have laughed. Kids are notorious for letting it out when you least expect it. Mine is not there yet but I know it will happen. He has two male cousins who have a fascination with the names of their body parts and feel the need to use them when ever possible. They have already tried the teach Bubbie the word BUTT, whats next?
BWahahahahaha!
Hey, it's another mommy scout badge you have now earned.
It could have been worse. He could have been pointing at the lady when he said dog shit.
I bet he was trying to say "Touch It! Touch It!"
that's just pure 100% funny. heh heh. what a little comedian; he sure has his timing down!
Oh my- what a funny boy!
I bet he gets his sense of humor from you too!
:) Dog shit. Nothing's funnier than a little kid swearing.
It's sit I tell you sit. That's my story and you can't make me say different!
I'm still stuck on "blue star balloon". He IS a genius. He knows colors, shapes and can put all that together! My 1 1/2 year old only says "shoes". And not even Manolos, just plain ole "shoes".
Well, he's perceptive, and that's a good thing, right? And besides, I'm sure you made that womans day- she's sure to have told someone else about it and got a good giggle. But despite all of that, I suspect you are an awesome mom, and that Mr. Carson is lucky to have you.
Oh yea-yah! There's more where that came from. Just hope it doesn't rear it's naughtly little head in front of his teachers.
That's nice :)
I love it! That's much more intertaining than the "Dammit, Mommy! that I got!
I thought it was pretty funny, but some my other Alabama friends didn't think it was so. Hey, they can do a lot worse things than cuss a little!
That just made me snort out loud.
When David (13) was little- he would scream TRUCK at every freaking store we went in, so I would buy it for him. I usually did to shut him up, because he replaced the TR in truck with an F. Totally felt like white trash.
oh, laughed so hard, I just snorted.
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