| I can't always control the conversation... |
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| Written by OHmommy | |
| Thursday, 10 July 2008 19:00 | |
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I was driving Lola to camp and desperately wanted to listen to the local morning radio show for two minutes. Every Thursday morning they have something called the "Thursday Hook Up" where three men answer one woman's questions and she picks a bachelor to have dinner with. Although the show is rated PG, I listen to it on the lowest volume. My entry level Honda minivan does not have special volume controls and it is all or nothing. The kiddos were completely engrossed in their own conversation as I was engrossed in figuring out who Nicole would choose. The computer engineer that prefers staying in, the roofer that likes to dance, or perhaps the accountant that has never seriously dated. I did not even notice the PG words they were using. "MAMA!!! They said stupid." Jay yelled, over Fifi's wailing to get out of the car seat. "And they said UGLY, Mama. They said UGLY!!!" Lola chirped in. Ugly and stupid are two words I really dislike. I just don't like them, no rhyme or reason, and the kiddos know that. "No one is stupid, Mama. Right?" Jay asked. "No one is UGLY, Mama. Right?" Lola has started to mimic every single thing Jay says or does lately. "I just don't like those words. Lola doesn't like cheese and Jay doesn't like mushrooms and I don't like those ugly words." I proclaimed. "You just said UGLY." Jay broke out in a fit of giggles. "But, Mama. You told me that no one is ugly." Lola declared. Yes, I did tell her this after she determined that one of her preschool friends was ugly and didn't want to play with her. I am determined to raise a compassionate girl. I had too many mean girl altercations in junior high. "No one IS ugly." "But some people are SPECIAL, not ugly, right Mama?" Jay chimed in with a smile. "When Uncle Mike took me to the movies in Chicago he told me that some people are SPECIAL." "What did Uncle Mike tell you?" "He told me that the kids on the SHORT bus are SPECIAL." He grinned out loud, proud of retaining some of Uncle Mike's great knowledge. "Uncle Mike said that all the kids on that very short bus are SPECIAL." "Next time you talk to Uncle Mike, tell him he is a VERY special guy." I told him and shook my fist in the air. I couldn't help but laugh out loud, trying to picture what in the world my brother and son were talking about. |
