Tonight, my husband and I were embracing our inner child being mature and playing dodgeball with one another in our basement. It’s finished,carpeted, and empty at the moment. So it makes a fabulous playroom, for all three of us.
So we’re playing dodgeball, and I’m winning (of course). During the course of things, Allie was playing on the other side with her dolls. Suddenly, Adam takes his turn and launches the all at me. In slow motion, it came within inches of Allie.
Adam and I gasped and ran as quickly as we could to ensure it didn’t.
After we all breathed a sigh of relief, Allie looks up at me and says,
"shew, mom, I thought that ball was gonna kick my ass."
In order to emphasize the curse word coming out of her tiny, gorgeous mouth, she drew it out for as long as possible.
"asssss."
It took everything I had not to laugh at her. Because honestly, I thought the ball was going to kick her ass too.
While it was hilarious, we have to stop cursing around her. I rarely, if ever, do. But man, her little ears catch everything. It’s amazing.
It’s kinda like when my Kathryn asks if the guy next to us at a red light is a dickhead. At least she keeps her profanity to the car which is where she usually hears it.
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April 29th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I’m totally jealous that you have a basement. Tho ours wouldn’t stay clean for long.
I have to stop listening to Howard Stern in the car. My girls will start poll dancing in a year of so if I don’t.
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April 29th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
You play dodgeball with you hubby in the basement? Wow, I’m impressed!
Your daughter is a precious, little angel and I’m sure you just misheard her. lol
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April 29th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
So tell me, does it bother you that she says things like this? Because if it doesn’t, why restrict her?
I’m serious. I’m thinking of people in my small town who allowed their kids to say the same words they did. Their kids grew up to be self-respecting citizens (although they still cuss a lot). It makes me wonder if I was hypocritical to restrict my kids’ cussing.
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April 29th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Bwaaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa! I can just imagine those tiny little lips forming the word. And your face as you try and stifle the giggles.
I often have to leave the room when Boo repeats something he has heard. Verbatim. Gotta love echolalia for knowing EXACTLY what people say around him!
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April 29th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
hahahahahahahahaha. reminds me of the numerous car trips with my marine corps dad who always had the most clever cuss words. naturally I too have a colorful vocabulary!
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April 30th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Oh how can you not laugh though. I had to hide my face many times when my boys were little. Now they are older, they know better than to swear in front of (or worse still, at) me. It’s really not worth it to them as they have an evil mother
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April 30th, 2008 at 1:10 am
This made my evening… Even though I do not agree with children using curse words. There is something too amuse about the innocent speaking it.
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April 30th, 2008 at 1:43 am
OMG, this is too funny. Does Allie do stand up? Because seriously, I think I would pay to see that.
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April 30th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I’m a big Eminem dork and when I first got his curtain call cd my daughter was only 2 or 3. So the lyrics are down right raunch and not appropriate for little ears. But while in the car with her one time I had “Shake that Ass” playing….I figured she was too young to know the difference. She wasn’t. It took me a week to get her to quit singing those lyrics. Another mother of the year award down the drain!
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April 30th, 2008 at 6:21 am
That is funny. At least she is very contextural.
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April 30th, 2008 at 6:48 am
How hilarious! I don’t know how you refrained yourself from laughing as I totally would have never been able to.
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April 30th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Man, ASS isn’t even one of the words I thought I’d have to curb. Damn.
PS- Dodgeball is the worst, most cruel sport ever invented. I still have nightmares about dodgeball in gym class. Balls kicked my ass all the time!
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April 30th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I do my best not to curse around the girls, but instead they are picking up my stupid curse-avoiding nuances. I huff and puff and say “grrr” and whenever I see them do it, it makes me feel like an idiot (at least it’s cute when they do it.) And at least they aren’t swearing!
PS: Post was cute enough to make the shared list that I post on my site (thank you Google Reader).
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April 30th, 2008 at 7:53 am
That’s hilarious! The funniest thing I’ve ever seen was my three year old cousin playing with his toy lawnmower. He bent over it like he was inspecting the machinery, then kicked it and said “Piece of shit”. It was so funny because you just know he’s seen that before…
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April 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Oh, that made me laugh out loud. I don’t think Logan has ever swore.
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April 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Imagine how Annie and I felt when three and a half year old Zachary said, when Annie’s friend Sandy T. came over to pick Annie up for ‘Girl’s Night Out’, “Hiiiiiii SSAAANNNDDDDYYYYY! o-o-o. You have BBIIIGGG Tits just like Mommy.”
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April 30th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Overheard: Two boys, one 7, one 5, playing with action figures.
“F*ck you, Batman!”
Mother tiptoes down the stairs with her sleeve jammed in her mouth to supress the giggles.
I know, it’s just wrong.
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April 30th, 2008 at 9:01 am
hahaha. oh man, super funny. i think it’s cute when toddlers cuss, i have no idea why. it just is. i remember playing dodgeball in high school, then it became illegal to play. hmph.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Oh yeah. They are like little tape recorders that keep all those gems you never thought you uttered.
Kinda like Watergate for parents… but you can’t erase them to remove the evidence.
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April 30th, 2008 at 9:56 am
At least she started with a small swear word. If you don’t stop know at 5 she will walk around dropping the f-bomb…trust me when I say this, I know..;)
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
That’s like when my 4 YO (at the time she was 3) dropped something and said “oh, SH*T!” My husband looked at me and said it was my fault. Really? I didn’t realize I said that often enough for her to pick it up. Then I caught myself exclaiming the same thing 10 minutes later.
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Oh that’s so awesome. LMAO.
Reminds me of my little BIL when he was young and fell asleep in the truck so his dad sent the truck through the car wash thinking he’d stay asleep. He had woken up and when the truck emerged from the car wash on the other side he had a look of panic in his eyes and told his dad, “don’t ever do that again; it scared the shit outta me.” LOL
April 30th, 2008 at 10:41 am
ROTFLMAO
Brilliant….
I did a spit take..yet I was eating chips..it almost made a big mess…
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April 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
hahahaha! You better stop swearing!
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April 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Wait until she is a teen and says, “Fuck You” under her breath, then you know you cuss too much. Good luck.
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April 30th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
But it is hysterical when kids curse. Well, only the little, little ones.
I censor myself in front of my kids and others, and save up the bombs for when I really really need them. Though, my kids are totally old enough to not repeat them.
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April 30th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I laughed so hard at this the chick in the next office came over… she laughed until she snorted. Gotta love those kids.
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April 30th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
That rocks!
Wait until you see what comes out of her mouth when she is four.
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April 30th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
HAWT! I sort of want to teach my kid curse words . . . . just for fun. Does that make me a bad mommy? I can’t contain myself.
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April 30th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Laughed out loud
If my Bubbalu said that I would bust out laughing, therefore ensuring he would probably repeat it endlessly
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April 30th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Gotta love it…thanks for sharing!
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
That reminds me of the video of that little girl saying “but the monster’s gonna kick MY ass!” too freakin’ cute. My son’s first curse word was ‘dammit’ when his little ball rolled under the fridge. Good times!
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May 1st, 2008 at 2:09 am
you guys are too fun.
please to move into my neighborhood.
Ill bring the wrench—because, you know, if you can doge a wrench you can dodge a ball!
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May 1st, 2008 at 5:34 am
lol. OMG. My draw about hit the floor. You are right. Their ears pick up everything. I can’t even whisper around mine anymore.
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May 1st, 2008 at 5:37 am
Lmao. That is great. xD Kids say the funniest things and pick up everything! Even things you don’t want them to hear.
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May 1st, 2008 at 11:30 am
When your little one tells you it is fucking freezing out… talk to me..hahahahahahah
They hear EVERYTHING.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
toooo funny
i so look forward to the day that beans drops her first bad word!! seriously i know it will be all my fault!!
note to self - must stop bad words from coming out of my mouth
ps - thanks for stopping by my world!
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May 3rd, 2008 at 3:51 pm
My kid has yet to say a bad word but if and when she does I hope it’s a adorable as this.
May 4th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I can’t get past the fact that you and your husband play dodge ball. That is so awesome!
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May 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
LOL! It is pretty funny when kids curse. But I guess we should want them not to….
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May 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
This is where my wife would kill me and raise our children as a single mom. Because she has never cussed in front of the kids. (Me? Not so much.)
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May 5th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
OMG. That is great! It makes me feel better about my daughter yelling asshole!
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May 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Oh I have been there with my kids! It is so hard not to laugh at them, especially when they use curse words that sound right.
We have to watch everything we say around our kids becuase they repeat everything to everyone.
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May 11th, 2008 at 10:46 pm