Patrick: Mom, what's a wildflower?
Mom: It's a flower that grows on its own - no body has to plant it or water it. They usually grow in the mountains.
Patrick: Oh. Well, when it gets to be spring I'm going to find the prettiest wildflowers in the whole world and give them to you.
Me: That is so sweet. Thank you! I would love them more than anything in the world.
Then, three hours later as he threw a full-on tantrum on the floor in front of the elevators to the parking garage, we had this interchange:
Me: Patrick, stand up right now. It's time to leave – I gave you plenty of warning that we had to go.
Patrick: NOOOO!!! *kicking at me*
Me: Hey, it is not okay to kick!
Patrick: You're an IDIOTTTTTT!
Me: Hey! Don't call me an idiot! That is really rude. You're behaving very badly right now - knock it off!
Patrick: Fine, then you're a STINKERRR! *wailing*
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| It actually really hurt when he kicked me, but then, as my younger sister can attest to, I'm kind of a wimp. |
I know that I should be absolutely appalled at the name-calling, but man, this kid doesn't miss a thing! Sometimes I jokingly call him a "stinker" when we does something tricky or silly - usually when we're playing cards - so, I was quite impressed that he was so quickly able to recall "stinker" as a somewhat acceptable name to call me, even in his intense, red-faced anger. I suppose I need to be more careful about what I call him, even if it's just some harmless fun-poking. All I know is that it's a good thing he goes to preschool three days a week, because on those days I routinely (lovingly) refer to Miss Lucy as any one of the following:
- Chunk-a-rama
- Senora Shitty-pants
- Big Fucking Deal Lucille
- Chubby McChubbersons
- Sugar Booger
And pretty soon she's going to start picking up words, so then I'll have no freedom of speech. *sigh* In the wise words of my sassy cousin Ashley . . . Shitballs! I'm screwed.
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| Senora Shittypants chewing on her brother's toys. Good thing he doesn't know what goes on when he's not home. |
2 comments:
The other night while Matty was going to sleep (and of course crying a bit) James started saying, "dang baby, you're not going to wake me up again dang baby." Over and over again.
Now I am just glad I am very glad I keep to "mormon swearing" in front of my kids. Not sure if his primary teacher would appreciate some of the other words James would pick up.
Oh and Christian and I now call Matt dang baby.
Totally think Lucille Big Fucking Deal rocks! Also Henry is often known as Fussy McFusserson so he can Lu both be McSomethings together. And Christian said Holy Shit when he was like 2, so there's that.
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