Monday, June 23, 2008

Mother of the Year Award

...is probably not going to go to me this year...

Yet another funny conversation to share with everyone and if you have your little ones around, this probably isn't a post for them.

The other day, Riley and I were in the living room, watching Ronan freak out.  Riley looks at me with this serious face and this is the conversation we had:

Riley:  Momma, Ronan is being a little shit, huh?
Me:  *I spoke no words, I only looked at her with a my stunned and shocked face.*
Riley:  Uh, I mean, Ronan is being a little s-h-i-t (spelled out), huh?
Me:  Riley!  Where did you hear that?
Riley:  Well, daddy says it and you always spell it.
Me:  We are to never speak of this again, okay Riley?  

I couldn't believe it, but I could.  Since as far back as I can remember, I have been spelling things out, so she wouldn't understand.  I'd say things like, "don't say that when R-i-l-e-y is in the room" or if we didn't want to upset her, we'd say "should we go to the p-o-o-l or should we just go h-o-m-e?  

What's funny is that I don't think it ever occurred to me to stop spelling things.  I remember the one day I said, "Hey Ryan, should we take R-i-l-e-y to the m-o-v-i-e?"  And without a second hesitation, Riley jumped in and said, "Yeah, I want to go to the movie!"  Duh, mom.  Duh.

So is this my cue to stop spelling?  Maybe I'll do sign language or something...

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