Don't Say That!

Ok, so we, well I am watching the words that my son picks up. He's in a home daycare during the day and of course anywhere he goes, he is impressionable and picks up what he sees. Even at home, we may say things around the house and he sees it as ok to say, so he does. Sunday night, JoJo was sitting in the bed with me and we were watching one of our favorite movies, "Hairspray". (The latest version of the musical with Nicki Blonski.) Ok, so we've seen it like 85 billion times, but at certain parts, (when he wasn't singing), JoJo would say, "Are you kidding me?" I of course took it as a reaction to some part of the movie, but later he said it again. I'm trying to figure out where he got the phrase from, and it didn't take long to realize that I SAY IT ALL THE TIME! OMG, HE GOT IT FROM ME! LOL! It already sounded so funny with his 2-year-old vocabulary and phonetics, but when I realized that he's heard me say it in plenty of phone conversations with the girlz, or with new news I've just heard, or when JoJo is trippin' and I use the phrase to get his attention. I couldn't get mad; there's nothing wrong with the phrase. But when he said, "shut up" last night...I almost tore his head off.

He was getting ready for bed and of course moving too slow. It was already late and past MY bedtime, so you know HE was running late. I must've been fussing about the whole process and JoJo thinking he was being playful said somewhat under his breath, "shut up." I stopped...backed up...and asked, "What did you say?"
JoJo very softly said, "Shut up."
I asked, "Who?"
He quickly thought and carefully answered, "Daddy."
Daddy wasn't home, so I know he wasn't talking to him. I looked at JoJo and my eyes said, "You little twerp! You were telling me to shut up and while you may be right and I may need to, you are a 2-year-old and nothing gives you the right to so rudely tell me to leave you alone because I AM THE MOMMA and I am in charge of you, and how dare you use the phrase in such a timely and correct manner!"
He knew he was wrong, and there was no point for me to harp on it.
I simply reminded him, "We don't say shut up. You don't say that. Ok?"
With a sheepish look, he said, "Ok."
Returning to the queen of mean I said, "Now get your narrow tail in that bed!"

I try to remind my husband that we can't say everything we want in the house. Yes, its our home and we should be comfortable enough to say and do whatever, but we must be careful because we have young, impressionable, LISTENING, ears in the house with us. Hubs and I say shut up, whether we're talking to each other or in a shocking conversation with others. I don't put it past that little boy that he's listening and absorbing every word! Kids are funny like that! They're listening to see fist of all, how engaged in your conversation you are so that they can see what they can get away with while you are not paying attention! Secondly, they're simply nosy and listening to the actual words you're saying. Trust me, that "Are you kidding me" through me for a loop because while I'm sure JoJo has no ideal what it means, he said it so correctly...and JUST LIKE I SAY IT! LOL!

My mom was telling me about my niece "Peanut" who stayed with her this weekend and the conversation they had over her saying, "What the heck?" My mom explained to her that she was cussin'. "Peanut" slipped and said it 1 or 2 more times, but then she reduced it to, "What the...?" Momma had to advise her again.

My cousin's son was visiting with my aunt (his grandmother) and she must've been getting after him for something. His reply, "Alright grandma,...JE-sus." She had to walk away to keep from laughing because he said just like she says it around the house.

I do monitor what he watches, because I wan't him to pick up good things if he's gonna watch movies at all! One of our favorite parts in "Hairspray" is when the clothier Mr. Pinky calls Edna to ask if Tracy can be his new spokesmodel for his store. Edna signals to Tracy that she's talking to Mr. Pinky. Tracy squeals, "Thee Mr. Pinky?" JoJo and I both look at each other and squeal just like she does. Weird I know, but its amusing to us!