So yesterday I took Grace to the dr. to see if her nose was broken(long story) anyway, he gave her and Jade a balloon, told them to hold onto it tight and sent us to the car. On the way home Grace asked, "Why do you tell us to hold our balloon's tight." I told her so the balloons wouldn't fly away. "Why would they fly away". I attempted to give her the 3 year old version of why balloons fly away. Normally this would be good enough but big brother needed to know the more complex version. After a brief conversation about the atmosphere, space ships leaving the earth, and other random 5 year old boy thoughts, Grace said, "So our balloons go to Jesus." I read Audrey's post the other day and had been thinking that her children must be so well taught. How adorable and sweet to have Jesus in the top of their sweet thoughts and to mention Him like we see Him daily. I wondered if my children would even think of something cute like that. So here I am patting myself on the back. I tried to call my hubby, my mom, anyone who would think it was cute but didn't get a hold of anyone.
Now fast forward a few hours. I'm asking Grace to clean her room before bed.
"You help me mom."
"Grace, I am helping I'm putting the books away. Why don't you pick up the baby doll stuff."
"I would if I could find the d*** box".
"What did you say?"
"I said I would if I could find the d*** box!"
In less than 8 hours I had felt the success and failure of my parenting. Slap on the face!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Pat on the back... then slap on the face
Posted by Bonnie at 12:37 PM
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8 comments:
lol! cutest story ever!!
By the way, how are you??
I found you through Erin. Hope you don't mind :-)
That is great!! Funny story and aint it the truth.
That is so funny! Kids make me laugh.
Hi Bonnie,
I was blog surfing and found your cute blog. You have a darling, sweet family!! I am laughing too by the way and feel a little better because my 3 year old also started saying this over the last week or too always with the word Dog following it. So when I told her yesterday that we don't say D*** we say darn, she said "No mom, sometimes when you are yelling at the dog it is ok to say D***." Where did she get that from, I have no idea. But I think your a great mom and I feel a little better knowing your little girl talks like mine. lol. Talk to you later,
Love,
Nicole (Cox) Martin
Kids are so funny. You never know what they are going to say. And Gracie is so cute so I am sure you had a hard time not laughing when she said it. ;-)
Let's get this straight...my children are not well taught ;) Gracie is so cute. We need to get together soon. It sounds like Gracie is a girl after my own heart, I still can't find Spike's **** social security card!
That's great! The last d*** comment sounds like a typical comment at my house.
Hey Bonnie-
Thanks for letting me come over and make flowers. It was so fun, and your house is way cute.
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