Last night before dinner, my family and I were sitting around in the living room just enjoying each other when Sophie asked for her favorite snack, goldfish crackers, which she just calls “fish”.
“Not right now, honey,” I said. “We’re going to have dinner in a few minutes.”
Sophie was not thrilled by my denial of her basic life needs and began sobbing her little heart out as if Dora the Explorer had just DIED or something. (Dude, I am like, the meanest mom EVER.)
Joshua, who didn’t hear the exchange, wondered what I had done to make her so forlorn.
“Why’s Sophie crying?” he asked.
“Because I wouldn’t let her have any F-I-S-H,” I explained, not wanting to say the word out loud and get her riled up again.
“You mean fish?” Joshua said innocently.
Sophie immediately began a new round of fussing and asking for more fish.
I rolled my eyes in exasperation.
“Uh-oh,” said my darling son in response to his sister’s fresh tears, “Looks like I shouldn’t have said the F-word!”
That is hilarious!! We had something similiar this weekend playing the “don’t say Baby game” at my sis-in-laws shower. We told my little cousin she couldn’t say the b-word. Her eyes got HUGE and she said, “oh noooo, I’m not allowed to say the b-word anyway”. yes, people in my family DO use profanity and apparently her Dad does…LOL.
Faith was tattling on John one day and said, “Daddy said the ‘S’ word.” Knowing he didn’t say THE word, I had to think what she thought it was.
I said, “Daddy said ‘stupid?'”
“No,” Faith said, “Daddy said the ‘SH’ word.”
Yikes, did he really say THE word? And did my sweet, little, innocent daughter really know what the SH word was? I asked Faith, “What is the ‘SH’ word?”
“Daddy said SHUT UP.”
I was relieved!
Oh, and now the only one in the house that doesn’t know how to spell is the dog. So he doesn’t get all excited I ask the kiddos, “Will you please take the D-O-G O-U-T-S-I-D-E?”
If he learns how to spell I’m in trouble… and we’ll have to move on to pig latin.
That was a very cute story!
Joshua, watch your language please! lol
Well it is a four letter word.
Ha Ha Ha HA! AWESOME. Love your kids.
Too cute!
Now I really want some Gold Fish! Yum!
too incredibly funny!!!!!