Must watch what I say

Once Jack began to talk Todd and I vowed to watch what we said, but it hasn't always worked out for the best. I must admit that I have had quite a bit of a sailor mouth over the years and I am getting better and I really don't cuss in front of Jack, except for the occasional slide.

Jack has slipped out a few damns and shits in his little life and we have always chosen to ignore them, hoping he wouldn't realize what he was saying, but now he knows what "bad words" are and that they are not good manners. For example, we rented the movie Ant Bully the other night and watched it with Jack. There's one scene where a character says, "You stupid ..... (can't remember)." Jack caught on and has been using that word quite a bit lately. I have had to chat with him about using good manners etc.

Another example is Todd's relentless road rage that is slowly being passed down to our son. I think that Todd believes that there is an invisible wall between the front seat and the back seat that filters out all profanities and derogatory comments that come out of his mouth. Ahh- no. Not quite. Todd called someone an idiot the other day and Jack thought it would be cute to call people idiots. Ugh. One step forward, one step back.

Then there's the stuff we say that we don't realize we say that he repeats. Tonight at dinner we're chatting with Todd about our trip to Monkey Joe's today with several buddies. It's a bouncy house place that Jack loves. Some kid there pooped his drawers and was running around (obviously before his mother realized it) and Jack was telling Todd about it. This is what he said,

" This kid TOTALLY pooped in his underwear dad!!!"

Yes, my kid said TOTALLY. I am so utterly ashamed that my son used some old school valley girl slang, but guess what? I say it from time to time. Todd and I laughed so hard that Jack kept saying it over and over, making us laugh even harder.

As I finish up this blog Jack and Todd are in the family room playing and Jack keeps saying the word idiot. I just asked him, "What are you saying?" He frankly replies, "I said this truck is idiot because this truck is beat." (Beat is Todd's word for dork, loser, etc...).

Gotta run- I am now overhearing a conversation about big and small pee pee's. O.M.G.

Until next time....