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The Mouths of Babes (and Teens)
Some of the funniest and most interesting things that I have heard have come from the young voices behind me as I drive. Sometimes being a part-time chauffeur is annoying, but what keeps it from being unbearable are those moments of humor and hilarity that arise when carting kids from point A to point B. The best part is that since your back is to them, you can smirk and/or roll your eyes (hey, I learned it from my 15-year old) without them seeing you.
Here are just a few examples:
My son: Mom, what are you doing tonight. [it was Friday]
Me: Duh! [Friday is my night with the girls…pretty much every Friday]
Passenger: Are you going to knit? Or is it croquet that you do?
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Passenger: I don’t know…it just seems kind of weird to me that adults, you know, text each other.
Me: Yea h… the other day my friend Tony just randomly texted me saying, “you are the sunshine of my life.”
My daughter: [her name is Haley Rae] I wish I was the sunshine of someone’s life.
Me: When you were a baby, I used to call you Haley Rae of sunshine!
Passenger: My parents used to call me stinky butt.
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Me: OK kids, we’re going to stop and pick up Chinese food.
My daughter: [who was then about 6] Do we have to go in?
Me: Yes.
Passenger: My Mommy has to bring us in every time now…ever since the policeman told her she couldn’t leave me and Daniel [1 year-old brother] in the car while she picks up the food.
Ouch! I was feeling that Mom’s pain.
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I vividly remember the principal at my daughter’s first school telling the parents, “We promise to believe only half of what your children tell us happens at home if you will promise to believe only half of what they tell you happens at school.”
Perhaps the same wisdom should apply to carpool!
Diane appears Wednesdays on TriangleMom2Mom. Read more about Di at her blog Live and Let Di.
Live and Let Di
Diane is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.
I try to be the voice of Moms with teens. My daughter Haley is 16. She's at that age where she is convinced that I know nothing. I'm thinking I'll seem a lot smarter when she's 22. We bond over Broadway shows. My son Rory is 13. He started reading the sports page when he was 5 and his passion for anything sports-related has grown ever since. This year he beat out 9 guys in their 40s to win his Fantasy Football League. Watch for him on ESPN in a few years.
My husband Hurley works from home, but travels quite a bit. When he's gone, I usually take a break from making dinner and cleaning the house. Oh, I don't do those things regularly when he's here either! Our parenting philosophy is "choose your battles." The only problem is that we often choose different battles. It keeps it interesting!!!
Diane appears Wednesdays on TriangleMom2Mom. Read more about Diane on her blog Live and Let Di.
Comments
I wasn't driving, but we were playing one of the usual games we play at my house - shoe store or restaurant or just "store." I was carrying my "baby" to my daughter's store/restaurant and shopping at it when I rubbed my belly. She asks me in the most polite tone I've ever heard from her: "Oh ... are you expecting?"
Cracked me up.
Sarah...your daughter is going to grow up to be a lovely store owner!
I'm looking forward to all the discounts ....
Sarah - That is hilarious!
Di - Very funny post. I loved the one about the police car.
Ha. Along those lines, check out this post from a friend of mine today. So funny.
http://mommymae.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/storm-in-the-belly/