Seth and I went grocery shopping this morning after dropping Sean off at school. I walked up to the deli counter looking at the selection. The young lady behind the counter asked "what can I get for you?" (while I was still looking at the meat, not her). Seth being more aware than his mother, looks at her and said (very loudly, of course) "Mommy, why she got da boo boo on she face?" Panicked, because I don't know who has heard him and because I have not looked at the lady behind the counter yet. I wanted to run and hide!!! I looked up at the lady and realized that she did in fact hear him. It was a young women, in her early 20's, who had shaved off her eye brows and penciled them back in with a reddish orange brow pencil (I am hoping to match her hair, but I could not tell, it was back in a hair net). So, I pretended not to hear him (even though everyone in the deli and produce area did) because, WHAT DO YOU SAY????? Really, was I supposed to apologize on behalf of my 3 year old (who doesn't know any better) for her to respond with something like "What boo boo, what is he talking about"(with a snotty attitude of course). Not being remotely aware that she looked like she just left the circus.
As if all that wasn't bad enough, he asked AGAIN, "Mommy, why she got dat boo boo on she face?". I told him to shhhhh, and immediately asked him what movie he wanted to pick out when we got home. In hopes that talk of McQueen would take his mind off "she boo boo". I got my ham and ran. No cheese, no turkey, do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars, just run!
So, what do you say when your child says something that you wish they didn't? Please, leave a comment, I would love to hear your thoughts.
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ha ha ha! One of my favorites is "out of the mouths of babes...." sometimes warrants a smile.. sometimes. Shauna and I have had a few conversations about how God likes variety and we're all made in His image. We've also talked about how she gets to pick her outfits out and sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't, but she can choose (within reason). So then we talk about how some people look different, wear different things, talk, etc., but it's their choice, or how God made them. I've asked her to talk to me about what she sees when we get back to the car, or to remember that we have to use our "inside voices". Hey, it doesn't work even 50% of the time, but at least its working sometimes!!! :-)
That is so funny! This is what I have to look forward to, right? Well, when you find out what to say - let me know so I am prepared when it happens to me! :)
He is sooo funny! I love him. And I'm still trying to figure out what to say in those situations myself. Ha!
OH how I love paybacks!!!! It's not a matter of what you say, but how you react.... if they see that it gets a rise out of you.... you are setting yourself up for more! a simple, it's not a boo boo, would have sufficed..... (and then you could have told the circus act that he's partially blind (ha ha... just kidding).... I'm sure she got a good dose of reality... from a 3 yr old.... instead of some "grown up" telling her how ridiculous she looks.
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