Curse Words!! (By ME!)... Has Your Kid Learned Anything 'New' Lately?

My 9yo son is trying "No." on for size again. And hanging out with his cousin "You can't make me."

He really doesn't like my flippant replies (he's spoiling for a fight, and I just keep not engaging).

"Duct tape works wonders."

"Really? Why not?" (bambi eyes)

"I'm soooooo ooold and knackered..." (with a feeble voice) "I couldn't even cross the room, you know."

"And yet, I can cancel the internet." (hacker in training, this thought makes him go green and slightly ill looking)

"I think maybe stew for dinner." (completely ignoring his 'no' and changing the subject)

"Okay, what I ACTUALLY meant when I said x, was x... just in case you were confused. But I could mean y. Or z. Z might be interesting. Or maybe instead, x would be preferable?" ((He tried 'calling my "bluff" on this once, and remembered I only offer solutions I'm willing to hand down.))

"Non! Nyet! Basta! Nein!" (etc, in as many languages as I can dig out with increasingly dramatic flourishes)

"I don't think that word means what you think it means." (Inigo Montoya)

His new ace in the hole, however, is "I'm going to go live with dad." Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

ooh my R.!!

My kids never climbed out of their cribs. They tried, but didn't succeed!! WHEW!!

I'm sooo glad you didn't call Roman a baby!! YAHOO!!! You go mama!! I know that's a hard one for you!!

As to Greg and Nick? Nicky did a cipher code at Cub Scouts on Monday. And was good at it!! Maybe have an intell guy on our hands?!

Greg is doing well on his violin!! YAY!!!

LOL...I had to chuckle. I think we all can relate to this in some way. :-D
My son, who is seven comes home one day and asked me what the word "puta" means. I asked him where he heard that? He said that his little friend on the bus said it and said it was a bad word. I said yes it is a bad word in spanish and don't say it anymore. OYE! Here we go.....ha ha ha...My youngest is 2 and he is tall enough to reach the bar (counter top), and he'll hold onto it and hang there and swing his legs! I look over and he's hangin' like a monkey! That little dirt ball! LOL Keeping him from climbing on things he's not suppose to, jumping on or off of things he's not suppose to, keeping him from pouring water out of the tub and onto the floor...is a daily challenge. Ahhhhh...the moments of parenthood that only get better and more challenging as they get older. The fits never end...they just change with age. Ha ha ha ha.....I'm thrilled about the milestones, however I do miss them as babies and witnessing their new abilities as they grow. :-)

One girl in my daughter's Kindergarten class has older sisters (much older - teenagers) so she knows all about how the boyfriends go into the bedrooms with the girls. So this girl (in my daughters class) goes with her "boyfriend" into the bathroom. So now my daughter gets a little introduction to boys and girls going off alone together. Wrong on so many levels. Yikes!

My kids have learned, that they can go in the bathroom... and LOCK the door while they are in there... and then, "pretend" to brush their teeth. Then Mommy can't check on them and their brushing job.
They were doing this since they were younger of course.

Oh and as far as cursing... well my son, learned the "F" word.
Yah, as I said it under my breath while irked with something.
And he knows how to use it too!
At least he doesn't say this at school.
He knows better.
LOL

Back when my son was younger, he learned that yes, he can climb out of his crib. But one day he fell down onto the floor. So then he learned, NOT to do that again.

My youngest was the only one who climbed out of the crib. The little stinker. We heard a big thump...20 seconds of crying, and when we opened the door he was smiling. Ha! He had a convertible crib so we put the side down to make it a toddler bed and called it good. The other two were out earlier though because we didn't want them to think the new baby was replacing them. But he wasn't even 18 months!!

My kids surprise me every day. They are so good with technology, creativity, reading, and more! It's amazing to see the new things they can do. It was actually last Valentine's Day when I realized my youngest, then 3, could write his name!!