Kids Pick Up Everything

No, I’m not talking toys! That day has yet to come in our household. I’m talking about picking up everything we say.

At two years of age, our daughter is now showing her true inner sponge. We were driving the other day and, well, you know where I’m going with this, don’t you?

Traffic was a bitch and this guy zooms up from behind to past us on the right on a ONE LANE street. Sure he wanted to make a right turn, but COME ON, have a little patience. Well, as you can imagine my husband blurts out “jackass” and muttered some other choice words as this a-hole almost side swipes our car to make his turn.

Wonder of wonders, Sophie’s favorite word is now “jackass.” Luckily in her not quite two year old voice you can imagine that she might be saying something else, but it’s pretty clear, she’s saying “jackass.” No, let me correct myself, she’s singing “jackass” as if it’s a lyric to a new children’s song. A really cool, gotta repeat it all the time tune that just makes Mommy and Daddy do strange things with their faces.

So far we’re ignoring it, hoping against all hope that she’ll tire of her new word and just drop it. But we now have to be on high alert for anything that comes out of our mouths.

photo credit: conorwithonen