I am far from being a perfect parent. And I'm about to expose myself for your enjoyment.
Growing up, I was always one of the guys. I played sports with the guys & hung out with them and I did this all through college and beyond. That is till I met my now husband who wasn't keen on the idea of his then girlfriend having ALL guy friends (love you Randy - kiss kiss).
My point? Sometimes I have the mouth of a guy.
And I realize that more and more as my dirty words are repeated back to me by my 5 year old son Weston and 3 year old daughter Sierra.
Trust me, I'm not proud of some of the things that come out of my mouth but I'm working on it. Consider me a work in progress.
First an example from my son. His exact quote a few days ago was, "Daddy, I forgot to take off my baseball hat during breakfast, oh hell."
When Randy told me, I laughed. I know I won't be laughing when I get a call from his kindergarten teacher next year but at that moment it was funny to me. Of course we corrected him as we always do in these situations. And of course Randy pinpointed me as the source of the word and he would be correct. But to hear him use that word in that context just tickled my funny bone.
My daughter Sierra took her dirty word one step further recently. I hate that merger getting off I-20 onto Hulen St. and one day a driver cut me off, so I said "Ducking driver" but the D was really an F. So for the next few times we got off that exit, without me saying a word, this sweet little angelic voice from the backseat says, "Ducking Driver", again replace the D with an F.
Did I chuckle? Yes. Again, I'll never win parent of the year. The board would just laugh at my nomination.
After the first time she said it, I told her not to use that word and I was a bad mommy for saying it. I thought I got through but it took two more trips to Hulen Street for her not to say it. For a while there, I thought I was going to have to find another exit ramp to Hulen but it finally sunk in for Sierra.
So I'm perfectly imperfect at this parenting thing. And I'm ok with that. He-- ya! Oops, make that, heck ya!
