After school today, while the kids were eating a snack, Miriam told us the scandalous happenings at school.
Miriam: (in a shocked voice) Today {a boy in her class} called Robin the A-word!
Katie: (in a calm, I'm-not-upset-about-this tone) And what do you think about that?
Miriam: Well, it's not very nice.
(More back and forth about it...)
Katie: Miriam, do you know what the A-word is?
Miriam: No, but Robin told me it is spelled A-S-S!
Rebecca: (in the big-sister,-I-am-so-grown-up-and-knowledgeable voice) That's not even a word, Miriam!
(Later on...)
Miriam: I bet {the boy} knows all the alphabet words!
Katie: (I already have a good idea what the answer to this is...) What are alphabet words?
Miriam: You know, like the A-word... He even called me Monkey today three times!
(So monkey must be the M-word, in case you didn't know.)
(Later on... Yes, this discussion lasted into bedtime.)
Miriam: (singing) The A-word, The F-word! The A-word, the F-word!
Ah, I'm so grateful for the innocence of childhood!
2 comments:
Yesterday Griffin brought home a bit of "noise putty" from the prize box at school. In the van, he told me, "Mom, did you hear that? Someone farted." My kids aren't supposed to use that word, so I corrected him. At dinner, Camden reported to Pete that Griffin had "used the 'F' word today." I had to explain that it wasn't THE 'F' word, but a lesser evil one.
Well, I'm sure you knew you were sending her to school to get an education...you probably didn't anticipate this to be the type of education she would receive! Awesome.
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