Just the other night my husband whispered to me as I was cooking dinner, “did you like the sex I gave you last night” (Cliff note for those of you not in the loop…my husband is Cuban and that is the way he talks) Well, apparently he did not whisper quietly enough, as my 7 year old daughter was within earshot and quickly said “what did he give you?” to which I quickly replied “Socks, sweetheart. Daddy gave me socks because my feet were cold.” The conversation took over an hour to play out as she wanted me to prove it and even when I showed her a pair of socks, she quickly pointed out that that did not prove a thing. Thank goodness he said “sex” and not “penis”. I would have been hard pressed to find some peanuts in my bedroom.
It was not until we were in Disney World this month that it really became apparent that I am not doing a good enough job watching what I say. We had just boarded the boat from our hotel, the Wilderness Lodge, in route for Disney’s Not So Scary Halloween party. My children, dressed in their pirate costumes, looked so adorable. We took a seat on the packed ferry boat and as the boat was preparing to leave the dock, the captain blew the horn (or pulled a whistle or whatever!) and my sweet little son looks back, throws his hands in the air and yells “STUPID”. Everyone on the boat was laughing and I was almost embarrassed just at the thought that they had to have known he learned that in someone’s car. So, I did what any self-respecting mother would do and said “Ethan, just because daddy does that, doesn’t mean you can.” I am truly thankful he stopped at “stupid”.
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