Friday, October 10, 2008

Little pitchers

Last night, out of the blue, Graham taught me how powerful just a few carefully-chosen words can be.

"Mommy, you are my very best friend."

And I felt my eyes well and my heart swell and I gently kissed his forehead.

"What a nice thing to say sweetie, thank you."

And Graham smiled sweetly in return.

"You're welcome mommy. You are my very best friend because you are really pretty and also, you almost never say damnit."

Oh yes he did.

Last night Graham taught me that Mommy needs to choose her words just a little more carefully.

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60 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 10, 2008 at 8:03 AM

    So cute! It amazing how they can turn the worst thing we say around them into something so cute.

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  2. LauraOctober 10, 2008 at 8:26 AM

    Damnit Don Mills Diva - you ARE the best!!!! Love it!

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  3. BryanOctober 10, 2008 at 9:00 AM

    awwwww that kid is so damn smart!

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  4. Awesome MomOctober 10, 2008 at 9:19 AM

    Lol! That is hilarious.

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  5. KatOctober 10, 2008 at 9:49 AM

    HAHAHA!!!! At least he gave you points for almost never saying it. hehehe
    That is just too cute. :)

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  6. Jenn @ Juggling LifeOctober 10, 2008 at 9:50 AM

    Out of the mouths of babes.

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  7. JanetOctober 10, 2008 at 9:53 AM

    ha! at least you almost never say damnit.

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  8. Kate Coveny HoodOctober 10, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    I almost never say a number of things that are worse than dammit. But I've been working on that. My husband needs to get with the program (F bombs even!)

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  9. MaraOctober 10, 2008 at 10:07 AM

    So sweet but they teach a leason each day don't they.

    Mara
    http://24stepstogo.blogspot.com/

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  10. Queen of My DomainOctober 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM

    Oh that is to funny. I've heard my girls say that very word. It really made me realize that I do need to be more careful about what I say.

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  11. InTheFastLaneOctober 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM

    LOVE IT!!! My bad word is "Crap" and it is not that bad, but also not what I want my three-year-old repeated at preschool either :)

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  12. tracey.becker1@gmail.comOctober 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM

    Oh Graham!! That cracked me up...

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  13. KatOctober 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM

    Gotta love getting called out by the kid!

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  14. EllynOctober 10, 2008 at 1:04 PM

    What a funny boy.
    Good luck trying to get him to stop saying damnit. I choose my words much more carefully than I used to but am still paying for a few uncarfully chosen words.

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  15. MarmarbugOctober 10, 2008 at 1:30 PM

    OMG! I just LOL! Little booger.

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  16. Bird's Eye View PhotographyOctober 10, 2008 at 1:31 PM

    Oh so funny!! Henry like to choose just the right times to say those words to.... to try them out... see how they feel rolling off his toungue... make me laugh!

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  17. Beth CotellOctober 10, 2008 at 1:33 PM

    I love it!!! Kids pick up on everything!

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  18. Vered October 10, 2008 at 2:35 PM

    damnit isn't too bad... I can think of way worse things that you could have taught him.

    :-)

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  19. Jennifer @ Fruit of My HandsOctober 10, 2008 at 5:09 PM

    Oh that is so sweet and cute.

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  20. JainaOctober 10, 2008 at 5:11 PM

    I just want to eat him all up, he is too cute!

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  21. AnonymousOctober 10, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    Thanks for that reminder :-)
    I have a habit of cursing freely around Ethan, seeing as how he is hearing impaired and nonverbal I think I can get away with it....but I really ought to step it up I think.

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  22. AmyOctober 10, 2008 at 5:56 PM

    Oh you don't even want to know the things my girls repeat. Because my daddy was a Greek sailor and it definitely trickled down!

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  23. Aunt BeckyOctober 10, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    One morning, Ben asked innocently if I'd managed to put on my cranky pants. I *was* cranky, as a matter of fact.

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  24. Mr LadyOctober 10, 2008 at 6:51 PM

    I am afraid to say that he wouldn't like me very much. Which is a shame, because I almost always have candy. :)

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  25. crazymummaOctober 10, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    at leat he did not say fuckit.

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  26. OHmommyOctober 10, 2008 at 8:03 PM

    Kids always tell it like it is... too cute.

    And. YOU are really pretty. ;)

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  27. KGOctober 10, 2008 at 9:15 PM

    I'm with crazymumma. I'm pretty sure if mine could make an "f" sound "fuckers" would be one of his first words.

    *hangs head in shame*

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  28. DesireeOctober 10, 2008 at 9:19 PM

    If we are ever caught swearing around my friend's 5 year old she will retort, "we don't say fuck!" or "we don't say shit!" in the most matter of fact way possible.
    Very cute.

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  29. HeatherOctober 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM

    Almost never. I love it. Kids just tell it like it is.

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  30. Fairly Odd MotherOctober 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM

    What an awesome way to turn a tender moment into a "WHA!?!?!" I once told my then-2yo daughter that I was saying "Down it" when she asked what dammit meant. Hey, it didn't make sense, but I got away with it!

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  31. AnonymousOctober 10, 2008 at 10:42 PM

    Heh. That is so cute.

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  32. flutterOctober 11, 2008 at 1:25 AM

    at least you almost NEVER say it....

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  33. MegryansmomOctober 11, 2008 at 8:41 AM

    Well at least he didn't drop the F bomb.

    Today is my official delurking day and I'm encouraging others to do the same.

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  34. BrittanyOctober 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM

    ohhhh hahahahahah that is awesome! At least you don't say it all of the time, mommy. I mean, the kid did give you credit for that much! ;)

    What did you say to him???

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  35. Helen WrightOctober 11, 2008 at 2:11 PM

    That's classic!!

    My four year old told me I was the prettiest girl in the room...we were the only two in the room at the time!

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  36. Vodka MomOctober 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM

    gotta love that damn kid.

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  37. for a different kind of girlOctober 11, 2008 at 5:18 PM

    So damn funny. Kids rock my damn world!

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  38. MandyOctober 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM

    That's why I love you, too.

    Can I borrow him sometime? Hee-hee!

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  39. Miss LisaOctober 11, 2008 at 8:50 PM

    Don't you just love how a kid can be so cute--he can swear and it is still kinda cute ;)

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  40. JCKOctober 11, 2008 at 9:26 PM

    Well, he did say almost never. :)

    I love these moments. Very special.

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  41. imbeingheldhostageOctober 12, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    That is hilarious! Bless him, how cute!

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  42. Karen MEGOctober 12, 2008 at 11:57 AM

    "Almost never ..." OMG, Graham is the cutest little thing!

    You are really pretty ;). I'll e:mail ya about the 30th!

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  43. AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 at 5:55 PM

    HAHAHA!!! Reminds me of the year I gave up swearing for Lent . . . my then 4 year old yelled "The wite is gween DUMBASS! Why don't you stawt dwiving!"

    I'm such a good influence.

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  44. AnonymousOctober 12, 2008 at 8:19 PM

    Oh this lesson has bitten me in the butt numerous times..hahahaha

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  45. Eternal SunshineOctober 12, 2008 at 9:59 PM

    I can so relate to this...

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  46. painted maypoleOctober 13, 2008 at 1:31 AM

    ha ha ha ha ha!

    "almost never"

    tee hee hee hee hee!

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  47. AprilOctober 13, 2008 at 1:52 AM

    Too cute!

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  48. MagpieOctober 13, 2008 at 8:46 AM

    Sort of kind of implies that maybe Daddy says "dammit" a lot?

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  49. AmyOctober 13, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    Oh that's funny!! They don't miss a thing, do they?

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  50. Angie @ KEEP BELIEVINGOctober 13, 2008 at 5:02 PM

    My 5 year old sometimes uses damnit and shit in the correct context and I don't know whether to be more humiliated or impressed.

    KEEP BELIEVING

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  51. GirlplustwoOctober 13, 2008 at 7:15 PM

    ok, i'm having some deja vu. come over my way and see what i mean.

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  52. AnonymousOctober 13, 2008 at 10:50 PM

    Hilarious!

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  53. BusyDadOctober 14, 2008 at 2:18 AM

    Dang it. Kids are so much more sophisticated these days. Remember when "because you have me an oreo" was good enough reason to be best friends? Now I have to kind of watch my language??

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  54. Zip n TizzyOctober 14, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    He knows how to choose his friends.
    No foul mouthed girl is gonna win him over!

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  55. Rach (Mommy Learns to Blog)October 14, 2008 at 12:23 PM

    Oh how I love it!
    Those are the best words in the world. Until, sometimes, you hear them about 100 times in the same day. Or your child completely knows you think they're the best words in the world and completely use it to their advantage.
    And finally, when you realize that they've hit the "very best friend" phase - that in which almost every person they encounter is their very best friend for some (sometime quite humorous and obscure) reason or another.
    Priceless!
    Oh, and did you guess that we're in that phase, right about, say, NOW?

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  56. A Crafty MomOctober 14, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    love it!!! I love how they say whatever is on their mind, totally uncensored.

    I need to be careful with my words too, a couple little "bleeps" have slipped out lately!

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  57. EOctober 14, 2008 at 10:39 PM

    Kindness and beauty what more could a guy want in a best friend after all?
    My daughter once offered, at about 6, that she wanted to marry a tall, cheerful and polite boy. Fair enough...we are smarter I think when we are littler

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  58. LisaOctober 14, 2008 at 11:32 PM

    That. Is. Classic :)

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  59. Smiling ShellyOctober 15, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    How funny!

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  60. Run ANCOctober 16, 2008 at 3:03 PM

    Awesomeness. Damn awesomeness.

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