During the second week of school Camden came home and said, rather sadly, that someone had called him a bad word. I took a deep breath. This was it. His first cuss word to grace his virgin ears. We told him that he might hear inappropriate language at school but that he shouldn't repeat it and not keep talking to the person who is swearing.
Camden: Someone called me a bad name today.
Me: Oh, they did? I'm sorry. How did that make you feel?
Camden: Sad. It hurt my feelings.
Me: I'm sorry honey.
Camden: Yeah, I was just washing my hands and they kept calling me names.
Me(starting to get suspicious here): What were you doing to them?
Camden: I don't remember.
Me: You remember they called you a bad name and that you were washing your hands but you don't remember why?
Camden: Weeelll, I just don't know.
Me: CAMDEN(in that total mommy tone)
Camden(in a rather small voice): I was pushing them.
Me(I knew it!): Why were you pushing them?
Camden: Because. (Always the perfect excuse)
Me: Did they ask you to stop?
Camden: yes.
Me: So you were the one bothering them for no reason and you wouldn't stop so they started calling you names?
Camden: Yeah! And I even told my teacher but she didn't hear me. (more like ignored him.)
Me: *sigh* I'm disappointed that you made poor choices... what name did they call you?
Camden: (in a soft, indignant voice) picklebutt
Me: (trying not to laugh out loud at the words kids come up with and at the hurt feelings of the little instigator) Oh. We don't say that word,do we?
Camden: no!
Me: Maybe next time you won't push people because if you keep bother them they might do things you don't like.
Camden: okay mommy.
Lesson learned everyone? Don't push others while washing your hands because they might just call you a picklebutt and you won't like it.
10 comments:
LOL! Poor little guy :)
oh my gosh! picklebutt is the funniest thing I've ever heard! Poor Camden.
I don't know how you kept a straight face at that! I would have died laughing!
HAHAH! Love kids...
I called some a Tweed the other day and it totally stuck. I want to use it forever. It was supposed to be Twitt and Dweeeb but someone my brain meshed it into...Tweed. Now just practice, Oh he's such a tweed.
Hilarious!
I just read it to Jake. He wouldn't like being called picklebutt either :)
I love it! Unfortunately picklebutt won't be the worst thing that he will hear while in school. But that is hilarious!
That is a great story!! So your son is the school bully huh? Just kidding. Picklebutt is the funniest word I've heard in a long time!
okay that was hilarious!
how do you remember this stuff word for word??
now I will know where my kids got it when they start saying picklebutt! cute blog
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