How many cuss words can you say in a minute?
Yesterday morning, in between mouthfuls of Cheerios, Grace said, "Mama, sometimes i just want to cuss". In an inspiration of cool Mamaness, I said, "Okay, you and Maddie have one minute to say all the cuss words you want, you won't get in trouble, I'm setting the timer, GO!" Their eyes popped out of their heads, and Grace started,
"Cuss! Hate! Stupid!uhhhhh, SHIT!!!! Freakin'!"
and Maddie just mimicked all Graces words, both plagued with giggles.
And that was it, with seconds to spare on the timer. I was kinda proud the only cuss word they knew was shit. I know we've must of let some good ones fly over the years.
My Mom would have never allowed us to that! But what a freeing exercise for both me and the girls. The rest of the day, anytime Grace saw someone, that was the first thing she mentioned, with delight!
This is yet another benefit to homeschooling/unschooling... Kids don't learn cuss words! : ) Caroline was taught the F-word by a third grade schoolmate. Argh! She also knows b-tch, shit, and crap. My girls think that Hate and Stupid are "cuss" words too! I love it! xoxoxoxoxo miss you guys...
ReplyDeleteperfect, i remember when nibretye looked at me and said whatever!!! when i asked her to do something and i was completely shocked. i thought oh god where has she picked this up? now i have tospeak my mind when she swears on facebook because it does not look good. wish us luck she has an interview at tres hombres today. give my love to everyone, vic
ReplyDeleteThere's a great scene in one of the Ramona books (Beverly Cleary) where Ramona is really upset and there's a big build up to her saying a bad word and she finally says ..... GUTS!!!! It's one of Sarah's and my favorite book moments and we still joke about it years after we read it.
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