Frosty The Snowbutt
My kids spent the entire car ride home from the Galaxy of Lights last night modifying Christmas songs to incorporate words like Poop. Or even better…Vag!na. (Trying to avoid certain search hits, you know.) As in, “Rudolph the red-nosed Poop, had a very shiny Vag!na.”
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT?
Do you -
A) Tell them that certain talk, especially about private parts or bodily waste, is not acceptable or polite.
B) Squelch a giggle and remind them that songs like that are okay around family but not around anyone else who might think it’s rude.
C) Laugh Hysterically because…my gawd that’s pretty funny. Then sing your own song called, “Jingle Boobs”
Given that things like that happen in our household all the time it usually ends up being an odd combination of all three.
He he.
Tee he he he…this made me giggle. Your kids are hilarious. I think I’d be shooting for B or A, but ending up at C. In all seriousness, ugh, they grow out of it mostly on their own. Obviously encouraging it slows that process, but most kids figure out what is appropriate with the potty words on their own….eventually.
I vote D – All the above. ;o)
[snort] Oh MOST DEFINITELY B (with a touch of C!) Happy Holidays, Kim!
Dude, we went last night, too! I might have taken the vag!na carols over two teenagers and a tweener making merciless, snarky fun of EVERY SINGLE DISPLAY. So much for holiday wonder!
LOL — we haven’t hit that too badly yet with T being an only who is mostly around adults. However when he’s with his 9 year old cousin, all bets are off. Yesterday, the Santa train around my grandmother’s tree was “delivering farts” to all the boys and girls of Fartville. Until the train derailed and parts of the village exploded from the noxious fumes. Oh, it was tragic!
B and C… I’ll never forget the time my kids — probably junior high age at the time — got a gingerbread cookie kit for Christmas, and fashioned anatomically correct gingerbread men and women!
Of course mom had to photograph their handiwork.
Of course at that age, they already were well aware that some topics are fine and funny with friends and family, but not appropriate for strangers, teachers, coaches, in public, etc.
At least with pre-schoolers any adults they might share these songs with would understand that kids that age are drawn to poop and fart jokes.
Dude. All of the above. I am the Master of Multiple Choice.
When the kids are being grumpy or out-of-control, I will randomly add “butt” to words to get them to laugh or pay attention.
Ah, yes! I rue the day when “butt” will not solve my disciplinary problems!
My vote is option B.
Also, I love the picture! Wes does a mean robot.
I have the hardest time using the v-word for some reason. It sounds so icky to me but I want them to know and use the right words for things. Stupid anatomy.
B, then C.
B and C and then I would bore them with some related story from my childhood.
Omg_Jingle boobs =P stifles laughs x
I would be so torn…but I think my sense of humour about poop and body parts will have to evolve/devolve when I have children, because I know that’s just how it goes. So I’d probably be all a/b/c and just laughing and loving on ‘em.
Me, I’m a total potty mouth (and so easily amused), but from my kids, I usually go with A, for two reasons: 1)grandma (we love her and see her all the time, and she is not uptight, but very polite) and 2) being a teacher has worn away my tolerance for kid potty humor.
Now, when the kids are in bed and it’s just the grown-up hanging out? JINGLE BOOBS!!! HAR!!!!
C
A few years back, ours was a variation on Frosty the Snowman… “with a corncob up his butt… on nose…” Made my grandma laugh so hard she cried.
oh…my…god….this is the funniest thing i’ve read in a long time. add the face wes is making and this post is definitely a favorite.
merry christmas!
I’d do all 3… but first I’d probably laugh. I am twisted and demented…lol And I am almost surely going to hell, lol