After sneaking away and climbing on the counter to splash massive amounts of water in the kitchen sink, Calvin's mother comes in, saves the day and puts kids and fathers in their place. "I figured that I would be called if my help was needed; not summoned by screaming boys and water running down the hall."
I had no intelligent reply.
But Mackay had an indignant one, "Mom you got me wet!" Once again I believe in the evolution of species if not for the fact that children are soooo cute at this age, even when you want to kill them it is almost unbearable to lose such beauty in the world. Evolution has saved that boy a time or two.
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Calvin has a strong genetic resemblance to his Grandpa Gene. By that I mean he swears like an old army mule. His most resent bad word is 'Butt'. As in, "Briggie butt!" "Butt butt butt butt train!" and "You butt, be nice me!" The secret is to put the emphasis on the U, not the B or TT's as would be natural. He can use Butt as an adverb, adjective, noun, verb or once he even employed it as a definite article, which is just ridiculous if you think about it.
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I've just noticed that a significant portion of our posts are about either our children's or our own usage of swear words. Brett is so ashamed I don't think he reads this blog any more.
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Best 65 cents ever spent: While the boys were at school today, Michelle and I went Thrifting on base. I found a sweet copy of the classic hair band Great White's first album. You can tell how awesome a band is by two things, #1 do they require back lighting to show off their amazing hair, and #2 Does someone you show the disk to have to ask if the person on the front cover is a boy or a girl when comparing said person to the band photo on the back.
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BGB went to the principals office today. he wasn't having a good day but nothing some good hard yard work and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle session can't fix.
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Brother Bryan comes up to Michelle and I after church yesterday and says, "You know brother Bradbury, if I had to take care of both my grandson and your boy Brigham at the same time, I think they'd throw me in jail." I believe he was serious and I am all but certain that he was right.
1 comment:
Hilarious. I also find great humor in a bit of salty language, especially in a toddler's pitch! I am forever working on my "parent poker face" as we like to call it. Next time we get Micah together with your boys I think we are in for great stories and laughter (and probably some prematurely gray hairs, too!)
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