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January 29, 2005

Say What?

I took WildChild yesterday for his next round of immunizations....which didn't sit too well with him. Most of the way there he was insisting he didn't need any shots, and I was explaining that shots were a good thing because they kept you from getting really sick. Finally, he seemed resigned to the fact that he was indeed getting shots. Until we were playing in the waiting area while the public health nurse was getting everything ready.

"I no get shots today?" he asked hopefully.

"No," I replied. "You have to get shots today."

"Awww, crap!" he exclaimed loudly.

I almost choked trying to keep from cracking up. He said it with all the disgust of a world-weary, obnoxious teenager.....or Cartman. Even though it was funny (and I may be hopelessly old-fashioned) I don't think "crap" is an appropriate word for a 4 yr. old to say. So I told him that wasn't a nice thing to say, and that he should say "Oh, good grief!" instead.

Which has been one of his favorite sayings lately, along with something no one has been able to understand but sounded something like "Oh Farris". He told my daughter he heard it on one of his Charlie Brown movies, but it's had everyone stumped. I finally heard him say it yesterday and asked him to repeat it.

Hmmm.

I heard a distinct 'd' in the middle, and a 'stk' sound at the end. And he has a tendency to slur the syllables of long words together. Then it hit me.

"Oh fiddlesticks?" I asked.

"Yeah" he replied. And repeated it.

Another linguistic mystery solved.

Unfortunately the other language problem resurfaced last night when I made him go take a bath.

"Awww crap, Ma! I don't wanna take a bath."

I reminded him more firmly that we do not say that, and he should say "Good grief" instead.

"Good grief Charlie Brown!" he giggled and scampered down the hallway.

Never a dull moment when that one's around.

Posted by Rita at January 29, 2005 08:03 AM

Comments

I know it's not funny, but that child is hilarious! I love hearing WildChild stories!

Posted by: yayaempress at January 31, 2005 11:16 AM

Thanks! He's a hoot. He has such an unique way of looking at the world. And it's fun to see the world through a young child's eyes again.

Posted by: rita at January 31, 2005 06:13 PM