I keep thinking Spencer has fallen asleep (I put him down for a nap about twenty minutes ago), but periodically about every five minutes, he calls out to me from his room, "Sorry, Mom, for saying poop."
So apparently he's in there saying "poop" into his pillow and then apologizing for it, even though I can't hear the transgression itself.
Conscience is coming along quite nicely. I guess it's time to focus my attention a little more on the obedience aspect of good behavior ...
I think the naptime apologies were just excuses to call out the word "poop." I know this because our pre-naptime conversation went something like this:
Spencer: Poooo ...
Mommy: Spencer ... (warning tone)
Spence: I'm not saying poop. I'm saying "poof."
Mommy: Oh. (willing to give him the benefit of the doubt) That's good. Because that is a bathroom word.
Spencer: (giggling, moments later) Pooooop.
Mommy: That's not a silly word. It's a word we only use in the bathroom. You're welcome to sit in the bathroom for a bit if you need to.
Spencer: Okay, Mom. Sorry for saying poop.
Mommy: Thank you.
Spencer: I won't say poop anymore.
Mommy: Spence ...
Spencer: Because we shouldn't say poop.
(Time-out, yada yada, then the ensuing shouted naptime poop apologies. What is it about bathroom humor that little kids find so universally hilarious?)
4 comments:
I think I laugh out loud every time I read about your kids' funny moments! If they weren't so clever they wouldn't be so funny!
Bahaha. That Spencer. Subversive!
I don't think they grow out of that for a while. My high school students would still be laughing about it, and they would do exactly the same thing that Spencer did in order to say the words.
Ya know, you and your children should write a book. Or you should write a book about you and your children. Either way, it would be most entertaining.
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