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Monday, January 4, 2010

Is There Butter on Those Whiteheads?

My mom is known for being ever-so-slightly off on her pronunciation of certain words. Home Depot isn't pronounced, "Home DEEP-oh" but, "Home DEP-oh". "Nickolodeon" is "Nickolode-UM". And once, when someone was talking about the song "Back in Black", Mom started singing, "I want my baby back, baby back, baby back...". You know, the Chili's song.

It turns out that my seven year old son takes after his grandmother. Most noticeably, when he calls his AquaDoodle a "croc-a-doodle" or when he says, "I love you as big as the whole, wide wheeled".

But yesterday, he was more than just a little off. As my husband was eating popcorn my son looked into the bottom of the bowl and saw the leftover kernels, then he looked at his dad and asked, "Are you going to eat those pimples?"

Labels: Family Life, Kids, My Better Half, Shameless Statements

# posted by Momo Fali : 7:09 AM

Comments:

Bossy may never eat popcorn again. Oh heck, yes she will.

# posted by

BOSSY : January 4, 2010 at 7:19 AM

I hope your hubby doesn't eat those pimples. He'll get a stomach ache.

# posted by

WeaselMomma : January 4, 2010 at 7:28 AM

I knew there was a reason as to why I do not eat the kernels.

# posted by

As Cape Cod Turns : January 4, 2010 at 8:06 AM

Hmm... yep, won't be eating popcorn for a while without thinking of your little man.

# posted by

Tara R. : January 4, 2010 at 9:22 AM

I am so bad about using the wrong word in a sentence. Or sort of mangling two words, because my brain misfires and I just can't come up with the right word, so I'll insert something that start with the same letter. My husband has gotten so used to it, he can usually fill in the blanks for me.

# posted by

Aunt Juicebox : January 4, 2010 at 2:05 PM

Yuck!! :)

# posted by

Millicent : January 4, 2010 at 2:38 PM

2 things:

Less time with grandma.

Have you had his ears checked.

I have a brother in law like that - Toyota = TY oda.
Pimples? Can't figure that one out. Must be his own word! LOL Cute!

PS LOL - the verification word for my comment is " whfuggen"

# posted by

Oscar : January 4, 2010 at 2:39 PM

That right there is funny with a capital "ick". LOL

# posted by

Corey~living and loving : January 4, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Ya gotta love what kids say...it's a shame our perspective changes as we grow up...my son called EVERY restaurant "the dinner store".

After all, we were going out to dinner.

UP

# posted by

UP : January 4, 2010 at 3:49 PM

We have similar issues in our house - in fact, later we're going to watch "Peer-ats of the Cup of Bean".

# posted by

Colleen - Mommy Always Wins : January 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM

Pimples. Love it. You need to follow that boy around with a tape recorder.

# posted by

Tom : January 4, 2010 at 7:09 PM

Well, they DO both pop if you do it right. Smart boy.

# posted by

BusyDad : January 4, 2010 at 8:31 PM

YUM!

# posted by

And I'll Raise You 5 : January 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM

You know, I wish I was your neighbor. Your family is so funny...

# posted by

Dapoppins : January 4, 2010 at 9:25 PM

You had me at wheeled.

# posted by

Bean : January 4, 2010 at 9:51 PM

These things crack me up. My children have been playing "robert" lately. They take turns with who has to be the robert and who has to be the policeman. I cannot convince them that the word is robber. Most days, I don't even want to try. Thanks for the giggle.

# posted by

MommyTime : January 4, 2010 at 11:19 PM

omg, my son says it "wheeled" too!

but he calls the leftover kernels "unpopped ladies" (his mangling of "old maids").

# posted by

Stacy (Mama-Om) : January 4, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Mmm, pimples are my favorite!

# posted by

Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional : January 5, 2010 at 6:28 AM

My son says "voov room" for living room... I don't know what is up with that.

I loved Colleen's Peerats of the Cup of Bean!! excellent!

# posted by

Geeks in Rome : January 5, 2010 at 9:29 AM

TOO cute! This, is why we blog.. to remember these things and to remind others to treasure them, too.
Love, Love, Love ;-)

# posted by

rachel - a southern fairytale : January 5, 2010 at 5:07 PM

Lol, just the thought is hysterical. Seriously Momo, you have a gold mine in a coffee table book publications ;)

# posted by

Jaina : January 5, 2010 at 7:48 PM

Im going to pretend I didn't read the part about the popcorn - and just focus on the whole wide wheeled statement!

# posted by

meleah rebeccah : January 5, 2010 at 7:54 PM

You mean it's not Home Despot?

# posted by

AlisonH : January 5, 2010 at 9:03 PM

Yep- after thinking about it for a bit- I see what he means. Ugh!

# posted by

Jason @ The Devoted Dad : January 7, 2010 at 11:07 PM

I found you from blogher, i was looking at links to kids with disabilities, I had to come say hello because I saw the "brutally honest" comment and realized our boys were alike in that way, also the pimples holy oh my gosh that is hilarious, Isaiah says things like that that truly confuse me "like wait whuh?" thanks for sharing!

# posted by

Jana : January 11, 2010 at 1:44 PM

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