OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

Have you ever noticed that kids say the most inappropriate things at the most inappropriate times leaving you utterly embarrassed and at a loss as what to say?

Yesterday I took my daughter to 7-Eleven to get a Slurpee. While we were waiting for my credit card to process she opens her mouth and out spills every minute detail about anything and everything she has ever heard! Normally I just ignore her, but at the end of her dialog she blurts out, “and my uncle is in prison.” As if that is a very important piece of information required for our purchase! I just smiled and pulled her out the door. I have tried to explain that she doesn’t have to reveal every detail of our families’ lives to the whole world.

Later that day, having forgotten the embarrassing moment at 7-Eleven, we went to Walmart where we met my sister. My daughter loves her aunt very much and sometimes I think she prefers her over me, so she immediately attached herself and off they went on their merry way to shop. Later we met to check out together. My sister was in front of us paying for her stuff when my daughter says to the cashier, “This is my aunt. Her house is little and dirty.” Ask me if I wanted to die. My sister starts laughing hysterically while my husband and I stand in line red faced.

As we were checking out we were apologizing profusely to my sister who told us that we should never feel we have to apologize for our daughter because she knows she speaks her mind and that is just her and she was telling the truth -- her house is small and it is always dirty when my daughter goes over.

I try to limit my daughter’s exposure to adult conversations lest she repeat it verbatim in public. I have taken to spelling, but I fear that won’t last too long as she is in school and will be able to spell before we know it. If my mom were still alive I would have immediately told her sorry for all the times I did the same thing to her as a child! I know she would have gotten a good chuckle out of the whole thing.