April 14, 2007
Congratulations are in order. Sarah has learned to spell her first word: F-A-R-T. OK, so she had a little help from her (*giggle*) older brother. “Sarah,” I admonish her. “That’s a bathroom word, and young ladies don’t run around spelling bathroom words.” (Man, I sound like such a priss … but manners have to start somewhere, right?) She catches my eye, trying to assess just how serious her infraction was. “How about ‘toot’? Is ‘toot’ a bathroom word?” The girl is only five, and already she is running mental laps around her mother. “Just stop saying ‘F-A-R-T,’ OK?” It amazes me, how fast they pick […]