October 23, 2008
Ian and I got up early this morning. We were cuddling and rocking in the big chair in the living room. As any parent of multiples (or really any parent of more than one child) knows getting one on one time with a child is special. We were just chatting about life.
“Will we always live in this house?”
“I doubt it, Buddy, but wherever we move you can come with me.”
“What about when I grow up?”
“When you grow up if you make enough money you can live wherever you want.”
“What if I move somewhere where they speak a different language?”
“That is no problem, Ian. You can just learn the new language just like you learned English when you were little.”
“Mom. I’m going to need Rosetta Stone. It is the fastest way to learn a new language.”
Really? Seriously? This is where this whole conversation was going?
I can tell him to clean his room 50 times and he never hears a word I say. He can’t remember to wipe after he poops. He can never recall where he put his shoes but he can recite almost every commercial her has ever seen.
I will give somebody $50 if they can make a convincing television commercial that gets him to stop peeing on my shower curtain.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm, Beth Fish Says:
I hope that’s vinyl.
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm, mp Says:
That is classic.. total selective hearing.. or he’ll be some marketing/advertising savant.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm, Ma Mcfartington Says:
Maybe you just need a plastic shower curtain.
I’ll tell you what, we’ll make a commercial for you & you can play it on a dvd (make him think it’s a real commercial) & see if it works.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm, :: Plain Jane Mom Blog Says:
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October 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 pm, Ree Says:
Is he planning to move to England? Or Australia?
October 24th, 2008 at 1:29 am, Headless Mom Says:
LMAO!
And, I’ll throw in an extra $50 for the commercial on taking care of bodily functions in a timely manner. Mmmmk?
October 24th, 2008 at 9:47 am, Michelle Says:
omg, your kids crack me up!
October 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, patois Says:
Is that what’s on my shower curtain? My kid pees on it? Dear God, what next?
October 24th, 2008 at 4:07 pm, Nancy Says:
Your kids crack me up. They are just so clever.
October 25th, 2008 at 5:40 pm, Mich Says:
Once again, Ian and I are on the same page. I just bought Rosetta Stone yesterday (to learn Russian for our trip).
The best part is that he was leading up to the sales pitch the whole time.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am, Tito Says:
I just disrupted my whole office laughing non stop at this post.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, House frau Says:
That is hysterical. My kids had to have skechers this year, the airators because they make you go faster.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pm, c Says:
The videos could be called
Behavior modifun!
Episode 1 how not to pee on the seat but in the water.
Episode 2 how to not maim your siblings during play
October 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, tori Says:
I am laughing out loud because my son quoted some home school online commercial when his brother said he didn’t want to go to school. Kids are hysterical!
October 28th, 2008 at 6:25 pm, Kristabella Says:
Your kid is seriously an advertiser’s dream!
November 5th, 2008 at 10:00 am, Tracey Says:
This reminds me of working with my daughter when she was five on reading – she looked right at me and said, “I don’t think I’m ready to be hooked on phonics”. I almost wet myself! And about the commercials - we need to forget about children’s programming and put all the life lessons and educational stuff in the commercials - they’d pick it up much more quickly. Oh and I’ll pay $100 for a commercial that would teach my nine year old the multiplication tables.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:34 am, Amanda Says:
My oldest is very convinced by the commercials too!
We just got the Rosetta Stone in french for homeschooling. Can’t wait till my 7 yr. old is speaking french!
Oh, and I just had to wash my shower curtain because of pee!
November 6th, 2008 at 12:38 am, Kendra Says:
At least he’s not singing (at the top of his 4 year old voice) every song to a Barbie movie that he’s only watched once…much less any that he’s seen multiple times :). I hear ya about the shower curtain thing. My son is 7 and still has issues - but he usually just pees into the trash can, lol.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, One Crazy Adventure Says:
Found you through Blunoz…
I love kid/advertising conversations. That’s a great one!
When my oldest was going to be off of school for the summer, she told me that kids lose a lot of what they learn over the summer. I told her that we had her school books and we could do some practicing and she said, ‘Oh, then you will be like Sylvan.’ She was 5. Nice.