Brooke and I have made a motherhood pact. We will review a glossary of terms with one another and remain on the same page so that our kids use similar and unoffensive language (according to the standards that Brooke and I set \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n
One word that Brooke and I cannot tolerate is…do I have to write it without asteriks?…..”Poop”. That is an icky word and we don’t use it nor any form of it. (And we prefer family and friends not use this word with our kids either for those reading this \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n
What to say then? Brooke didn’t like “yucky” which Tanner renamed “Lucky” (I favor “lucky” personally) so we nixed that. “Number 2” is working the best for us.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, someone introduced Noah to this word and he has found several ways to use it in a sentence much to his parents dismay.<\/p>\n
Last week this issue came up and he was reminded that he is not allowed to use that word. Noah responded by saying “But Daddy! That is my favorite word! I like that word!”<\/p>\n
Poor Daniel. His sensitivity to word choice is even more conservative than Brooke and my own. Figures he would get stuck with these conversations (while David laughs hysterically egging Noah on I am sure).<\/p>\n
Anyhow, Brooke finally negotiated with Noah and told him that he could use the word “Road Apples” (discussing the deposits from the horse:). Noah thought that was great fun and it worked as a replacement word for a bit.<\/p>\n
Before sharing part 2 of this story, I have to sidetrack with some background information. Daniel and Brooke own a business. Their employees clean commercial buildings. The majority of their employees are spanish speaking. Daniel, due to teaching spanish speaking children and now running this business, has become quite proficient in Spanish. Drives Brooke and I nuts because he is continually having conversations with us in a foreign language while we gaze on in stupor wondering what in the heck he is talking about. Show off.<\/p>\n
Apparently, he has been trying to teach Noah spanish as well but Daniel told me that Noah is getting these concepts as easily as his dog Ryland was ( LOL…the dog that could not..). Maybe Graham will participate in this father son bonding experience with a language to themselves :).<\/p>\n
Back to my story….<\/p>\n
So Brooke is driving down the road and hear’s Noah talking in the back seat. Noah keeps saying “accapoomba”. Brooke asks (naturally) what accapoomba is. Noah say’s “It’s spanish for road apples.” <\/p>\n
Now Aunt Sissy throws her head back in delight! (For the english speaking only – accapoomba is a word generated out of the mind of 2 year old Noah and is not a spanish word).<\/p>\n
Sweetie and I have decided to adopt this word. How can a word be offensive if no one knows it’s origin? And as Grammy Rene say’s “It actually sounds kinda nice”. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And on a side note (since I am in the Family Diary)…how is Karsyn just like her daddy Darin? According to Darin…..<\/p>\n
(1) She is happy all the time (like Daddy)
\n(2) She sleeps a lot (like Daddy)
\n(3) She doesn’t take out the trash (like Daddy)<\/p>\n
Yep…like father like daugher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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