This afternoon we were reflecting on the different show and video choices that the boys have made in their lives. You should know that none of them watched any television before they were two. Matt being the first born watched lots of little kid stuff. He watched Barney, Sesame Street, Spot, Dr. Seuss, and he especially liked to watch himself in home videos. Evan and Josh being not the first born wanted to fit in with their older siblings and immediately went for the hard core stuff. Evan's first favorite video was The Wizard of Oz and Josh's first favorite show was Sponge Bob. The kids will sometimes watch anything, and it concerns me that it isn't always age appropriate. I have made some rules, which they are good about following, but sometimes they discover a new show while I am busy cooking or on the internet, y'know how it goes.
Josh, the little sweetie, will just talk-talk-talk your head off telling you every detail of Scooby -Doo or some other stale re-run he has enjoyed if you make eye contact with him, which I unintentionally did this afternoon. He was going on and on about something he watched on tv and honestly, it had all become white noise in my head until I heard the words "pixel-dick", which I assumed was something else since it sounds an awfully lot like .......y'know. My mind began to race..Was Matt watching Comedy Channel in front of Josh? Would they say that on the Simpsons? Was I talking in my sleep about that 2 night stand in college? How bad a mother have I become that my 4 year old has heard that expression?
Upon questioning he repeated it clear as day for me "pixel-dick, no mom, pixel-dick" Until I called Matt down for the interpretation. I held my breath as I asked Josh to repeat what he had said for Matt, and waited with my heart in my mouth for Matt to solve the mystery for me. What a relief when Matt said "No, Josh not 'pixel-dick' it is 'pixel-chick' and it is a girl video game so stop thinking about it."
Heh. Tha'ts pretty good! I'll have to remember that one next time some guy ticks me off.
Posted by: Kristin | October 18, 2005 at 11:18 AM